Shop Vac for cleaning pond?

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 09:26:00 -0500, "BenignVanilla"
wrote:

I feel your pain. You can minimize wasted dumpings by being sure to have the
nozel where you want to suck before you turn the vac on. Seems like a silly
thing to point out but it makes a huge difference.

That takes all the fun out of making a ripple across the top of the
water so you can't see and swirling the muck so it won't lift off the
bottom. Everybody should have the experience!

Regards,

Hal

Can you rent one from Home Depot or something? And how gentle do you have
to be to keep from damaging the liner?
Kirsten
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
I am thinking about buying a small Shop Vac to help clean my pond.

Get at least a 12 gallon unit, any vac that would blow the water out, is
gonna cost ya and probably not pick up the big stuff you want to use a vac
for anyway. Though a shop vac will fill up in 15-30 seconds, you'll be
surprised how much stuff you can suck out of the pond in that little of
time.

Also, what is the best product to clean green water? I have been using
AlgaeFix from Pond Care and it seems to be clearing it a little, but it
is
still very green.

Algaefix is an Algaecide, poison. Your algae is filtering your water, kill
it and it drops all those nutrients right back into the water column to
feed the next generation of algae. As others have said, you simply need
more of the higher plant forms, or artificial shades helps too. Then there
is the UV crowd that will probably chime in about now. ;o) ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

Can you rent one from Home Depot or something? And how gentle do you have
to be to keep from damaging the liner?
Kirsten
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
I am thinking about buying a small Shop Vac to help clean my pond.

Get at least a 12 gallon unit, any vac that would blow the water out, is
gonna cost ya and probably not pick up the big stuff you want to use a vac
for anyway. Though a shop vac will fill up in 15-30 seconds, you'll be
surprised how much stuff you can suck out of the pond in that little of
time.

Also, what is the best product to clean green water? I have been using
AlgaeFix from Pond Care and it seems to be clearing it a little, but it
is
still very green.

Algaefix is an Algaecide, poison. Your algae is filtering your water, kill
it and it drops all those nutrients right back into the water column to
feed the next generation of algae. As others have said, you simply need
more of the higher plant forms, or artificial shades helps too. Then there
is the UV crowd that will probably chime in about now. ;o) ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

Can you rent one from Home Depot or something?

Probably a rental place. Home Depot doesn't rent equipment that I know of,
does it?

And how gentle do you have
to be to keep from damaging the liner?
Kirsten

I've never had a problem with 45 mil EPDM. ~ jan
~ jan

Can you rent one from Home Depot or something?

Probably a rental place. Home Depot doesn't rent equipment that I know of,
does it?

And how gentle do you have
to be to keep from damaging the liner?
Kirsten

I've never had a problem with 45 mil EPDM. ~ jan
~ jan