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Message: [QUOTE="Waterbug, post: 141320, member: 2322"] This all has me thinking now. I never really paid it much mind at the time, I just kind of assumed all skimmers worked great. But one skimmer for a 14' x 11' pond, and the skimmer was on a short end, I never had any trapped debris. I'm going to add that as another catch basin benefit, unproven, but I'm thinking is true, #6, improves skimmer. Between my [url="http://www.waterbugdesign.com/pond/sanjose_pond.html#upper_pond"]Upper pond flowed into my Triangle pond[/url] and there was a catch basin there. Inside of the basin I sewed together (I think 75%) shade cloth into a basket, PVC pipe for the rim, to collect debris because the overflow was the Upper pond's skimmer. Worked good. And if I didn't clean it for a few months and it clogged, no problem, just overflowed into the Triangle pond. One year I didn't clean it all summer and when I did found several fat Goldfish fry. [/QUOTE]