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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. |
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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! 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. |
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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! 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. |
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"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. ==================================== 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.... ) -- 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 To e-mail see website |
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