Flip Fluid Particle size problem

Hello! anyone that can help will have my undying gratitude! i’m struggling with with getting my particle size down on flip fluids so my water looks more real.

the blue dots are perfect. but when I bake the mesh, the mesh is too bulbous.

here’s my settings


Screenshot 2023-07-06 at 1.19.09 PM

any tips or tricks about how I can get the mesh to follow the dots better?
thank you!!