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Pond Vac
I've seen pond vacs advertised that use a garden hose to create a
vacuum to clean bottom of pond.Has anyone had any experience positive or negative. Are their any other vacs available for $150 or less Thanks Hank |
I've seen pond vacs advertised that use a garden hose to create a
vacuum to clean bottom of pond.Has anyone had any experience positive or negative. Are their any other vacs available for $150 or less Thanks Hank We have the Muck Vac which uses a hose. It was around $69, I think. It comes with a wand that extends and a vacuum attachment, plus a long hose that extends out so that it goes into your yard. It doesn't have a lot of suction, compared to a shop vac. But for cleaning string alage off of your waterfall or other rocks, it works great. Here is a web page that tells about it. http://www.muckvac.com/ Jan "Our Pond" Page http://hometown.aol.com/pinkpggy/index.html |
I've seen pond vacs advertised that use a garden hose to create a
vacuum to clean bottom of pond.Has anyone had any experience positive or negative. Are their any other vacs available for $150 or less Thanks Hank We have the Muck Vac which uses a hose. It was around $69, I think. It comes with a wand that extends and a vacuum attachment, plus a long hose that extends out so that it goes into your yard. It doesn't have a lot of suction, compared to a shop vac. But for cleaning string alage off of your waterfall or other rocks, it works great. Here is a web page that tells about it. http://www.muckvac.com/ Jan "Our Pond" Page http://hometown.aol.com/pinkpggy/index.html |
I have one made by Shop*Vac that pumps water out through a garden hose while
sucking water in through the vacuum hose. It is model number QPV-10.5B. The water flow out is not quite as fast (as you might guess) as the incoming volume so you restrict the inflow or pause every so often to let the water pump part catch up. I have used mine for a couple years now and am please with it's performance. I put a piece of plastic cross-stitch canvas into the attachment on the end to limit the size of stuff it will pick up, also provides some restriction. Bill "Hank" wrote in message ... I've seen pond vacs advertised that use a garden hose to create a vacuum to clean bottom of pond.Has anyone had any experience positive or negative. Are their any other vacs available for $150 or less Thanks Hank |
I have one made by Shop*Vac that pumps water out through a garden hose while
sucking water in through the vacuum hose. It is model number QPV-10.5B. The water flow out is not quite as fast (as you might guess) as the incoming volume so you restrict the inflow or pause every so often to let the water pump part catch up. I have used mine for a couple years now and am please with it's performance. I put a piece of plastic cross-stitch canvas into the attachment on the end to limit the size of stuff it will pick up, also provides some restriction. Bill "Hank" wrote in message ... I've seen pond vacs advertised that use a garden hose to create a vacuum to clean bottom of pond.Has anyone had any experience positive or negative. Are their any other vacs available for $150 or less Thanks Hank |
I've had good luck with my Pond Mini Vac -- and found I can use
pantyhose knee-highs instead of the filter bag they sell. Of course, mine have been small ponds, first 450 gallons and now 1400 gallons. My mini vac was about $20 from Drs. Foster & Smith http://www.drsfostersmith.com Gabrielle Hank wrote: I've seen pond vacs advertised that use a garden hose to create a vacuum to clean bottom of pond.Has anyone had any experience positive or negative. Are their any other vacs available for $150 or less Thanks Hank |
I've had good luck with my Pond Mini Vac -- and found I can use
pantyhose knee-highs instead of the filter bag they sell. Of course, mine have been small ponds, first 450 gallons and now 1400 gallons. My mini vac was about $20 from Drs. Foster & Smith http://www.drsfostersmith.com Gabrielle Hank wrote: I've seen pond vacs advertised that use a garden hose to create a vacuum to clean bottom of pond.Has anyone had any experience positive or negative. Are their any other vacs available for $150 or less Thanks Hank |
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:33:39 -0700, Gabrielle wrote:
I've had good luck with my Pond Mini Vac -- and found I can use pantyhose knee-highs instead of the filter bag they sell. What about the smell? -- Crashj |
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:33:39 -0700, Gabrielle wrote:
I've had good luck with my Pond Mini Vac -- and found I can use pantyhose knee-highs instead of the filter bag they sell. What about the smell? -- Crashj |
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:33:39 -0700, Gabrielle wrote:
I've had good luck with my Pond Mini Vac -- and found I can use pantyhose knee-highs instead of the filter bag they sell. What about the smell? -- Crashj |
Some of the pond vacs that use the garden hose do not discharge the water
out of the pond. The chlorine/chloramines in the hose water is being discharged into the pond and most people don't know how much, so it is untreated, and can cause fish kills. Some do have a discharge hose to make the hose water and waste go out of the pond. The ones I have seen, unless you could get the discharge hose below the level of the pond, were pretty weak. I have a vac that works very well on ponds of 2000 to 4000+ gallons shown on Page 4 of my web page below. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "Hank" wrote in message ... I've seen pond vacs advertised that use a garden hose to create a vacuum to clean bottom of pond.Has anyone had any experience positive or negative. Are their any other vacs available for $150 or less Thanks Hank |
Some of the pond vacs that use the garden hose do not discharge the water
out of the pond. The chlorine/chloramines in the hose water is being discharged into the pond and most people don't know how much, so it is untreated, and can cause fish kills. Some do have a discharge hose to make the hose water and waste go out of the pond. The ones I have seen, unless you could get the discharge hose below the level of the pond, were pretty weak. I have a vac that works very well on ponds of 2000 to 4000+ gallons shown on Page 4 of my web page below. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "Hank" wrote in message ... I've seen pond vacs advertised that use a garden hose to create a vacuum to clean bottom of pond.Has anyone had any experience positive or negative. Are their any other vacs available for $150 or less Thanks Hank |
Some of the pond vacs that use the garden hose do not discharge the water
out of the pond. The chlorine/chloramines in the hose water is being discharged into the pond and most people don't know how much, so it is untreated, and can cause fish kills. Some do have a discharge hose to make the hose water and waste go out of the pond. The ones I have seen, unless you could get the discharge hose below the level of the pond, were pretty weak. I have a vac that works very well on ponds of 2000 to 4000+ gallons shown on Page 4 of my web page below. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "Hank" wrote in message ... I've seen pond vacs advertised that use a garden hose to create a vacuum to clean bottom of pond.Has anyone had any experience positive or negative. Are their any other vacs available for $150 or less Thanks Hank |
Crashj wrote:
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:33:39 -0700, Gabrielle wrote: I've had good luck with my Pond Mini Vac -- and found I can use pantyhose knee-highs instead of the filter bag they sell. What about the smell? That's it. It's time to publish that "1001 uses for pantyhose" website... -- derek |
Crashj wrote:
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:33:39 -0700, Gabrielle wrote: I've had good luck with my Pond Mini Vac -- and found I can use pantyhose knee-highs instead of the filter bag they sell. What about the smell? That's it. It's time to publish that "1001 uses for pantyhose" website... -- derek |
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