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post #1 of 8
3/4/11 at 11:20pm
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Got a 165 gallon pond for my 3 ducks last summer and to renew their water, I would use buckets of water to empty the pond out.  It's not working out for me, my back was killing me.  This summer I'm planning on doing a drainage for them but how ?  What sort of drainage do you all use ?  I'm a picture and learn kind of gal, so if anyone has pic's, it will be greatly appriciated.  Thank you smile

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post #2 of 8
3/5/11 at 4:27am
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Got a 165 gallon pond for my 3 ducks last summer and to renew their water, I would use buckets of water to empty the pond out.  It's not working out for me, my back was killing me.  This summer I'm planning on doing a drainage for them but how ?  What sort of drainage do you all use ?  I'm a picture and learn kind of gal, so if anyone has pic's, it will be greatly appriciated.  Thank you smile


I just use a pump as I was afraid to put a hole in my liner.  You can also use a wet/dry vac to do the same thing.

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post #3 of 8
3/5/11 at 7:53am
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Got a 165 gallon pond for my 3 ducks last summer and to renew their water, I would use buckets of water to empty the pond out.  It's not working out for me, my back was killing me.  This summer I'm planning on doing a drainage for them but how ?  What sort of drainage do you all use ?  I'm a picture and learn kind of gal, so if anyone has pic's, it will be greatly appriciated.  Thank you smile


I just use a pump as I was afraid to put a hole in my liner.  You can also use a wet/dry vac to do the same thing.


thumbsup i have a 600 gallon pond that i use a sump pump on, then for the remaining water i use a wet dry vac to get all the goo and water out.

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post #4 of 8
3/5/11 at 9:43am
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Do you guys mean something like this ? http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?keyword=wet+dry+vaccum&langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
I have that sitting in the garage..  Cool, I never knew I could use that on a pond big_smile  Thanks guys

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post #5 of 8
3/5/11 at 10:07am

yup, i just have a small 8 gallon one and it works great.

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post #6 of 8
3/5/11 at 11:30am

I use a 1/16 hp sump pump from ace hardware about 80 dollars. Drains it all the way down. I dont need the wet dry vac to finish, cause theyre big kiddie pools so I just flip em and hose em out before refilling.

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post #7 of 8
8/2/12 at 10:50am

You don't need a huge pond with a pump! Just something big enough for you to empty daily is fine!!! Just make sure that it's not too deep and that they can get in and out. Ducks can drown!

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post #8 of 8
8/3/12 at 9:32am

TTeddy, please pay attention to the question asked when posting. They wanted suggestions for draining the pond for cleaning ect.


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