Pond Vacs?

kevbo

Sorry to butt in guys, but whats your 2 cents as far as useing a wet vac to clean out a pond....so I dont have to go buy a $200 pond vac?? Whats the difference in a wet vac and a pond vac...they seem to have the same components and functions.

Royal-T

I used my shop vac to clean out my pond a bunch times with no problem. Get a good filter (for the pond) and you won't have to clean it out as often. Tom

cleveman

If you get some powerful batteries, I'm sure that you can shock the fish to kill them. I've also heard of using dynamite, but never seen either method used. But you should try one of these before you resort to emptying a pond.

If you must empty the pond, I would probably punch a hole in the dam. Install some pipe with a shut-off to facilitate doing this in the future if you want to empty it on a regular basis.

kevbo

How about a 12 gallon 5.0 Ultra Pro Shop-Vac...It's on sale at ACE. Pond stores want over $200 for there POND-VAC and it's smaller. I want to avoid empting out the pond...stresses out the fish and tend to loose a couple in the process.

POOLMANinCT

my brother has done about a mil$$$$$ in ponds over the last 2 yrs.

put an abg system on a dolly replace grids or cartridges w/ .5O " pvc chopped into .5" lengths.... that a pond vac...
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billgorgas

most pond vacs are meant to vac pond bottoms without removing too much water or dirt. it really depends on how much gunk you have at the bottom of the pond as to how well a pond vac will work. the oase vac is best for ponds with mild to moderate muck. it costs $50-700. bad muck requires removing the water and using a substantial wet-dry vac to pull the detritus out.

pond vacs are really meant for clients who don't know what the hell they are doing.