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Frogs in Skimmer
Have I become personna non grata? I asked how to keep frogs out of the
skimmer several days ago and havne't seen a word. Please give me a clue. |
Frogs in Skimmer
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:15:31 -0400, "pixi" wrote:
Have I become personna non grata? I asked how to keep frogs out of the skimmer several days ago and havne't seen a word. Please give me a clue. I personally don't have a skimmer, but maybe you could put a screen or net material over the intake? I usually don't respond to questions if I feel I can't help. Maybe no one who read your post could. Or maybe your post was lost before it got to the "right" person who -could- help. I don't think any questions here are actually "ignored" just to annoy the poster. Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. |
Frogs in Skimmer
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:15:31 -0400, "pixi" wrote:
Have I become personna non grata? I asked how to keep frogs out of the skimmer several days ago and havne't seen a word. Please give me a clue. I personally don't have a skimmer, but maybe you could put a screen or net material over the intake? I usually don't respond to questions if I feel I can't help. Maybe no one who read your post could. Or maybe your post was lost before it got to the "right" person who -could- help. I don't think any questions here are actually "ignored" just to annoy the poster. Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. |
Frogs in Skimmer
"pixi" wrote in message ... Have I become personna non grata? I asked how to keep frogs out of the skimmer several days ago and havne't seen a word. Please give me a clue. Pixi...often lack of responses if a result of a lack of answers. I don't have a skimmer, so I can't speak from experience, but it seems to me, that there really is no way to keep frogs out of the skimmer. The skimmer is design to let stuff in, and not let it out. What you may want to work on is creating an escape route out the top of the skimmer box for the frogs. -- BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
Frogs in Skimmer
"pixi" wrote in message ... Have I become personna non grata? I asked how to keep frogs out of the skimmer several days ago and havne't seen a word. Please give me a clue. Pixi...often lack of responses if a result of a lack of answers. I don't have a skimmer, so I can't speak from experience, but it seems to me, that there really is no way to keep frogs out of the skimmer. The skimmer is design to let stuff in, and not let it out. What you may want to work on is creating an escape route out the top of the skimmer box for the frogs. -- BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
Frogs in Skimmer
I'm sorry - I didn't see the post. As BV said, skimmers are designed to let
things in . . . Because I didn't see your post, I don't know if your skimmer is the same as mine, i.e., I have a frame with a net that fits snuggly inside. It catches the leaves and things - including frogs. I just turn them loose when I clean the net. If you don't have one of those, perhaps you could get some of the big mesh bird netting and rubber band a piece of it around the entry way to your skimmer. This would still allow "most" stuff to enter, but would keep the froggies out. Frogs are determined: I had to jerry-rig something to keep them from getting sucked into my pump intake: they were wreaking havoc with my check valves! Lee "Benign Vanilla" wrote in message ... "pixi" wrote in message ... Have I become personna non grata? I asked how to keep frogs out of the skimmer several days ago and havne't seen a word. Please give me a clue. Pixi...often lack of responses if a result of a lack of answers. I don't have a skimmer, so I can't speak from experience, but it seems to me, that there really is no way to keep frogs out of the skimmer. The skimmer is design to let stuff in, and not let it out. What you may want to work on is creating an escape route out the top of the skimmer box for the frogs. -- BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
Frogs in Skimmer
I'm sorry - I didn't see the post. As BV said, skimmers are designed to let
things in . . . Because I didn't see your post, I don't know if your skimmer is the same as mine, i.e., I have a frame with a net that fits snuggly inside. It catches the leaves and things - including frogs. I just turn them loose when I clean the net. If you don't have one of those, perhaps you could get some of the big mesh bird netting and rubber band a piece of it around the entry way to your skimmer. This would still allow "most" stuff to enter, but would keep the froggies out. Frogs are determined: I had to jerry-rig something to keep them from getting sucked into my pump intake: they were wreaking havoc with my check valves! Lee "Benign Vanilla" wrote in message ... "pixi" wrote in message ... Have I become personna non grata? I asked how to keep frogs out of the skimmer several days ago and havne't seen a word. Please give me a clue. Pixi...often lack of responses if a result of a lack of answers. I don't have a skimmer, so I can't speak from experience, but it seems to me, that there really is no way to keep frogs out of the skimmer. The skimmer is design to let stuff in, and not let it out. What you may want to work on is creating an escape route out the top of the skimmer box for the frogs. -- BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
Frogs in Skimmer
I haven't ever been able to figure out how to discourage frogs from doing anything they want to do. I think that is why Mother Nature makes so many of them, to replace the clueless among them. kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
Frogs in Skimmer
I haven't ever been able to figure out how to discourage frogs from doing anything they want to do. I think that is why Mother Nature makes so many of them, to replace the clueless among them. kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
Frogs in Skimmer
Have I become personna non grata? I asked how to keep frogs out of the skimmer several days ago and havne't seen a word. Please give me a clue. Maybe no one has an immediate answer...? |
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