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Booklover
We have a screened in pool, but all these tiny little flies/gnats (bugs of some kind) get in through the screens and then die on our pool surface. Since we have an automatic pool cleaner on the bottom of the pool, there is nothing cleaning the surface of the pool, and before I get in I have to spend fifteen minutes skimming the surface. Its gross! Any way to stop or prevent them? Or at least get them to sink so that the automatic cleaner will scoop them up from the bottom of the pool?
To the third response - our pool is in a screened in lanai. These aren't mosquitos I'm talking about - they are tiny little bugs that get through those screens. Thanks for the thought though.
Answer
It could be several things. First off if you have that many bugs getting in, fix that
Next if your screened in area has many plants, they could be breeding on your plants. So get them sprayed or treated. Are they all the same kind of bugs? Collect some with your skinner screen and put them on a paper towel. After the towel dries, fold it up and take them to your gardening store. They'll know what kind of bugs they are and what you should treat them with.
Next,,, Your skimmer is sub post to get anything (everything) that floats. Start with your jets. If you look at them, there is a ring and a ball that has a hole where the water comes out from. They are under the water and on the sides. They should be turned so that they are set all the same, all left or right and going up slightly. You may need to loosen the ring, to get the ball to move, so you can direct where they point. You want that they get the surface of your pool moving in a circular current around your pool. This will get anything floating on the surface away from the middle and out to the sides. Then your skimmer will suck them in when their close and going by.
My pool allows water into the pump to come from the cleaner robot and there is a valve that allows water from the skimmer. It sounds like that valve, if you got one, is closed off. See if you have one and open it part way. Not all the way, just enough so some water is going in and it is skimming. Every pool has a skimmer and that is what keeps the surface clean but they must draw in water to so. There has to be a way for water to get to the pump when it's on or it will never skim. If that can't happen when your bottom cleaner is on, something's not right. Good luck SS
It could be several things. First off if you have that many bugs getting in, fix that
Next if your screened in area has many plants, they could be breeding on your plants. So get them sprayed or treated. Are they all the same kind of bugs? Collect some with your skinner screen and put them on a paper towel. After the towel dries, fold it up and take them to your gardening store. They'll know what kind of bugs they are and what you should treat them with.
Next,,, Your skimmer is sub post to get anything (everything) that floats. Start with your jets. If you look at them, there is a ring and a ball that has a hole where the water comes out from. They are under the water and on the sides. They should be turned so that they are set all the same, all left or right and going up slightly. You may need to loosen the ring, to get the ball to move, so you can direct where they point. You want that they get the surface of your pool moving in a circular current around your pool. This will get anything floating on the surface away from the middle and out to the sides. Then your skimmer will suck them in when their close and going by.
My pool allows water into the pump to come from the cleaner robot and there is a valve that allows water from the skimmer. It sounds like that valve, if you got one, is closed off. See if you have one and open it part way. Not all the way, just enough so some water is going in and it is skimming. Every pool has a skimmer and that is what keeps the surface clean but they must draw in water to so. There has to be a way for water to get to the pump when it's on or it will never skim. If that can't happen when your bottom cleaner is on, something's not right. Good luck SS
Can you please help me with Pool Pump/Filter question?
sarlha
I am new to the world of inground pools. When we first moved a little over a week ago, the pool pump seemed to be running at full steam. The filter area was filled with water and had little air bubbles. Now, it is only half full and you can see the water running into it. The water coming into the pool is slow, and there doesn't seem to be much suction coming through the filter. Our little cleaning robot is even running super slow. I don't know what kind of pump it is, other than it has a sand filter and automatic chlorine system right at the filter.
Thanks for your help. Oh, also, I have the timer set to run from 11AM - 800PM
Answer
could be dirty filter.....or pump air leak......if its dirty filter,you would have a high pressure reading on filter gauge heres a link to pool pump problems: http://www.swimming-pool-information.com/pool-pump-problems.html
could be dirty filter.....or pump air leak......if its dirty filter,you would have a high pressure reading on filter gauge heres a link to pool pump problems: http://www.swimming-pool-information.com/pool-pump-problems.html
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