[Worldwide Koi Club] Pond Pump died. Suggestions for new one?
Hello Colleen. I can’t advise you about pumps because I don’t know enough, but I can tell you that my new Matala Pond Vac, purchased this spring, is probably the most useful purchase I’ve made this year. I’m attaching a link which will tell you more about it, although you’ll probably want to deal with someone in your country (I’m in Canada) to facilitate shipping.
http://www.petsandponds.com/securestore/c207429p16904344.2.html
It has excellent suction, although it apparently isn’t as effective in ponds deeper than three feet. No matter - I used it for my spring clean-up when the water levels were quite low, and I’ll use it again in the autumn when I do another good scouring. I usually drain the pond to just under two feet deep so I can do a good job.
What I like most about it is that it shuts itself off when the container is full and then turns itself back on once the load has been discharged. And you should see the muck it picks up! I recommend it highly and wish I had had it a few years ago because pond maintenance is certainly a lot easier now.
Sincerely, Brenda
On 12-Jul-08, at 9:35 PM, cpnewhart wrote:
> I have been surfing the web and am getting very confused and could > really use some advice. > My pump died today after 3 1/2 years of great service. > It was a Cyprio Hozelock model 3360 Cascade 1400. It hung in my > pond and pumped water up to the back of my Tetra Pond2 biofilter, > which sits ten feet up and 20 feet away in the top of my waterfall. I > am circulating approx 1250 gal. through 3 small cascading ponds, all > with aquatic plants, down an 18″ by 15’stream into my oval approx. > 10′by12′, by 3 1/2′ deep koi pond. Unfortunately I do not have a > bottom drain. The terrain would not allow for it. > I do occasionally use a Pondmaster 40 watt ultraviolet steralizer in > the 1″ line just before the biofilter. It works great and I love the > blue rings! > I have a few questions. Can some one please suggest an appropriate > pump that can be submersed, and shouldn’t it filter out particles so > it doesn’t damage my sterilizer? Should I look for the same thing, > same size, I had? > And does anyone use a pond vac that does not use a filter’s pumping > station for suction? Do the garden hose versions really remove the > pond dirt from the bottom? I do partial water changes frequently.My > water is crystal clear.My 5 Koi and several comets seem happy, but > I’d like to clean the bottom. Please help me. > Colleen > > > ———————————— > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
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