Keeping the pond bottom clean.

I'm a newbee ponder ..... Does anyone use a shopvac to clean sediment and
stufffff off the bottom of their pond?

Bob

Bob Knight wrote:

I'm a newbee ponder ..... Does anyone use a shopvac to clean sediment and
stufffff off the bottom of their pond?

See my post to the subject : Pond Vacuum



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"Bob Knight" wrote in message
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I'm a newbee ponder ..... Does anyone use a shopvac to clean sediment and
stufffff off the bottom of their pond?

I use one to clean my VF bottom, but this season (my first) I am leaving the
bottom of the pond to the bottom drain.

BV.

I am thinking of going to a setup like I use for my aquarium. It is a rigid
plastic tube with a hose coming put the that drains using suction. I use the
water in the house to water plants I figure I will use the water in the pond
to water the plants outside. A side note I have a bottom drain and have not
found much at the bottom of the pond this year. I walk in there at least
once a month to fix something I can't reach.
"Bob Knight" wrote in message
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I'm a newbee ponder ..... Does anyone use a shopvac to clean sediment and
stufffff off the bottom of their pond?

Bob

Please excuse my ignorance, but how does one use a shop vac to clean the
bottom? doesn't it fill right up with pond water before you get all of the gunk
out?
-Pat
(another newbie)

that was my thought exactly and then what do you do with all the water &
muck you've vacuumed up?

"O3raledale" wrote in message
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Please excuse my ignorance, but how does one use a shop vac to clean the
bottom? doesn't it fill right up with pond water before you get all of the
gunk
out?
-Pat
(another newbie)

In article , "Mickey"
writes:

I walk in there at least
once a month to fix something I can't reach.

I walk in mine at least once a day--.unless it's raining

Karen
Zone 5
Ashland, OH
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yup, it fills up pretty fast but it does get the muck. I just dump it out
onto my lawn.

" Caph" wrote in message
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that was my thought exactly and then what do you do with all the water &
muck you've vacuumed up?

"O3raledale" wrote in message
...
Please excuse my ignorance, but how does one use a shop vac to clean the
bottom? doesn't it fill right up with pond water before you get all of
the
gunk
out?
-Pat
(another newbie)

Purchase a SHOP VAC brand that has a pump to drain the water from the vacuum
as it fills.
I forget the model number, but it says that on the box. It's the 'Vacuum
that pumps'.
You have to stop drawing water every so often to let the water pump catch up
with the vacuum. The vacuum has a fitting on the pump that accepts a garden
hose so you can direct the pump output where you want.
I use a bucket with holes drilled in the bottom (small) with fiberfill in
the bucket to filter the water before it drains back into the pond.
I used the plastic cross-stitch material to make a screen for the end of the
vacuum hose, so as not to vacuum up things best left in the water.

Bill

"O3raledale" wrote in message
...
Please excuse my ignorance, but how does one use a shop vac to clean the
bottom? doesn't it fill right up with pond water before you get all of the
gunk
out?
-Pat
(another newbie)

I walk in mine at least once a day--.unless it's raining

Karen
Zone 5
Ashland, OH

worried you'll get wet?