I use a swimming pool vacuum leaf trap, vacuum hose, and an 1800 or 2400 gph
mag drive pump and recirculate the water to the pond, or to the filter. You
can see it at http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondpage4.html. It works
great, gets rocks, sand, oyster shell, leaves, some algae, and a lot of
other debris.
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"Harriett Wright" wrote in message
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I use a shop vac to suck the yuck off the bottom of my pond, but it fills
up
in about nine seconds flat, and then I have to dump it and start over, a
tedious and tiring process. What I want is a pump with a hose or wand on
one end to suck mucky water from the bottom, and a hose on the other end
to
deposit it where I want it. I guess it might be a small version of the
industrial pumps used to drain water from flooded areas. Does anyone know
about such a thing?

Thanks,
Harriett