Hi guys I have an 800 gallon pond 3 feet deep it's 8 feet by about nine feet wide the first shelf is 10in deep this is the bog area the second shelf is 18 in deep and then it goes down to three feet deep at the deepest part. My question is when I constructed this Pond 2 years ago I did not include a skimmer I was going from a hundred gallon pond where it was very easy to keep the surface clear it's a little more difficult in a 800 gallon pond so I bought floating skimmer which is pretty effective but takes more space up. I was considering taking the pump that sits on the Shelf that's 18 in deep that pumps through a pipe up into the bog and designing Inlet bay as a skimmer. I've seen these and they seem pretty effective. My question was however they always say to put the pump the farthest away from the bog that you can but I would actually be using the pump to draw the water into the Inlet bay as a skimmer prior to Flushing the water through the bog and use the Inlet bay as my mechanical filter it would be easier for me to get to it to clean as well. On the wall opposite of the bog I have to Aquascape aerators and at the end of the bog there is a pump that sits on the bottom of the pond at 3 feet and it pumps up to the waterfall that is filled with lava rock it also a biofilter as well. I like things that look natural and I have a problem with this floating skimmer in my pond so I really like the idea of this Inlet skimmer do you think this would work at the one end of the bog I would have to drain the water down past the bog and I would have to foam in a rock wall to create this intake Bay as well as foaming in the inlet portion coming from the pond. I would put my pump in a pump bag at the bottom and then foam on top of that and then rocks to create a place that would skim the top of the water well. I will send pictures this little skimmer also needs to be emptied all the time so I need something a little bigger. Let me know your thoughts and ideas thanks