Monday, May 08, 2006

 

52 Tips for Selecting a Pond kit, Pond Construction and Maintenance(6)

SKIMMERS


11. Some pond kits have a skimmer with the pump in the bottom of it. What do you think of these systems?
A skimmer will draw most of the water off the surface of the pond and should catch almost everything that falls into the pond that floats. It is the first line of pond maintenance. Many pond kits do not have any skimmer. Kits for bigger ponds may have a skimmer with the pump inside works pretty well as the skimmer. Pump-in-skimmer pond kits usually have a box filter at the top of the waterfall. These filters are difficult to hide and when they need to be cleaned, they too can be very messy. They are much easier to clean than in-pond filters.
However, these systems do not take any water off the bottom of the pond. We would prefer a system that draws water from both the surface and the bottom. Bigger ponds often have systems that can easily change the ratio of how much money is taken from the surface vs. bottom so there is built-in flexibility.

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Than you!




Jim Wilder

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