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Skimmer
Units
The first step
in building a pond is ensuring that waste products are efficiently
removed from the system. The application of a skimmer and bottom
drain is essential in this regard.
Skimmers can
remove as much as 85% of debris before it settles to the bottom and
is the most effective way of reducing maintenance and increasing
the quality of your water. They can provide both mechanical and
biological filtration all in one unit. It provides efficient
removal of floating debris and oxygen robbing protein film. A leaf
trap is included and offers easy removal of larger debris.
Everything is removable for easy access and maintenance. The door
automatically adjusts to the pond water level for more suction. The
floating door prevents most fish from entering the basket.
The addition
of a skimmer will greatly reduce the maintenance and increase the
enjoyment of your pond.
A
Skimmer installs on the outside edge of the EPDM Liner in a
pond. Its purpose to collect debris off the surface
of the pond before it sinks to the bottom. Just like a
skimmer in a swimming pool.
You would
install your submersible pump in the bottom of the skimmer.
When your pump is operating, water is forced into the skimmer
opening. This creates a surface current in the pond
which breaks surface tension and pulls debris into the
skimmer.
Skimmers
also provide a means to discharge excess rainwater from the pond
before it undermines the liner.
Aquascape Skimmers have room to mount an automatic waterfill
assembly on an interior wall.
The
Aquascape Classic & Signature Series come shipped with a gray
molded faux rock lid to hide the skimmer box into the pond
landscape.
Skimmers
allow for easy pond construction in any location, even directly
beneath trees!
The
Skimmer & BIOFALLS are a part of each Aquascape Pond
System. These two components work together to provide you with a
clean, debris-free pond.
TJB-INC TIP:
LEAVE
SLACK IN THE LINER AT ATTACHMENT POINTS. If you don’t, your silicone
seals will get pulled loose as the soil and rocks shift and settle.
Leave plenty of slack, if you have a 6 to 8 inch fold when you get
to the top of your waterfall, just fold it over and cover it.
If you leave a 10”-12” fold at the base of your units, you will
have extra liner if you ever have to do a swap out.
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