cleaning the pond

I have a 1000 gallon pond. I would like to clean the silt from the bottom
without draining the water. Any advice is appreciated. Frankie

I never had luck with vac or water hose with bags.
I set up the kiddy pond transfer water catch the fish as I pump out the
water. Clean and flush and scoop.
Refill and count the fish on the way back It takes a fire truck and 3/4 of a
day. We make a yearly family event.


"frankie" wrote in message
nk.net...
I have a 1000 gallon pond. I would like to clean the silt from the bottom
without draining the water. Any advice is appreciated. Frankie

I never had luck with vac or water hose with bags.
I set up the kiddy pond transfer water catch the fish as I pump out the
water. Clean and flush and scoop.
Refill and count the fish on the way back It takes a fire truck and 3/4 of a
day. We make a yearly family event.


"frankie" wrote in message
nk.net...
I have a 1000 gallon pond. I would like to clean the silt from the bottom
without draining the water. Any advice is appreciated. Frankie

I use a swimming pool vacuum with my filter pump to clean my ponds. I think
it works very well. You can see it here
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondpage4.html. The leaf basket is from
Aquatic Eco, as is the hose. The vac head is from an old vacuum for the
house.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html


"frankie" wrote in message
nk.net...
I have a 1000 gallon pond. I would like to clean the silt from the bottom
without draining the water. Any advice is appreciated. Frankie

I use a swimming pool vacuum with my filter pump to clean my ponds. I think
it works very well. You can see it here
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondpage4.html. The leaf basket is from
Aquatic Eco, as is the hose. The vac head is from an old vacuum for the
house.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html


"frankie" wrote in message
nk.net...
I have a 1000 gallon pond. I would like to clean the silt from the bottom
without draining the water. Any advice is appreciated. Frankie

I think you need to do a movie of the process, then offer copies of it for cost!!
Ingrid

"RichToyBox" wrote:

I use a swimming pool vacuum with my filter pump to clean my ponds. I think
it works very well. You can see it here
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondpage4.html. The leaf basket is from
Aquatic Eco, as is the hose. The vac head is from an old vacuum for the
house.



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Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

I think you need to do a movie of the process, then offer copies of it for cost!!
Ingrid

"RichToyBox" wrote:

I use a swimming pool vacuum with my filter pump to clean my ponds. I think
it works very well. You can see it here
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondpage4.html. The leaf basket is from
Aquatic Eco, as is the hose. The vac head is from an old vacuum for the
house.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

And Title it "From pea soup to clean and sparkling"





wrote in message
...
I think you need to do a movie of the process, then offer copies of it for
cost!!
Ingrid

"RichToyBox" wrote:

I use a swimming pool vacuum with my filter pump to clean my ponds. I
think
it works very well. You can see it here
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondpage4.html. The leaf basket is
from
Aquatic Eco, as is the hose. The vac head is from an old vacuum for the
house.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

And Title it "From pea soup to clean and sparkling"





wrote in message
...
I think you need to do a movie of the process, then offer copies of it for
cost!!
Ingrid

"RichToyBox" wrote:

I use a swimming pool vacuum with my filter pump to clean my ponds. I
think
it works very well. You can see it here
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondpage4.html. The leaf basket is
from
Aquatic Eco, as is the hose. The vac head is from an old vacuum for the
house.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

I'm in the process of building one. Just waiting for the long hose to
arrive. I got tired of messing with the shop vacs and the koi clay
clogging the 'pump out' feature. Thanks for the instructions,
RichToyBox! Really anxious to try it out.

deanna

RichToyBox wrote:

I use a swimming pool vacuum with my filter pump to clean my ponds. I think
it works very well. You can see it here
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondpage4.html. The leaf basket is from
Aquatic Eco, as is the hose. The vac head is from an old vacuum for the
house.