Pond vacuum?
 

Sorry if this is a beat to death question!

We have a small pond in the backyard - about 12' x 5' - it was here when we
bought the house 8 years ago. There is now much sludge on the bottom, most
likely due to my poor pond-keeping habits!

So my question is do any of the pond vacuums really work? I'm not interested
in trying to build one myself from a Shop-Vac or similar - just want an easy
way to get rid of several years worth of dead leaves, fish waste, etc.

On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:50:07 GMT, "hendo" wrote:

Sorry if this is a beat to death question!

We have a small pond in the backyard - about 12' x 5' - it was here when we
bought the house 8 years ago. There is now much sludge on the bottom, most
likely due to my poor pond-keeping habits!

So my question is do any of the pond vacuums really work? I'm not interested
in trying to build one myself from a Shop-Vac or similar - just want an easy
way to get rid of several years worth of dead leaves, fish waste, etc.



My Muck-vac works, except for all the pots and stuff getting in the
way. I just empty the pond and clean up the mess from time to time

--
Charles

Does not play well with others.

On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:50:07 GMT, "hendo" wrote:

Sorry if this is a beat to death question!

We have a small pond in the backyard - about 12' x 5' - it was here when we
bought the house 8 years ago. There is now much sludge on the bottom, most
likely due to my poor pond-keeping habits!

So my question is do any of the pond vacuums really work? I'm not interested
in trying to build one myself from a Shop-Vac or similar - just want an easy
way to get rid of several years worth of dead leaves, fish waste, etc.



My Muck-vac works, except for all the pots and stuff getting in the
way. I just empty the pond and clean up the mess from time to time

--
Charles

Does not play well with others.

"hendo" wrote in message
...
Sorry if this is a beat to death question!

We have a small pond in the backyard - about 12' x 5' - it was here when
we
bought the house 8 years ago. There is now much sludge on the bottom, most
likely due to my poor pond-keeping habits!

So my question is do any of the pond vacuums really work? I'm not
interested
in trying to build one myself from a Shop-Vac or similar - just want an
easy
way to get rid of several years worth of dead leaves, fish waste, etc.
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Don't get the kind you have to pump by hand as they're worthless. They run
around $50. Everything jams the flap and most of the sludge ends up
suspended in the water, not in the vac's exit hose. I threw my $50 away.
Now we simply drain the whole pond, suck the mud off the bottom with a
shop-vac, hose, re-vac and fill. Nice clean clear water.... :o)
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
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On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:50:07 GMT, "hendo" wrote:

Sorry if this is a beat to death question!

We have a small pond in the backyard - about 12' x 5' - it was here when we
bought the house 8 years ago. There is now much sludge on the bottom, most
likely due to my poor pond-keeping habits!

Once you get a lot of sludge, 2-3 years worth, it's better to just drain
and shovel or shop vac it out, imo.

So my question is do any of the pond vacuums really work? I'm not interested
in trying to build one myself from a Shop-Vac or similar - just want an easy
way to get rid of several years worth of dead leaves, fish waste, etc.

After you clean it, when it starts to build up a bit use the Shop-Vac on
Wet Vac (without the paper filter). Most debris tends to go to one area of
the pond "usually". YMMV. ~ jan


See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
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