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How to Prevent Water Bugs

Do you have a problem with water bugs in your swimming pool? Here are a few tips to help you prevent and get rid of them!

Steps to Prevent & Kill Water Bugs:

  1. Use BioGuard Banish, there is an initial first dose and then a smaller weekly maintenance dose. This is an algicide that also prevents/kills water bugs.
  2. Cut off the bugs’ food supply (algae). Shock your pool with a chlorine-based shock. You can use 1 bag of BioGuard Smart Shock per 40,000 L of water.
  3. Brush the sides and bottom of the pool before/after shocking, to loosen up any algae that might be stuck there. Sometimes algae may be there, you just can’t see it.
  4. Skim out/vacuum up any dead, left over bugs. Eliminating them will prevent more from coming back!
  5. Use a pool cover when your pool is not in use. This will prevent more from entering the pool, as well as cut off the air supply of any already in there.

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Other Tips:

  1. Maintaining proper water balance and chlorine levels will help keep algae from growing, or critters living in your pool water.
  2. Get your water professionally tested once a month.
  3. Shock your pool once a week.
  4. Turn your pool lights off when not in use. The light attracts bugs.

 

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