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Pond vacuum?
I have a relatively small pond (about 12 x 6 ft) and would like to purchase
a pond vacuum to get some of the silt, etc. off the bottom. The pond is lined with river bed stone on the bottom so it can't be too powerful and/or must be able to block the stone from being sucked up in the vacuum. Can anyone recommend a vacuum they've had some good experiences with? |
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Pond vacuum?
Rick.... I don't believe in pond vacs. They are expensive to buy, expensive to operate, and waste a lot of water. The pond is balanced with some accumulation of debris on the bottom for aquatic life, and the koi, as true bottom feeders, like to root around in it. The debris is healthy. If you have a proper and sizable filter, it should keep the pond crystal clear with leaves and decaying grass on the bottom. I have a thirty-foot oval pond, a bit bigger than yours but it should work the same. It has a flat three-foot bottom covering 1/3 of the pond area. There is a two-foot flat level where I can walk and I walk it once a year in the fall with a heavy-duty wire mesh on a long pole and I clean out the debris. Takes only a few hours and it is not necessary to get it spotless. The fish are out of sight in the muddy water for about two days and then dthe water clears up for the rest of the year. May not work well for you with stones on the bottom but I would give it a try for a year.... "Rick" wrote in message ... I have a relatively small pond (about 12 x 6 ft) and would like to purchase a pond vacuum to get some of the silt, etc. off the bottom. The pond is lined with river bed stone on the bottom so it can't be too powerful and/or must be able to block the stone from being sucked up in the vacuum. Can anyone recommend a vacuum they've had some good experiences with? |
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