not only is that the best home made skimmer on you tube .. you have great taste in music . good job .

Thanks for your quick reply! Much appreciated; I poured the concrete last night!

9 years later and your video is still giving inspiration to us all. You have just solved the puzzle for my new project of building a raised pond out of sleepers, though only 2000 litres (440 gallons) I want a simple but effective skimmer to remove leaves and this is it, the perfect solution, everything else I've seen has always been based around Koi ponds, no use to me. Thank you mate for taking the time and effort to make this video and sharing it with us all, very much appreciated.

This is by far one of the best DYI Skimmers i've seen yet

Thank you for sharing! I may try to build something like this!

What a great video ! I have watched this so many times ! Best one ever seen . I will make it someday , LoL 👍

Awesome video! More work than I want to do but it looked very professional in the end. :)

Great video! Need to attempt to make one for our pond which we had to site under Maple trees.

Thanks mate. This is about as clear and helpful as a mud bath to a drowning man.

At 1st I was like, "saran wrap?", then I was all, "Ohh, awesome! Way cool". Thanks for sharing! Well done. Would you ever consider building a huge Bell Siphon that pours into something to cascade the water occasionally? I'd love to build a hinged bamboo vessel array so that when each one is full of water they tilt forward to empty into the next. Imagine two dozen of those bamboo guys bouncing away each time the bell siphon empties. I'd love to see that video =D

Good job! It gives me some ideas....

Hi Paul. The container is 12" across the top and 12" high. The concrete only needs to come up about 3-4" from the bottom. The inner basket is 10" across the top. I just matched up the basket with to the best fitting container at the same time/place. You want about an inch in space for the basket to fit around the container. The rocks are more for balancing out the pump. The greater the pump's suction-rate the more stones (extra weight without sinking it) you will need in order to keep the container from pushing up and going dry faster than it can take in water at the intake-level. Hope this makes sense. Let me know if you have other questions. Regards..

Молодец! Очень грамотно все сделано ! Легко чистить и очень дёшево с экономии денег можно потратить на пруд на что-то другое , на пример курить установку туман возле водопада! Класс 👍 спасибо за видио обзор !

прикольный ход и очень не дорогой, можно насос поставить ещё и в дно тогда вообще будет автономный плавающий скиммер. Молодец автор.

Wow!!! From Moscow 👍🏻

I need one for my 1/3 acre pond. Was thinking of a roving robot skimmer.

I'm trying to figure out how much concrete vs foam I'll need. What was the size of you containers - both the inner and outer ones? I see that you did still need to add some rocks to get it to float at the right height, but if I put too much concrete in in the first place, it will just sink. Any thoughts? Thanks. Paul

Hi Paul - The pump is a Hayward Power Pro from a few years back. It will pump about 70 GPM at the level I have it mounted. There are three intakes for my pond. So the floating skimmer is just one of the three intakes for said pump. IF your pump is too powerful for the skimmer (pushes it up out of the water bone-dry), you can always add another intake or two. At least that is what I ended up with. Regards.

I've decided to make a floating filter like the one you have made. It makes sense to me. How do I find out what type of strainer you have in the bottom of box that hose is screwed onto? Any info would be greatly appreciated. By the way, I really like the Swimmin' Hole you've built on your property. It is quite impressive so far! Thanks, Dick

Wow! Great DIY job! This looks much more effective than what i've found on the market. Maybe i'm not looking in the right place. Can you recommend an off the shelve floating skimmer for a 10, 000 gal pond by any chance? Cheers!

Awesome💪🏻💪🏻

Hello, thats a great idea. Is it possible that you can provide me the measurements of concrete and so on? Best reagards, Nicole

Clever 😀

gud one,

Is that a twelve by twelve square plastic flower pot. From home depot or lowes. Love this ideal. going to try my hands at it. Thank you

a great idea using the foam for buoyancy, mines very similar but attached to the pond wall. Is the expanding foam just general diy foam or is it a fish safe foam "if there's such a thing".

Good pickin' if nothing else

Hi! What is the point of the fitting on the bottom of the basket at 4:45? I understand the larger filter drain that’s attached to the bottom of the pot, but can’t figure out the reasoning for the piece connected to the basket. Love this build, thank you for sharing!

I am going to build a pond skimmer based on your design, using slightly different parts. How did you figure out how much concrete to add, as opposed to the amount of foam you used to provide buoyancy?

Просто супер! Хорошо бы узнать ещё производительность насоса и его мощность.

What is the size of your pump? Thanks

Top !!

Hello, can you tell me what is this for a product for 4:20minutes in your video?

How's it working after the water soaks into the foam? The red can great stuff is not enclosed cell foam. Found that out while doing a water fall. After a while it acts like sponge.

Dude really!? That is true DIY. Clever sir, very clever. What was the overall bill when you were done with the skimmer? P.S. the zip ties totally make this drifter status ;-)

Cool idea but why the rocks in the basket? Was in not heavy enough?

hi, I'm interested in this i also have my 600gallons pond, also i'm curious as to what type of foam that is?

Danke für das Vidio, ich gehe jetzt in meine Werkstadt es nach

Do you think this skimmer is large enough for your pond? I have a similar, natural, pond that is prone to algae and am thinking of something similar. Just not sure how large to go and how much pump I need.

Would you have a description/name of the item used at 4:20, it's threaded? it's an essential piece to the build, I'd love to know exactly what this is and where I could search for it.

People looking to do this have to come to their REALIZATION that No matter how you decide to do this, whether you buy off-the-shelf skimmer or make your own watching DIY videos like these, YOU NEED STRONG SUCTION at the bottom of your skimmer. That's how any skimmers work; enough SUCTION to pull water away from your pool. If you don't have enough suction, then you need to either UPGRADE your main pool pump that can provide strong suction or buy a new and separate pump just for the SKIMMER. So, the skimmer will have strong suction to pull water all on its own. This is usually the issue people have with their skimmers. It's not that your skimmer is designed badly or broken. This is what people putting out videos like these fail to mention.

I really want to do this for my koi pond but could the expanding foam be bad for the fish

Unfortunately I don't know enough about all the materials you used, to know what they are just by seeing them. But the finished products looks good.

can you make me one

Did I miss something? Where does the pump go? The rocks just keep it for height, right?

do you have written steps by steps and material list?

Have you thought of putting a plant such as bamboo inside the skimmer?

is there a list of materials? Thank you.

the idea is good for a retro skimmer but is the expanding foam ,hot glue gun adhisive & spray paint all pond safe ? because they will all have toxins that will leach out & as most koi keepers will tell you if there is anything in the water they will not tollerate it !!

With this design what would u do different if anything

not being slack but id rather buy one lol

Hallo den hab ich nachgebaut vor einem Jahr der ist klasse saugt alles von der Oberfläche ab und kostet fast kein Material

thats desent good job i need one but my luck is i would buil it and it would sink

Filmed in regular time and the spoken word would mean a lot!

Can you double the size and just sell me one? I do not have time but have a 100,000 reservoir that needs this!!!😉

Why not just cut the top part off another pot and make a cap for it to clean up the top

I like your item that you made, but without even text on the screen that that explains the materials that you're using, the video becomes less useful.

Going to need a bigger skimmer 🤦🏼‍♂️

This is too complex... must be a simpler way to do this...

This told nothing about what parts you were using and why. I'm new to pond and really could have used the narrative!