wet/dry vac to clean pond bottom?

Most wet/dry vacs that I have seen have a safety to prevent water from
reaching the level of the motor. There is either a float that shuts off the
air flow or a switch that shuts off the motor.

"O3raledale" wrote in message
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Thanks to all who responded to my post. I'll try it out this weekend and
let ya
all know how I made out.
Thanks,
-Pat

Mine works that way, too. You didn't mention whether you have fish. One
thing I do is to push the suction pipe into a long handled net, and kind of
grip the handle along the length of it. It takes two hands, but the net
keeps the fish out. It does take a lot of loads, but my pond is about twice
the size of yours. My net also has a fairly coarse mesh. It allows most
anything in. If your debris is too big, what you might try is to push the
opening fairly tightly against the pond bottom and only let up a little bit,
as you move it along. Good luck.

Ann
"Remydog" wrote in message
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Most wet/dry vacs that I have seen have a safety to prevent water from
reaching the level of the motor. There is either a float that shuts off
the
air flow or a switch that shuts off the motor.

"O3raledale" wrote in message
...
Thanks to all who responded to my post. I'll try it out this weekend and
let ya
all know how I made out.
Thanks,
-Pat

Mine works that way, too. You didn't mention whether you have fish. One
thing I do is to push the suction pipe into a long handled net, and kind of
grip the handle along the length of it. It takes two hands, but the net
keeps the fish out. It does take a lot of loads, but my pond is about twice
the size of yours. My net also has a fairly coarse mesh. It allows most
anything in. If your debris is too big, what you might try is to push the
opening fairly tightly against the pond bottom and only let up a little bit,
as you move it along. Good luck.

Ann
"Remydog" wrote in message
news:v0emc.37565$Ik.2403161@attbi_s53...
Most wet/dry vacs that I have seen have a safety to prevent water from
reaching the level of the motor. There is either a float that shuts off
the
air flow or a switch that shuts off the motor.

"O3raledale" wrote in message
...
Thanks to all who responded to my post. I'll try it out this weekend and
let ya
all know how I made out.
Thanks,
-Pat

Thanks for the tip Ann, I'll try it that way. I have about 20 gold fish in the
pond with one frog 3 tadpoles and 5 snails (big shells) so if I go slow I
shouldn't take up any of the residents in the vac.
-Pat
If your debris is too big, what you might try is to push the
opening fairly tightly against the pond bottom and only let up a little bit,
as you move it along. Good luck.

Thanks for the tip Ann, I'll try it that way. I have about 20 gold fish in the
pond with one frog 3 tadpoles and 5 snails (big shells) so if I go slow I
shouldn't take up any of the residents in the vac.
-Pat
If your debris is too big, what you might try is to push the
opening fairly tightly against the pond bottom and only let up a little bit,
as you move it along. Good luck.

Here is a attachment I came up with for my wet/dry vac to help in
sucking the skud off the bottem. All the parts can be gotten at Home
Depot. You may need a fitting that will go from the PVC to the Vac
hose. I used one that was like a big funnel and cut it to fit.

http://pages.prodigy.net/airs/rocks/vac/vacatach.gif

Steve E.




On 06 May 2004 20:10:41 GMT, (O3raledale) wrote:

Thanks for the tip Ann, I'll try it that way. I have about 20 gold fish in the
pond with one frog 3 tadpoles and 5 snails (big shells) so if I go slow I
shouldn't take up any of the residents in the vac.
-Pat
If your debris is too big, what you might try is to push the
opening fairly tightly against the pond bottom and only let up a little bit,
as you move it along. Good luck.

Here is a attachment I came up with for my wet/dry vac to help in
sucking the skud off the bottem. All the parts can be gotten at Home
Depot. You may need a fitting that will go from the PVC to the Vac
hose. I used one that was like a big funnel and cut it to fit.

http://pages.prodigy.net/airs/rocks/vac/vacatach.gif

Steve E.




On 06 May 2004 20:10:41 GMT, (O3raledale) wrote:

Thanks for the tip Ann, I'll try it that way. I have about 20 gold fish in the
pond with one frog 3 tadpoles and 5 snails (big shells) so if I go slow I
shouldn't take up any of the residents in the vac.
-Pat
If your debris is too big, what you might try is to push the
opening fairly tightly against the pond bottom and only let up a little bit,
as you move it along. Good luck.

Actually, I just bought a $99 wet/dry PUMP vac from Costco. It works great.
As you clean the pond it pumps the water back out by attaching a garden hose
to it. Great invention.
The only thing is that my new Kois really like to come and check out the
action. They sit there in formation by the sucking nozzle and they look like
they are in a trance. I actually moved one of them (usually very shy) with
my hand, as if he was a paperweight or something. Very odd behavior. Very
cute too.



"O3raledale" wrote in message
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Hello all,
Year two here with my little 6x4 pond, and there is a layer of mud, leaves
and
assorted goo in the bottom of the pond. Can I stick a wet/dry vac hose in
the
bottom of the pond then turn the vac on and suck up the muck? I figured if
I
raised the hose out of the pond before I turned off the moter I wouldn't
have a
back wash problem. Will this work? Your thoughts?
Thanks,
Pat