Lake/Pond Skimmer 

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. 👍

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!

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.

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

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.

Mate this is absolutely brilliant. Well done.

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

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.

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

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

That's a good food for your chickens!

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

Nice Sieve! Much better than filter bags

Well Don mate from the UK

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.

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

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

So cool--brilliant!

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

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

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.

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?

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

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:-)

5:58 A crossed? across

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