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Keeping the pond bottom clean.
I'm a newbee ponder ..... Does anyone use a shopvac to clean sediment and
stufffff off the bottom of their pond? Bob |
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Keeping the pond bottom clean.
Absolutely. I just burned mine up cleaning the pond bottom, but have used
it for years so don't let that stop ;you. So now I have to buy a new one. Pixi "Bob Knight" wrote in message ... I'm a newbee ponder ..... Does anyone use a shopvac to clean sediment and stufffff off the bottom of their pond? Bob |
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Keeping the pond bottom clean.
Bob Knight wrote:
I'm a newbee ponder ..... Does anyone use a shopvac to clean sediment and stufffff off the bottom of their pond? See my post to the subject : Pond Vacuum -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Keeping the pond bottom clean.
"Bob Knight" wrote in message ... I'm a newbee ponder ..... Does anyone use a shopvac to clean sediment and stufffff off the bottom of their pond? I use one to clean my VF bottom, but this season (my first) I am leaving the bottom of the pond to the bottom drain. BV. |
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Keeping the pond bottom clean.
I am thinking of going to a setup like I use for my aquarium. It is a rigid
plastic tube with a hose coming put the that drains using suction. I use the water in the house to water plants I figure I will use the water in the pond to water the plants outside. A side note I have a bottom drain and have not found much at the bottom of the pond this year. I walk in there at least once a month to fix something I can't reach. "Bob Knight" wrote in message ... I'm a newbee ponder ..... Does anyone use a shopvac to clean sediment and stufffff off the bottom of their pond? Bob |
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Keeping the pond bottom clean.
Please excuse my ignorance, but how does one use a shop vac to clean the
bottom? doesn't it fill right up with pond water before you get all of the gunk out? -Pat (another newbie) |
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Keeping the pond bottom clean.
that was my thought exactly and then what do you do with all the water &
muck you've vacuumed up? "O3raledale" wrote in message ... Please excuse my ignorance, but how does one use a shop vac to clean the bottom? doesn't it fill right up with pond water before you get all of the gunk out? -Pat (another newbie) |
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Keeping the pond bottom clean.
In article , "Mickey"
writes: I walk in there at least once a month to fix something I can't reach. I walk in mine at least once a day--.unless it's raining Karen Zone 5 Ashland, OH http://hometown.aol.com/kmam1/MyPond/MyPond.html My Art Studio at http://members.aol.com/kmmstudios/K....M.Studios.html for email remove the extra extention |
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Keeping the pond bottom clean.
yup, it fills up pretty fast but it does get the muck. I just dump it out
onto my lawn. " Caph" wrote in message ... that was my thought exactly and then what do you do with all the water & muck you've vacuumed up? "O3raledale" wrote in message ... Please excuse my ignorance, but how does one use a shop vac to clean the bottom? doesn't it fill right up with pond water before you get all of the gunk out? -Pat (another newbie) |
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Keeping the pond bottom clean.
Purchase a SHOP VAC brand that has a pump to drain the water from the vacuum
as it fills. I forget the model number, but it says that on the box. It's the 'Vacuum that pumps'. You have to stop drawing water every so often to let the water pump catch up with the vacuum. The vacuum has a fitting on the pump that accepts a garden hose so you can direct the pump output where you want. I use a bucket with holes drilled in the bottom (small) with fiberfill in the bucket to filter the water before it drains back into the pond. I used the plastic cross-stitch material to make a screen for the end of the vacuum hose, so as not to vacuum up things best left in the water. Bill "O3raledale" wrote in message ... Please excuse my ignorance, but how does one use a shop vac to clean the bottom? doesn't it fill right up with pond water before you get all of the gunk out? -Pat (another newbie) |
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Keeping the pond bottom clean.
I walk in mine at least once a day--.unless it's raining Karen Zone 5 Ashland, OH worried you'll get wet? |
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Keeping the pond bottom clean.
Xref: kermit rec.ponds:130082
Yes I do. It has a hose on it to let out the water. http://community.webtv.net/rebeljoe/POND |
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Keeping the pond bottom clean.
" Caph" wrote in message
... that was my thought exactly and then what do you do with all the water & muck you've vacuumed up? If you have a garden, put it on plants. My roses love it, and it's free. Gail |
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Keeping the pond bottom clean.
Thanks to all for the replys to my question.
-Pat |
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