Home made pond skimmer filter.

Cheap and easy, what more do you need...

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• koi
• pond
• skimmer
• filter

[kitkatkro0811]

hey procrastinator.. i have recently brought my pond indoors and will construct a small scale filter as you have done.. i am concerned about cloudy water and algae.. any suggestions?

[PR0CRASTINAT0R]

Keep you pond out of direct sunlight and add a bio filter and a bunch of time.

[WoundedEgo]

Great job.

So does this filter out algae? Or is this just for leaves and stuff?

[PR0CRASTINAT0R]

I have put two screens into the finished project. The first screen is coarse (1/4" square) and filters out leaves, the second is fine (1/16" squares) and catches a lot of the green stuff (string algae, etc...). The fine screen make cleaning almost a daily routine. If I just use the coarse, I can go about a week without cleaning, but I like the results I get with both.

[overnewleaf]

Have you had any problem with fish getting into the skimmer?

Seems very effective!

[PR0CRASTINAT0R]

Only sick fish or tiny babies have got into the basket. This skimmer doesn't really hurt them.

[CBeans420]

Sweet skimmer bud, thanks for explaining the design. Peace

[polylingue]

Thank you very much for posting this video, it will help me a lot!!!

[MyMPPM]

great job

[cooperdypyty]

great great great idea. i'm going to build mine the same way so thank you

[RadierManor]

Awesome effort man.

[vontressler1]

Great vid very practical like most comments gives ideas how to in vid format plenty info in text on web but no pics many thx for sharing vid,hey with all my spares should be able to make f.o.c.

[shelf4you2001]

Thanks for the video. It made me think how I could use this idea. I would have to hide mine under a big flat rock, no deck

[MovieDemocom]

Howdy, I am looking at skimmers and came across your video. I am putting the skimmer in the same type of place as you... under a deck. However, I am putting in a trap door that I can lift up - to allow easy access. something to think about. Thanks again for video.

[TheFishExpert]

looks good 

[axemurderer4hire]

I'd like to see more on how you did that float switch! ... Next step: join all those deck boards together and hinge them to the joists so it lifts as a unit like a trapdoor.