On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 14:56:31 -0400, "RichToyBox"
wrote:

===A fairly easy and effective way to remove most of the duck weed is to fill
===the pond to overflowing, use the hose like a broom and sweep the duck weed
===over the side. It might not get 100% but it will get rid of a large
===quantity. Then the small net could be used to get the rest.


I do a smiliar thing when it rains sufficiently to put my pond above
the oveflow stage, and thats when most of my general cleanup around
the pond is done. Once its at the full to the max limit, I close the
spillway and allow it to get up a few more inches. I can actually go
about 6 inches higher if I close the spillway gate, but usually always
leave gate open and hold a constant set height. Once the pond is
filled above overflow height with gate closed, I open the gate and the
volume of water in the pond trying to flow out a 12 inch poipe makes
quite a draw on the surface of the pond. 6 inches of water covering
over an acre is lots of water to play with. Pretty effective at
pulling lots of surface debri etc off and down the spillway. I often
hook a hose up to the ponds enclosure frame (also serves as manifold
as well as a frame to hold the mesh on) and use a hose wirth pond
water to wash junk and debri out of areas it collects, and then with
the surface current drawing off water it too goes down the spillway.

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