Cleanliness next to Godliness with the the pond vac

Now, I know there is some of you out there thinking that if you didnt let the pool get to that state then there wouldnt need to be all that upheaval and all that work. Well, just like for the living room carpet, there such things as pool vacuum cleaners to kept the bottom of the pool clean. Most of them are adapted swimming pool cleaners and are noisy and awkward to handle and cannot cope with the volume of filth that even a healthy pond/pool generates. This filth however helps maintain the foundations for the existence of all the living things in that pool, so cleaning it all away is worse than leaving the pool to evolve into stagnation. Pool vacuums are only really suitable for koi keepers and pools with efficient and active biological filters attached to them. Biological filters are the equivalent of pool bottom and contain all the necessary bacteria that you need in the pool environment.

Having them remote from the pool whilst allowing the bacteria to continue to function in the water processing role, the filtration system allows you to Hoover the bottom of the pool to your hearts content. If that is the case, there is no doubt that regular removal of any build up of detritus, particularly in those odd corners amongst pebbles and around baskets, helps delay the inevitable day of reckoning, but there is no way the that pool could be considered a natural environment since many of the of the animals, larvae (caddis flies) and even some sorts of fish the thrive in the muck in the bottom of a pool just wont be present, leaving huge gaps in the ecosystem.

The company Oase have undoubtedly produced one of the most efficient and easy to use vacuums on the market called Pondovac. It is capable of removing 30litres of sludge in less than a minute, be it strand algae or particles up to 10mm. This can be discharge down a drain with the option of filtering it through a net as it does so. Different and adjustable nozzles allow access to intricate corners or efficient coverage of flat areas and the fact that there is a remote control on the handle of the sucking pipe means you can get right into a large pool rather than trying to reach in from the side.