Pond Surface Leaf Vacuum

[Big Lou]

Does anyone know of a device made to vacuum leafs from a ponds SURFACE? Btw, I tried laying out my leaf net but it was far, far too large and difficult to place due to the trees being so close to the pond.

squirrels are feasting on the nuts falling from our two bald cypress trees!

 

[dieselplower]

My net works great!

 

[j.w]

Some have skimmers in their ponds that suck the leaves and such into it. I just use a hand net to scoop mine out.

 

[callingcolleen1]

My net here too!!

 

[Big Lou]

Hand scoop net for me too. Since Starbucks can make 432,000 different coffee drinks I thought someone might have invented such a device.

 

[Waterbug]

Skimmer is the device that was invented. No one has come up with anything better. They have no niche skimmers that can be added to an existing pond.

 

[callingcolleen1]

I have a large light weight net that is hard to see, that I put over the pond and it stops lots of leaves, also some still fall through.

and just for the record... Tim Horton's coffee better than Starbucks!!!

 

[Big Lou]

I have a large light weight net that is hard to see, that I put over the pond and it stops lots of leaves, also some still fall through.

and just for the record... Tim Horton's coffee better than Starbucks!!!

Looks very effective Colleen. I don't drink coffee myself. It's seems Starbucks thinks they are the end all be all of coffee purveyors. I can't understand why anyone would pay such high prices.

 

[addy1]

i don't care for starbucks, it is bitter to me.

 

[callingcolleen1]

Do you have Tim Hortons down their? Here in Canada Starbucks has a very hard time competing with Tim Hortons, everybody gets a "Timmy" and line ups go out the door sometimes. It's way cheaper, smoother, not bitter, and they use real coffee cream, 18% milk fat, not the crappy half and half, or skim milk! Make the coffee takes soooo good!

 

[RSFish1]

I am not endorsing buying from this seller, but this is the one we purchased last year for skimming on a smaller pond in our backyard. It is only 6' x 9' surface area. But this does a great job of catching everything. If it floats, this grabs it. But according to how big of surface area your pond it may not work quite as well.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/660gph-Floa...351?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2559ec9aff

 

[Big Lou]

Do you have Tim Hortons down their? Here in Canada Starbucks has a very hard time competing with Tim Hortons, everybody gets a "Timmy" and line ups go out the door sometimes. It's way cheaper, smoother, not bitter, and they use real coffee cream, 18% milk fat, not the crappy half and half, or skim milk! Make the coffee takes soooo good!

No

 

[addy1]

I am not endorsing buying from this seller, but this is the one we purchased last year for skimming on a smaller pond in our backyard. It is only 6' x 9' surface area. But this does a great job of catching everything. If it floats, this grabs it. But according to how big of surface area your pond it may not work quite as well.
http://www.ebay.com/...=item2559ec9aff

Looks like it would work, and it is working for you, thanks for posting for others looking for one

 

[Big Lou]

Looks like it would work, and it is working for you, thanks for posting for others looking for one

I do not think it could handle the deluge of cypres leaves that fall in about a weeks time. Seems great for routine maintence. By the way Dr.'s Foster & Smith sells it.

 

[RSFish1]

I do not think it could handle the deluge of cypres leaves that fall in about a weeks time. Seems great for routine maintence. By the way Dr.'s Foster & Smith sells it.

It will not handle a lot of stuff at once without being cleaned out daily. But I am truly impressed with it. It catches small limbs, leaves extra food and even baby birds that got blown out of the maple tree. It does a very good job and can fill up quickly. And it is fun watching the smaller fish swim over the lip of it and grabbing food that has been sucked in. A couple of them figured out it was the best place to grab food and not have to fight the others for it.