Pond Vacuum

[Sharktooth]

Thinking about getting a pond vacuum. Does anyone have any good advice? I have a 500 gal pond. Thanks

 

[Mmathis]

Just my opinion, but a pond vac is probably overkill for a small pond. You might be better off just using a net to scoop out the bottom.

 

[Nevermore44]

I don’t know the cost of them now … but I got a second hand one years back and I absolutely love it. From my 1000 g pond to a second small one in the front….. it makes clean very easy and it gets all the fines and debris out that a net will miss.

 

[Amyrae886]

Thinking about getting a pond vacuum. Does anyone have any good advice? I have a 500 gal pond. Thanks

I agree it may be overkill. I paid over $450 for min 3 years ago from the pond guys. Love it!! But for such a small pond. Idk if it’s worth the money.

 

[Amyrae886]

Thinking about getting a pond vacuum. Does anyone have any good advice? I have a 500 gal pond. Thanks

What do you have in there? I have a 300 gallon stock tank I want to put in the ground and add something. But not sure what.

 

[GBBUDD]

IF THERES SOME WAY TO GET A SYPHONE GOING THAT CAN DO THE JOB

 

[Mmathis]

I have an Oase Pond-o-Vac which is great, but too big for what you need.

 

[don hollowell]

i have the oase...its great,,and expensive,,, but for a pond your size,,,i would not do it...get you a shop vac. that would work and cheap

 

[poconojoe]

My pond is way bigger than yours and I use a pool net. It's the big bag type that is meant to scoop out leaves. Not the flat skimmer type.

Just go very very slow.

 

[GBBUDD]

Shop vac doesn't work very well in my experience it fill very quickly and can not go very deep too much weight

 

[don hollowell]

i bought a oacis 8 yrs ago,,very expensive,,, like 800 , to much for a small pond,,,my pond is 6500 gal,,,its great for mine

 

[don hollowell]

get a shop vac,,it will do all you need for a small pond

 

[GBBUDD]

That depends on the depth if it's shallow it will do the job my pond is 6 foot and drop vac lol at me

 

[reefsr]

Get a wet dry shop vac. You can use it for your pond, your car, and much more

 

[CometKeith]

Thinking about getting a pond vacuum. Does anyone have any good advice? I have a 500 gal pond. Thanks

Hi. I have a pond vac. It works pretty well for me. When we did our pavers a few years ago a lot of sand went in the pond and the pond vac got rid of everything that went in the pond. I usually use it in the spring before my plants grow too much. It might be harder to use right now if you have a lot of vegetation.