How does one keep a duck pond clean???

[gofasterstripe]

LMAO...here is my really expensive pond. I have 3 of them. It takes me all of 5 mins to bail out the 3 pools with a big shovel I use to clean out the stalls. I scoop the water and sling shot it across the grass to water it. Its worked well for me so far.

 

[goslingsmum]

my geese make the water very dirty and there is too much water to pump out every week how will i clean it please as it has been up and running for 3 weeks got a pump but it was to strong and blew the lid of the filter box any ideas would be great

 

[Miss Lydia]

my geese make the water very dirty and there is too much water to pump out every week how will i clean it please as it has been up and running for 3 weeks got a pump but it was to strong and blew the lid of the filter box any ideas would be great

What are you talking about? a real pond a kiddy pool? if a kiddy pool then what I do is get the hose running in it then screw off the end attacked to faucet and drain down hill just about all the water is drain out this way. I do this 3X a week have 18 water fowl using it. I also use Oxine ah in the water on the days I don't empty, I add fresh water to top it off and a half cup of oxine ah

 

[dutchbunny83]

I doubt this thread is still checked, found it looking for the skippy pond system.

I still need to buy & run a pump with this set up right, Wifezilla?

That's what I was trying to avoid

 

[Kymarose]

Duck pond... will always be dirty to some extent. The chore is to keep it clean and filled with fresh water on a regular bases. We purchased a 320 gallon stock tank a few years ago. Built a ramp to it and they love it, but I have to clean it often. During summer months I may get only 3 days between complete drain and cleaning. As some one has posted... the "poop soup" makes great fertilizer. I drain the pond near back yard trees. Wonderful tree food as well as garden. We have well water so no problem with water expense.

 

[Kymarose]

Added thought. I wouldn't go to the expense of buying a pump or filter... duck poo will clog it up. With smaller ponds... like kiddy ponds... I just syphon the water out using a piece of old hose. Put the entire hose under the water until you know the hose is full... close off one end with your finger... put that closed end on the ground.. and let it flow.

Hope this helps.

 

[Vickers58]

The pools we have are cement mixing buckets nested into a raised deck. My husband added PVC pipes to drain the water directly to both our garden and compost pile. One pipe is actually set up so the water drains to a hose for my neighbors iris garden!

At the end of each day I put on a pair of gloves, pull the installed sink drain and then spray it out. Giving it a good scrub every other day with a dish scrubber! AN OLD DISH scrubber!

 

[caroline11]

Here is my pond I pump it out about once a week or more when it looks really bad Maggie and Mavis also have a 50 gl stock tank next to their house don't know how well this will work in the winter ha ha but they love it here I am refilling look close you will see Maggie

 

[smonkeySK]

The black bin at the back is my mechanical filter, the blue bin next to that is a trickle tower for biological filtration.
Water is nicely clean; well it would be if it weren't so green! Once I manage to establish more plants the algae should cease to be an issue as the nutrients should go to the plants instead.

I'm using 40mm flexible pond hose but will convert it all to solid pvc piping of larger diameter next year.
Using an 8000 litre per hour pump that handles 10mm solids.

I like the idea of skippy filters but without adding a vortex (mixing in oxygen) then they don't work well as biological filters due to the anaerobic conditions.

Look into koi filtration there's loads of help for that on the net.

It's not that difficult or expensive to set up - the hardest thing about mine was having to do most of it at night because ducks really really really slow down any digging work!

 

[ducksinarow]

Wow nice pond!