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Old 27-04-2004, 05:10 PM
Lee B.
 
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Default Frogs in Skimmer

I'm sorry - I didn't see the post. As BV said, skimmers are designed to let
things in . . . Because I didn't see your post, I don't know if your skimmer
is the same as mine, i.e., I have a frame with a net that fits snuggly
inside. It catches the leaves and things - including frogs. I just turn them
loose when I clean the net. If you don't have one of those, perhaps you
could get some of the big mesh bird netting and rubber band a piece of it
around the entry way to your skimmer. This would still allow "most" stuff to
enter, but would keep the froggies out. Frogs are determined: I had to
jerry-rig something to keep them from getting sucked into my pump intake:
they were wreaking havoc with my check valves!

Lee

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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"pixi" wrote in message
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Have I become personna non grata? I asked how to keep frogs out of the
skimmer several days ago and havne't seen a word. Please give me a

clue.

Pixi...often lack of responses if a result of a lack of answers. I don't
have a skimmer, so I can't speak from experience, but it seems to me, that
there really is no way to keep frogs out of the skimmer. The skimmer is
design to let stuff in, and not let it out. What you may want to work on

is
creating an escape route out the top of the skimmer box for the frogs.

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BV.
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