Shrimp in my salt water pool?????

[PennyPool]

Why do I have shrimp in my salt water pool? They are very, very tiny, but those are definitely shrimp. The second image shows them in relation to the bottom of a small beach bucket so you can see how small they are, maybe 1/2 cm.

FC 6.5
pH 7.4
TA 80
CH 300
CYA 50

 

[PoolGate]

Lol I think someone is messing with you.

 

[PennyPool]

I wish that was the case, but I am the one out there fishing these things out of my pool everyday. I wish they were big enough to eat or at least use as bait. Lol!

 

[PoolGate]

Any big storms lately? A pool is too hostile an environment to breed these so perhaps a storm blew them in. The salt level is also too low for them to survive long.

 

[Saturn94]

Looks like it may be “Lawn Shrimp” (it’s actually not a shrimp).

Do Lawn Shrimp Bite? Debunking Myths And Clearing Confusion - What's That Bug?

Lawn shrimp, also known as terrestrial amphipods, are small crustaceans typically found in moist environments and leaf mold beneath shrubbery. They are known

www.whatsthatbug.com

 

[PoolGate]

Looks like it may be “Lawn Shrimp” (it’s actually not a shrimp).

Do Lawn Shrimp Bite? Debunking Myths And Clearing Confusion - What's That Bug?

Lawn shrimp, also known as terrestrial amphipods, are small crustaceans typically found in moist environments and leaf mold beneath shrubbery. They are known

www.whatsthatbug.com

I was going to say they look like what we call cave crickets.

 

[PennyPool]

Wow! Thanks, I've never heard of such a thing. How do I keep them from getting in my pool? It does rain quite a bit down here and when it rains, it pours.