![]() ![]() Would love to clean it up more and get rid of the leeches.You are logged in as a guest. Kids love the pond, it is right near the house. The pond is roughly a triangle shape, so I’ll start at the swimming area point and work my way out over a handful of years. Perhaps later I’ll look at some sort of de-watering. ![]() I plan to do most of the work in spring/fall when we have excess water and just pump over the bank towards the woods. It has about a foot or so of loose muck/silt that I think will suck up pretty nicely. It is very, very solid probing with a measure stick, and is pretty consistently 8 feet deep all way around the pond. We live in an area with a lot of flat rock, you can find it in all the nearby creeks, and in our ditch by the road. I’ve been aerating (two bottom diffused) the past 5 years since we bought the property and using bacteria, it has cleaned up a lot. I’m guessing it won’t negatively impact the pump? Any difference between 1.5” vs 2” at the nozzle? From the nozzle, I’ll probably have a 3 to 6 foot 3” pvc pipe to a T joint or something with a 1 to 2 foot pvc capped with about ¾ inch holes drilled for a sort of vacuum end.ĭoes this setup sound feasible? Am I correct in reducing 3” to 1.5 or 2” to the nozzle. ![]() And then however long 3” hose I need to pump out over the pond bank. I’ll have a short 3” discharge hose from the pump that I’ll have to reduce to 1.5” or 2” to the suction nozzle. I’ll probably only need a few feet of 3” intake hose. So, I’ll have a 3” trash pump that I’ll put on my floating dock so it can move with me as needed. Https:/ / mm5/ merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=SN32 Https:/ / mm5/ merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=SN3 Going to spend a little extra for a nozzle, I suspect I could make one cheaper, but I like these: Https:/ / 3-in-212cc-gasoline-engine-semi-trash-water-pump-296.html Craistlist and FB marketplace didn’t seem to offer much better options. This trash pump seems to have enough power and is affordable. ![]() I’ve been reading through the forum, trying to piece together the information I need, with a lot coming from Driver Cody’s posts. I think I have the pump and nozzle set, looking for guidance on hosing sizes. TLDR: Looking to build a Gold/Muck dredge using Venturi effect. ![]()
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