Home made pond skimmer

My first homemade pond skimmer. It is from a paint ball container. At this point the only thing inside is pantyhose to catch leaves and the pump.

I took metal wire and made it into the shape of the bucket, then attached wire to holes i made in the four corners of the bucket to hold it right below the waterline. I took fishing line and a needle and sewed the pantyhose to the square wire. I used silicone to fill in the holes from the pond pump plug in and for the exit hole for the pumped water. I have a separate filter not yet installed to filter beneath the waterline. In my next video I have cut a hole in the top and installed a blue mazus water plant that will spread quickly and cover the top of the bucket.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• pond
• pump
• filter
• how
• to
• homemade
• home
• made
• taylorville
• IL
• Shane
• water
• plant

[IntegraGSR5]

u got a new one ? let me see

[shanewoods39]

I didnt make a video of it... Basically, I just made it so it sits outside the pond, and in the ground. I cut a hole in my pond and it spills into the strainer. I have a pump that pumps the strained water back into the pond...

It's better because it is unseen now.

Ya that guy who commented before was a jerk. I just made the video to give people a cheap alternative to buying a "real" strainer!

[IntegraGSR5]

damn dude. be a litle nicer will ya. atleast he did it himslf

[t22far]

Attractive White box in the middle of ur pond ha ha

[rehsipus]

Thanks for the idea, I used chicken-wire and some net fabric. Works like a dream!

[IntegraGSR5]

get some duck weeds for it?. i have alot of it where i live. i belive they can create some shade for the fish.

[p90xpushplay]

make sure you build it where it gets at least some shade!

I didn't and now am fighting algae!

I think this spring I am going to move it to somewhere shaded!

[IntegraGSR5]

not gonna put anything weird in my tank yet. but i will build a pond when the weather is warm enough. imma build it on my own to save some money

[p90xpushplay]

exactly... I got it from his video!

Works like a charm! So are you going to get anything weird to put in your tank?

[IntegraGSR5]

hahahahah. yeah pretty much. type Home made pond skimmer filter in the search box. does ur second skimmer look like that 1? if so then u did a good job. the 1 that he has pretty much like urs. its out side the pond, in the ground just like u've described urs