Cleaning your stock tank pool the easy and inexpensive way!
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- In this video we clean our stock tank pool with only a net and garden hose. Total time is twenty minutes and that is including time setting up camera. I discuss chemical usage and a few reasons we love our stock tank.
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Yep. Siphon effect. Easy & effective. We cut a large plastic coke bottle in half. Used the cap end to screw on the hose. It’s much more efficient having a big large scoop like the bottle.
Great idea! I’m going to use it, thanks so much for sharing!!!
thank you!! I set up a permanent vacuum system based on your idea. Works like a champ!! 🙏
I would use a shorter hose and duct tape a vacuum attachment to the end of it 🤗
So smart! We're off grid, so using gravity is always a better choice for us!
Thank you for the wonderful support! You’re living my dream, congratulations.
I just jump in to clean my pool as an exercise session.❤️
That’s awesome! I make a pretty good whirlpool myself now and then too. They’re a lot of fun.
I might use that for the small dust but I use a piece of filter media to catch thos bigger pieces once I swirl the pool to get it along the lines at center. My poly pool has a star pattern with I think 6 lines. Thank you for this.
I have always ended my swimming for the day by making a whirlpool -- leaves it pretty much set to clean the next day.
That’s a great idea. Thanks for sharing!
I think you are correct about the galvanized tank. Chlorine pool chemicals may create a very large battery. I have 4 -55 gallon plastic rain barrels that I bleach to keep the 'skeeters down.
How much bleach do you put to not harm the plants you water?
they make a small spa vac that has a mesh bag on it that you connect to a water hose. they are cheap and a lot let work. No water loss with them either.
True, I had one of those when I had my bigger pool. Thank you for sharing the idea. With this video I was going for showing a way it could be done with what most everyone already has. Also I only lose less than 5 gallons of water. In southern Illinois our water is very inexpensive but I hadn’t considered the cost elsewhere.
Shop vac that can be connected to garden hose
Put the garden hose over a return line to fill up hose
Thanks for sharing the idea!
thank you for sharing !!! i realy enjoyed it !!!
I use shop vac and when it changes noise because it's full I don't shut it off until I take top off and flip container on it's side. The siphon continues without power. And 2 people makes it easier
Thank you for the great idea and thanks for subscribing! I was hoping to show a method that might work for anyone without use of tools or electricity etc. I’m sure yours is much faster and can help others too. These pools are a lot of fun because there’s so little maintenance to them. Thanks for watching, enjoy your stock tank!!!
@@maxspeedadventures I hope you all are still enjoying your pool. I am and always thankful every year.
Just fill the hose with the house spigot and use a small ball valve so you don't clog your hand sprayer or stir up the bottom moving the length of hose around in it. Plus you don't drag dirt in from a dirty hose.
Great ideas, thanks for sharing!
Preciate the video. You oughta have a whole lot more subs my man.
Please educate me about subs??? Videos relating to the pool? Any suggestions would be appreciated too! Thanks
Can you please link the chemicals u did use? I can’t find it on your videos butt wow love ur adventuring!!!!!
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Good idea but too slow for me I bought a battery operated vacuum and it works great
Thanks for your comment. Feel free to share a link if you like.
I just keep a cover on mine, it keeps the dirt out and the cool in. And in Texas heat that's important.
That’s great information to share, thank you. Do you happen to have a link you can share also?
Did you buy a cover or improvise???
@@countryliving4890 I bought this ( Trademark Innovations 8' x 8' Square Replacement Canopy Gazebo Top in Silvery White) on AMZ for $30 - it's actually my second one. It works perfectly keeping dirt out and cool in.
Just use a wet shop vacuum. You are done in 3 to 5 minutes.
Brilliant
Wow, thank you!
I just bought mine today … what did you use to seam the middle of the bottom of the tank ???! Thank you for your videos 😄
The leak actually healed itself. I believe the weight of the water had enough force and everything settled into place. Thank you for the question, best of luck with your pool!
I buried mine 1' deep and it keeps a constant cool through Texas summers. That and the cover keep it cool enough that it takes my wife 10 minutes to finally sit..
So, what do you use when you have to use anything?? And would I need to put a cover on it when we don’t use it during the summer?
Hi and great question! I don’t cover mine because I can skim it daily with a simple pool net in about 5 minutes or less. I get an occasional leaf and some flower pedals and a few bugs but it seems easier to me to clean those than to mess with a cover.
On the chemical topic, last week I did add some. I had went about a month and a half with nothing. I really think if I kept a clean filter in my pump, I could have went longer. I replaced the paper filter and added about 1 cup or 8 ounces of algicide and 1 chlorine tablet in my float. The water cleared up and looks and smells great. I hope this helps!
Why does the bottom of the tank look dirty?
Well, let me try to cover the options. In the beginning of the video it was dirty, I had not cleaned it for awhile. There is a seam down the middle of the tank where the two pieces of metal come together, and it’s a different color. That may be what you’re seeing. I noticed even after it’s clean, there are some shadows from the deck and trees that you may be seeing after the cleanup is done as well. I hope this helps!
Ah that makes sense. Looking at it again, I see it is the shadows from the tree branches that create the illusion. Thanks for clarifying.
So... You ' discovered' the way people used to syphon gas out of cars?
Get a small sump pump and will go in less than 5 min moving it by hand this is crazy he said 15 min I don’t think so
Hello, I actually said 10 minutes. With taking time to video and set up it took 20 minutes which I proved by showing my watch. The point of the video is not speed however, the point of the video is to demonstrate a way to clean your pool with something everyone with a pool already has. Thus the title word, inexpensive. Thank you for sharing your idea, a sump pump would be very fast and easy! I hope it helps someone who is looking for a faster method, I would just warn that they don’t get their electrical cord in the water.
Why not walk around the pool. Get out. Wait till everything settles to the center. Use a shop vac and you would lose about the same amount of water and be done in about 2 minutes
Sounds like a great idea. I was just going for an easy way anyone with a pool could do. I think a garden hose and net are mandatory for a pool.