The Velda skimmer has been specifically designed to filter out the small and fine annoying particles that collect on the surface of your pond. The skimmer will take out debris such as; dust, pollen, leaves and twigs. This makes the Velda skimmer an ideal purchase for anyone who experiences problems with surface debris. One of the other main reasons though for people buying skimmers is for the removal of duckweed and pond foam, so again if this is a problem on your pond, a skimmer is essential!

The Velda pond skimmer works continuously, and comes with a reliable 2000 Lph pump that will allow 24 hour a day functioning. The skimmer will adjusts for the depth of your water, so you don't need to worry about setting the skimmer to a height. You can also anchor the skimmer in place, this can be handy if you know surface debris build up in a certain area.

Cleaning of the Velda Skimmer is very easy, the green collection basket can be quickly removed and hosed down within seconds, cleaning and reassembling it will take no longer than 5 minutes, make sure you turn the unit off before removing from the pond! Underneath the collecting basket there are two layers of Japanese matting, which is one of the best filter media on the market, this will filter out all the small particles that are missed by the collecting basket. To clean the matting I would say just to hose it down, don’t worry about the bacteria, as its not there for filtration purposes. If you look below you will see, the green collecting basket and the two different layers of matting that are taken out in order as shown.

Occasionally you will need to fully open and clean out the whole of the skimmer unit, as shown in the pictures below there are three stages to this. First pull and remove the grey bottom of the Velda skimmer unit, this will release the black buoyancy support at the same time, put these two items to the side and you will be left with what is in picture 2. You will have the  Velda pond skimmer's main motor that will unscrew from the grey collection tub. Turn it anti clockwise and this will release. You can then access the motor which just needs to be pulled out of place. Once all the parts are removed throughly clean the unit with a cloth and a hose pipe and then repeat the process of putting the unit back together.

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