"Kurt" wrote in message
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Hmmm... checked it out - looks good. I just need a careful balance
between sucking up the muck and sucking up the tiny fish.
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It's been my experience that the tiny fish hang our mainly in the shallow
end of ponds and in the planted areas. I don't see them on the bottom where
it's deep until they're 1 to 1 1/2" long. If a bottom drain has large
enough openings they can be sucked in. Newts and small frogs would most
likely get sucked into a bottom intake. My pumps are sealed in those stiff
black plastic mesh plant pots. That keeps out the tadpoles, fry, newts and
small frogs, twigs, leaves and larger plant debris.
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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