Lake/Pond Skimmer

[@mattwright2964]

Good design. You could make it really good by feeding the water that comes out into a large 'bog filter' area that consumes the nutrients. This would be an area that bubbles the water up through gravel to wetland plants and lets it gradually work its way back into the lake. That would be a really exciting combination. You could drive the pump with solar panels and windmill. Then take the excess algae skimmed off away from the area for feed or dry and burn it. 👍

[@thehomedoc1667]

Great Idea Mike, I will definitely think about doing something like that...Thanks for watching and your support!

[@SugeKnight2008]

Great ingenuity!

[@meathome3344]

Brilliant idea. I plan to use this to harvest duck weed for my chickens to eat. Mount skimmer frame directly on front end loader bucket.

[@thehomedoc1667]

Awesome great idea on feeding your chickens with duckweed....Killing two birds with one stone!!....especially since chicken feed and eggs are so expensive

[@christophercarpenter3807]

love it , great work . i would buy that set up .

[@thehomedoc1667]

Thank You for the awesome comment and your support!!

[@JamesSmith-gw6xd]

Good solution my friend! I had a terrible water meal problem on my pond a few years ago and it actually made a fish kill from lack of oxygen. Lost most of my fish😢 I made a similar skimmer from a 3inch trash pump, but it was so powerful i had to hold it underwater or it would suck itself dry...worked really well though. However after fighting the watermeal this way for 2 years i realized i was being reactive to the real problem of why the watermeal was coming in the first. So, last year i got a pond water test kit and started taking readings of the water. I found my pond was high in phosphates, so i started treating with a phosphate eliminator and muck tablets. I also added an areator system. Now, this year i have some watermeal, but considerably less and much easier to manage. You got to fix your water issue or you will be sucking out watermeal forever. I definitely feel your pain, it was a nightmare for me! Best of luck!

[@thehomedoc1667]

Thanks for your response and yes it seems that my problem has been resolved due to just giving it sometime after building. Thanks for your Support

[@geanitsucuneli4791]

That's a good food for your chickens!

[@thehomedoc1667]

Yes you are right, could just let the water meal go right into the chicken 🐔 house!

[@geanitsucuneli4791]

@@thehomedoc1667 just get a pump and a screen and the feed is free !

[@colinmalcolm2422]

Mate this is absolutely brilliant. Well done.

[@thehomedoc1667]

Thank You so much for your comments 😊. Please subscribe to my channel I really appreciate everyone's support!!

[@randymch]

I love this concept. I had pretty much the same idea and found your video through searching for clearing duck week on a lake. I've just bought a property with a 1 acre fishing lake. I have virtually zero DIY skills but want to make something like this powered by 2 or 3 solar panels.

[@thehomedoc1667]

Awesome I am really glad that it helped you and Thank You for your support and please subscribe it really helps 😊

[@deborahlong4417]

Hi! Did you ever make a new video showing the skimmer design/pump placememt etc? Thanks!

[@Smokeroux]

Nice Sieve! Much better than filter bags

[@thehomedoc1667]

Yes I tried filter bags and they clogged extremely fast!

[@Smokeroux]

@@thehomedoc1667 screens work so much better and self cleaning

[@randymch]

My project is now underway. Pipework and gasoline 750litre per minute dirty water pump now purchased. Can't help thinking I might completely rethink with a new design on the basis that it duckweed floats. With this in mind, a catch tank with an output at the bottom back into the lake might do the same thing but without the need for finer gauge filters.

[@michaellalanae7228]

Bails of hay in the return area to capture the duck weed from returning back into the pond .

[@theresahoffman8408]

What pump was used to pull water sll the way to shore?

[@simonjon831]

A round collector would improve the vortex effect ( think tornado cone ) also some battery powered 12v system charged by solar perhaps. Next job ... Upscale ? Looking good

[@TexasExperience]

Great Idea!! Have you considered running water into a Bog?

[@chilman6461]

Well Don mate from the UK

[@lauriec7326]

So cool--brilliant!

[@thehomedoc1667]

Thank You Laurie 😊

[@freespirit7475]

its called a Faircloth skimmer, call Firelands supply in ohio for a quote

[@maggieabendroth2561]

Hi I was wonder if you had made another video about how you made the skinner? Thank you

[@CompThatHouse]

Here it is, Spring of 2020, I have the watermeal/duckweed problem, last 3 years. I have a system similar to yours, but trying to find that perfect filter system. where can we find the "wire" you use for the filter?

[@thehomedoc1667]

It's very unique wire that is used in the papermill industry....I would think that Aluminum window screen would be very similar....Thanks for subscribing to my channel....

[@sufferedenuf]

I have a pond in south central Florida that is getting the same film on top and I found your vid while searching for a solution. Yours looks like a great way to go. What kind of pump handles that water without clogging up? I would only recommend a larger catch skimmer to handle the volume.

[@betsyriopelle]

Hey! We are looking at a similar fix for our water meal mess. Could you let us know which pump you used? Hope it’s still working well.

[@thehomedoc1667]

Hi B Riopelle I used a TSURUMI 2/3 HP 2" Plug in Utility Pump that is Submersible Sump Pumps2/3 HP 2" Plug-In Utility Mfr #: LSR2.4S-61 Thanks for taking the time to see and Like my video...

[@robertmclennan5310]

The Green stuff is Algae! What you devise is like a sleuth box similar for gold mining. The holes need to be all the way across the manifold

[@thehomedoc1667]

I appreciate your feedback, but from a distance yes it seems like Algae. But actually it's from the same family as Duckweed but much smaller and is the world's fastest growing plant life....

[@michellequillin1]

what kind of pump did you use? Can you show your skimmer out of the water?

[@thehomedoc1667]

Michelle Quillin thanks for your comments sorry for the delay...I was going to create another video of the skimmer out of water shortly

[@thehomedoc1667]

HI Michelle, I used a TSURUMI 2/3 HP 2" Plug in Utility Pump that is Submersible Sump Pumps2/3 HP 2" Plug-In Utility Mfr #: LSR2.4S-61 Thanks for taking the time to see and Like my video...

[@natarajansukumar681]

Hi Your gadget looks great. Hope it got rid of your problem. I have a smaller 5000sq ft pond which has been really healthy. This year I am starting to get the Pea Soup type of green weed. I am not an Engineer. Would you be kind enough to fabricate or sell a unit like what you had? I will be very happy to buy it off you:-)

[@thehomedoc1667]

Thanks for commenting yes my skimming took care of my problem I believe since it was a new pond that all of the decomposing organic matter caused this initial Duck Weed Bloom...where are you located, I would think that shipping items too you would be expensive....I am going to make another video on all the components I used so hopefully you can purchase them locally....Please Subscribe to my channel I am going to start building a house shortly on my channel.....Thanks Agian

[@natarajansukumar681]

@@thehomedoc1667 North of Toronto in Canada:-) My email is [e-mail] could you kindly write to me. I am keen on learning. already subscribed to your channel

[@jwiereng]

5:58 A crossed? across

[@lbinok]

Actually is is acrost.

[@darrenwlewis]

@@lbinokacrost is not a word. It is a colloquialism combining across and crossed as lazy dialect, but again, not a word.

[@lbinok]

@@darrenwlewis actually it is spelled sarcasm.

[@cd1168]

Ridiculous. You don’t show the skimmer or the pump. Useless

[@thehomedoc1667]

Chris you are right I need to create a video to show the components of the skimmer...Thanks for your comment and please subscribe so when I post the video you will be the first to know the components that I used!

[@curtmorehouse]

@@thehomedoc1667 I would love to see the parts you used for the skimmer and how you put it together!