Sheesh...I hope not....now I think I should have gone with white.

I haver never had a snake in the pool...but just about everything else. Frogs, rats, mouse, birds. Most found the chlorine water distasteful but could not find a way out in time.

susannap2,
Most snakes do not like to swim for leisure. And the ones that do swim, do so to find food. If you keep the pool clean, you will not have any more or less snakes in your pool.

I have black pearl pebbletec, so it's darker than midnight blue. It shouldn't attract snakes any more than a lighter color. Their strongest sense is smell. But it will make it harder to see snakes in there. I have a pond and creek nearby, so do get lots of frogs and they are hard to see.

I've had only one snake and it was a worm snake which is totally harmless. Actually most snakes are, so please do not kill them if you see any!

Caren

My pool isn't that dark, don't remember the color but this year I have had at least a dozen baby black racers in my pool. I also have a screen enclosure so don't know how they are getting in. I have lived her for 14 years and this is the first year and there is no building going on this year. Weird.

It really is an intruiging issue. A friend down the street and more in town told me never a single snake, but numerous Tarantulas were always around her pool. I am thinking the guy's reasoning for the many snakes in his pool were due to his dark color, which I don't believe to be true.
Caren- I did find an interesting website about the many snakes out there, as terrified as I am, no I will do my best to not kill a harmless snake. Found an interesting website that identifies snakes and what not if you send a pic....

Here is a link that might be useful: Snake ID Link

Carenlynn - beautiful pool!! Stunning!!
What kind of stone did you use for your coping and do you happen to know the color and manuf of your concrete decking? Thanks!!

I agree, it is beautiful!The landscaping is just gorgeous, I can't wait until we have something vaguely looking like that...

comkow and susan - Thanks for the compiments! I believe the coping is Tennessee crab orchard. The decking I do not know and that is all a sore spot due to incorrect compaction before it was poured so the whole thing is heaving and cracking and pulling away from the coping. I try not to think about it any more as the druggie PB is MIA.

Dark grey plaster, not black, but dark enough. The only snake we've ever seen was a teeny tiny one that got into the negative edge basin (which is shallow). We do get our share of scorpions (dead on the bottom) and plenty of frogs, but no snakes, we're going on year 3 of the pool.

We live out in the middle of nowhere and nothing, so snakes are a way of life for us. Plenty in our pond (which is about 50' away) but knock on wood, none in the pool.

Thanks nan, I have looked at your pool many times pondering the grey plaster and we seem to have decided on the medium to dark grey. Just can't justify upgrading to the DB and don't want pebble....

Good to know, I didn't really believe the snake issue but wondered...