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I plan to suck water out of my pond via bottom drain and a skimmer at one
end. My pond will be longer then it is wide, and I plan to have the skimmer one of the ends as I think it will "look" best. Where/How should I have water return to the pond? Enter deep? Enter shallow? Across from skimmer? At an angle? Any pro's or con's to a particular method? -- BenignVanilla tibetanbeefgarden.com x-no-archive: yes Remove MY SPLEEN to email me. |
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I think the best is to have the skimmer and bottom drain on the deepest end
of the pond, with the waterfall or other return stream coming in on the shallow end. This tends to cause the debris to flow toward the bottom drain by current and gravity. The best location for the skimmer is actually on the east side, since the prevailing winds come from the west, and will help to cause the leaves to blow/sail toward the skimmer, but it is not always possible to align the pond west shallow, and east deep. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "BenignVanilla" wrote in message ... I plan to suck water out of my pond via bottom drain and a skimmer at one end. My pond will be longer then it is wide, and I plan to have the skimmer one of the ends as I think it will "look" best. Where/How should I have water return to the pond? Enter deep? Enter shallow? Across from skimmer? At an angle? Any pro's or con's to a particular method? -- BenignVanilla tibetanbeefgarden.com x-no-archive: yes Remove MY SPLEEN to email me. |
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BenignVanilla wrote:
Across from skimmer That way you turn over more water (fewer dead spots) Joe -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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