a little help

[lee]

hi can any1 help me i have sum muck at the bottom of my pond and was just wondering if they any way that a can clean the bottom with out emptying it ?

 

[koiguy1969]

pond vaccuum .....the mucvac is cheap and will do a great job on your small pond!.... it works off your garden hose and displaces water from the pond..so if you do it every couple water changes. your waters out and the pond is clean.

 

[lee]

o ok then and how much do thay cost then ant thay any over way ?

 

[koiguy1969]

you can easily build prefilters. but the tetrapond ones i use were around $20.00 at Lowes.... a prefilter goes before a the pump so crud is caught and held before clogging the pump or getting pureed and set to the filter.

 

[lee]

cud u please explane to me how to bild a prefilter ?

 

[koiguy1969]

OH CRAP! I actually posted the prefilter post in the wrong thread.. but if you'd like to use a prefilter. does your pump have an inlet for a hose? or is it a sump style pump? get the MUCVAC to keep your bottom clean... youve got to remove water to change it anyways so you might as well vaccuum as the waters gets removed

 

[lee]

View attachment 3447its this pump

 

[koiguy1969]

so if you remove the cage from the one end theres a input that you can put a hose adapter & hose on, right ?

 

[lee]

am not to sure this is what it looks like in side that cage View attachment 3088

 

[koiguy1969]

O.K.. better picture but dose the end with the slits, and flow contol dial come off to reveal a hole to screw in a hose adapter (nipple)?

 

[lee]

that cap opersit the bit with the hose on comes off

 

[koiguy1969]

the part of the pumps housing that has the dial and all the slits is where the water gets sucked in...usually the slitted housing comes off and there is a place to put a hose to...DOES THIS PUMP HAVE IT?....IF YOU DONT KNOW, LOOK!!

 

[lee]

View attachment 3451 the bit in the red is the only bit that unscrews and the bit with the pipe on comes off and that is it