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DIY Skimmers - Questions?
I think I need to install a skimmer due to serious trees and I want to
make it myself. If I can't - I'll just deal with a mucky pond at this point (getting fed up with the process). The concept seems simple enough. A container, a spillway cut into the container, a pump in the bottom, netting or crate to catch the junk. BUT.... 1. What about the swinging door thing? Do I need that? I think so because it will still work with raised or lowered pond levels. Right? Is that correct thinking on the door issue? If that's true, I guess one would want to get a replacement part door thingy from a premade skimmer manufacturer? Or - how would one create a proper door? Yet I see some that have no flappy door? 2. Also, I'm interested in a smallish footprint for this thing. I have an 1800 gph pondmaster mag pump. Is there any rule about vault/container sizes per the power of the pump? Or is it fair game for me in choosing the size of the container? I read here someone used a plastic file cabinet box. It would be great if I could use something similarly smallish. 3. What happens if the water level drops below the spillway? My pump would die. How do you prevent this? Does the flappy door idea prevent this from happening cuz you can sink the lowest level of the opening lower? Any pictures? |
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