Has anyone used this to keep leaves, pine needles/cones out of a koi pond?
803408
Yes its great. I made a hole in center where the fountain head from my pond sprays up so it covers the pond , but allows the waterfall to operate. Weigh it down with some rocks in case of heavy wind. It is a terrific product and lays nice and flat
803409
No I have not - but my spa is 4' above ground level and it does keep leaves/pine needles/twigs, etc out of it - would think if covered pond would work. Have found it is light weight and need to have anchors (cement block) on each side to hold in place if windy conditions.
1721934
We do. No problems. We have a lot of pine trees near us. Having the cover in place during a storm saves us time having to scoop tons of pine needles out after. Just roll them up with the cover and shake them out later.
1417314
Yes, worked perfectly. I put it in (1.5 bags) for about an acre pond, in April, just as the algae was growing. Within a few days the algae turns dark and drops to the bottom and disappears.
569482
It depends if the pine needles are dry or matted. If they are heavy I would say no. This is not a powerful blower. It's adequate for clearing sidewalks of grass clippings. Not much more.
155748
look just below the blades I get a lot of pine needles and Palo Verde leaves caught around mine. You could have something similar. Sometimes they free by their self and sometimes I have to use a small set of tweezers, nail or piece of wire to free it up and mine always starts working again.
145724
Flo-Free works very well with pine needles. They will sit on top of the Flo-Free, but the water can still flow through.
1331968
It easily aerated my 250+ gallon pond for my koi fish pond. Just remember to turn it off after dark.
922623
It is not too bad. I have only had to do it twice in over a year. Several screws and it comes apart fairly easily. The pain is worth what it will do for your pond. I have about a 400 gallon setup and within two days it killed all the suspended algea in the pond and the water went from green to crystal clear. Almost too clear.
654481
yes. buttttttt. i would not recommend this product. it didn't catch as much debris as i wanted even though it was rated for a large pond. it also came loose and i lost all of my pond water:( rating scale 1-5.....a "0"
2231723
We put this on a wood pole/handle. It's been a year so far and no problems using it to remove leaves and the dog balls that roll into the small fish pond.
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I use it to cover the top of my walkout dog run. I pull it tight and stake it. there is a little sag but not that much. I think it might also depend upon how large your pond is. I have tried lighter netting and found it did not stake as well. the lighter netting kept tearing where it was staked.
1261260
Works great to keep my 50 gallon pond crystal clear with 3 large comet and bog plants. I would recommend using a pond aerator as well.
1987077
Although this unit might work for pine cones and vines, I don't think you would be happy with the performance. This chipper has a smaller bottom screen through which processed material must pass. The screen holes are about an inch in diameter, which should be sufficient, although I have found "green", wet or material with dirt, such as root stock, will clog up the screen. You then must remove 8-lock nuts on the back of the unit to clear the screen. That can be anoying. This one handles small branches very nicely.
29937
there is a setting for pine straw on the unit, but I don't have many pine trees. As far as using only for straw I really not sure how it works. For leaves I love it
2162733
I have not used it yet, but plan to use it on burdock and thistle, also cattails around pond. We are an organic farm.
2085845
I don't have a personal experience using it under water and for a fish pond. According to the Thermabond web site it will probably work as long as you clean off the algie really well. They don't guarantee it, though. I suggest you read the instructions on their website about cleaning the surface and squeezing the water out from between the tape and the surface. In the reviews on Amazon for Thermabond kgraham used it for a koy pond with success. Didn't say anything about the long term effects on the koy.
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The area where the debris gets collected and stored is not very large and I have found that large leaves tend to get stuck in the intake slot. My pool doesn't get a lot of leaves, mainly smaller junk like redwood needles, so it's not a huge issue for me. They do sell special "clean up" filters that work a bit better when you have more leaves, but those are only for occasional use.