I've been cleaning my skimmer ever few days too. I have a Burr oak over the pond. It's been dropping a lot of "flowers" too. Question, why do you have a screen on the skimmer box inlet? With your skimmer design, I would think it would be very fish friendly as they can swim in and out. Your plants are looking nice. Mine are only just getting going in most cases.
Yes, Spring time is the time the skimmer works the hardest due to dropped flowers and leaves. There were some instances that small fish got into the skimmer box and got sucked down to the basket. That’s why I implemented that screen at the inlet just to avoid such incident. Happy pond season, again!
The only video I have of how the skimmer box was made is here: ua-cam.com/video/SpZsQvnRJlQ/v-deo.htmlsi=EJlLa6uDd3Bkbsez Thanks to Mr. @wrighty, You can see the original design here: ua-cam.com/video/fFFcME5HZCg/v-deo.htmlsi=aA2m1IO8Cl2R-v1q
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I've been cleaning my skimmer ever few days too. I have a Burr oak over the pond. It's been dropping a lot of "flowers" too. Question, why do you have a screen on the skimmer box inlet? With your skimmer design, I would think it would be very fish friendly as they can swim in and out. Your plants are looking nice. Mine are only just getting going in most cases.
Yes, Spring time is the time the skimmer works the hardest due to dropped flowers and leaves.
There were some instances that small fish got into the skimmer box and got sucked down to the basket. That’s why I implemented that screen at the inlet just to avoid such incident.
Happy pond season, again!
Do you have a video how you made that
The only video I have of how the skimmer box was made is here:
ua-cam.com/video/SpZsQvnRJlQ/v-deo.htmlsi=EJlLa6uDd3Bkbsez
Thanks to Mr. @wrighty, You can see the original design here:
ua-cam.com/video/fFFcME5HZCg/v-deo.htmlsi=aA2m1IO8Cl2R-v1q