skimmer working great

[davepratt]

man I wish I would have put this in a lot earlier like last yr.
ive been having an awful time with the floating green algae but now that ive installed the skimmer b4 the filter everything is looking good finally no more floating algae and the pond is crystal clear all the way to the bottom really worked wonders guys I would highly recommend one to anyone having the floating green algae problem

happy ponding

 

[addy1]

Neat! When our maple tree starts dropping those seed pods my skimmer is worth millions.............. It collects tons of seed pods.

Yesterday with the horrendous rain it collected 1000's of tads.

 

[davepratt]

Yeah its a blessing i was read to fill the pind in it was so bad but she seems to be workin great now

 

[addy1]

Glad to hear! it is nice when your pond works well

 

[studiovette]

I was running my skimmer all day and noticed it was really pulling a lot of water for the size of my pond (aprox 1000 gal) so now I just run it an hr in the AM and an hr in the PM and my water is crystal clear also. If I start to notice an algae issue I will increase the time but thought it was silly keeping another pump on all day.

 

[davepratt]

well I put the pump inside the skimmer basket that then pumps it through the bio-filter so I only need one pump

 

[addy1]

My pump is external it draws water through the skimmer and from the pond, have a ball valve installed to control the flow.

 

[studiovette]

Now that I'm learning a little about this stuff I can tell you that my external pump is for my main filtration which circulates water to my waterfall and I have a pipe in the rock/gravel which it pulls from at the bottom. My skimmer has a pump inside it which draws from the ponds surface and has a net and filter inside. Wich brings me to asking you guys what type of filter pad do you use in your skimmer. I bought really cheap stuff on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0045VN23C/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

And it keeps getting sucked down into the pump. I need something stiffer and have seen all types of colors and coarseness available.

 

[addy1]

I just have a huge leaf basket in the skimmer, different than your set up.

 

[davepratt]

yeah i use a big leaf basket as well makes for easy cleaning