pond vacs

[maddog04]

to all the fish keepers on here, thinking of getting a pond vac.....decent not one of the cheap shite ones

does anyone in the Liverpool area have one that I could borrow to try out before I commit to buying one.....even on ebay they're decent money so would like to try one first?

cheers

[esetest]

I bought one a few years back , cost over a £100 at the time ,  didn't do a very good job , and broke down within a couple of years , I get just as much crap out with a net at a fraction of the cost and about the same amount of effort .

[maddog04]

cheers mate

got a fair bit of sludge as I have overhanging vegetation/dog n cat displace soil etc into the pond. Have tried scooping with a net but it just sends the water into meltdown for a few days where I can't see foc all and the fish must get stressed with it, hence the vac idea

[dazza]

Because being sucked up a vacuum pipe must be quite relaxing, I would imagine......if you're a fish 

[esetest]

cheers mate

got a fair bit of sludge as I have overhanging vegetation/dog n cat displace soil etc into the pond. Have tried scooping with a net but it just sends the water into meltdown for a few days where I can't see foc all and the fish must get stressed with it, hence the vac idea

[esetest]

cheers mate

got a fair bit of sludge as I have overhanging vegetation/dog n cat displace soil etc into the pond. Have tried scooping with a net but it just sends the water into meltdown for a few days where I can't see foc all and the fish must get stressed with it, hence the vac idea

If you have an ornamental type pond with koi the dirty water might upset  the fish , and it might spoil the look , but if you  have  a wildlife pond with goldfish or shubunkin  or hybrids  they  can cope with dirty water for  few days , I have the latter which is a lot easier to maintain .

[maddog04]

its more of a wildlife pond and they cope but lost a young un the other day which was one for the future in my eyes. just want clear water so I can see them all the time......have you ever tried that sludge buster stuff where you empty a sachet in and 8.5 Million bugs eat the sludge?

[HarryHornby]

If you're in Liverpool, why not just go an "borrow" someone elses...... 

[esetest]

its more of a wildlife pond and they cope but lost a young un the other day which was one for the future in my eyes. just want clear water so I can see them all the time......have you ever tried that sludge buster stuff where you empty a sachet in and 8.5 Million bugs eat the sludge?

[esetest]

its more of a wildlife pond and they cope but lost a young un the other day which was one for the future in my eyes. just want clear water so I can see them all the time......have you ever tried that sludge buster stuff where you empty a sachet in and 8.5 Million bugs eat the sludge?

I have used it and although it works , the water goes milky looking for about a week, but if it ever warms up ,  it will go green for a few weeks , you could always try the sludge buster then .

[darrsi]

Spot the odd one out.

[celticdog]

Is it the gold one?

[maddog04]

harry, I would but the garage is full of stereos and hub caps

[HarryHornby]

harry, I would but the garage is full of stereos and hub caps