Noob with questions...

[koiguy1969]

i would even throw some water hiacynths in the upper pool to feed on more nutrients.(veggy filtration)

 

[DrCase]

The alge is going to grow some were,,beter in the filter,,its working.
Moved down to fortlauderdale in 79,,ended up in Arkansas in 82..
will never go north again..

 

[Sweet Lew]

i would even throw some water hiacynths in the upper pool to feed on more nutrients.(veggy filtration)

Thanks for the replies! Will check my local pond store for water hiacynths.

 

[Sweet Lew]

Soooo...I'm starting to get debris on the bottom of the pond (I'm guessing from the lillies). I found a pond vac in the garage that was left behind along with replacement socks. I attempted to vacuum out the bottom, but all I ended up doing was kicking everything up off the bottom of the pond which made the water all murky. I guess my water pressure isn't powerful enough to suck up anything.

So I was wondering if anyone ever tried using a large aquarium siphon? I was thinking of taking a 5 gal bucket and putting some veryfine mesh or even cheese cloth over the bucket so I could dump the water back in and throw out the debis.

Thoughts?

 

[Sweet Lew]

Bueller?? :100:

 

[MassKoi]

I have tried a small aquarium siphon on my waterfall and never got it to pick up any debris. I have the pond vac that uses the pressure from the garden hose not electricity and it works pretty good.

 

[Robyn]

I have a skimmer, skimmer basket... to "sand filter on steroids" (it is a good 5' diameter in all directions!) set-up. I am wondering if I can use a regular pool vacuum like this:

Weighted vacuum with flexible head. Has no metal parts to rust and rides smoothly.

Then backwash the filter and top off the pond?

 

[Sweet Lew]

I'll sell you my pond vac mini for cheap... :grumble:

Anyone use or heard of the Python Ulti-Vac?

 

[MassKoi]

That is the pond vac that I use. The only bad this is the discharge hose is too short. I add a garden hose to the end to get it to discharge furhter into the yard

 

[Sweet Lew]

HMMMMMMMMM...May have to pick that one up. So is it a siphon or a "vac"??

Thanks,

Lew

 

[MassKoi]

It uses the pressure from the garden hose attached (not seen in the photo) to create a siphon. The muck travels up the cylinder and collects in the bottle seen in the picture.

 

[Sweet Lew]

So the bottle only keeps the debris and then the water exits via the hose right? Would it be better to just circulate the water back into the pond if it's been cleaned??

 

[MassKoi]

Never thought of that.....:banghead3:

I guess that's why I joined this forum......:banana:

It might stir things up but I might try that next time. Thanks

 

[Sweet Lew]

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