Oase Swimskim Pond Skimmer

The media could not be loaded. My pond is 24'x12' and when I plugged this skimmer in the surface had a lot of floating debris, grass and leaves and whatnot. In less than 12 hours of running this skimmer has nearly sucked in every bit of loose trash. It can be a bit tricky at first, to get it to float correctly and get it to stay in place but it didn't take too much time or effort to fine tune it. I highly recommend this skimmer if you don't want to build one into your pond, it's very convenient. Easy to move, easy to clean. Just lift it out of the water and pull the basket and filter pad out.

It is important to "KNOW" the purpose in which you are getting a skimmer, the style you are buying versus what you expect it to do. Over all this skimmer is powerful and has abundant suction power. With the filters it has and the basket filter holes it is obvious it was build to take out small to larger size debri in the water.I have a 1000 gallon home built koi pond (above ground) and before I bought a shade cloth and pressurized filter (with Ultra Violet lamp) I noticed algae bloom occurring in my pond. That is where the water starts to turn green simply because of direct sunlight into water. The shade cloth helps a lot, and the ultra violet pressurized filter helps a lot, now for the skimmer. The skimmer is originally designed to capture everything that floats on the surface. The particles of algae are smaller than the filter media on the skimmer so I modified my skimmer. Under the bottom where the skimmer pumps water and air, is a detachable directional nozzle. I removed that and added a footie nylon (short nylon sock) and secured it with a nylon wire tie. I reassembled the skimmer and placed it back in the water. Now the skimmer not only handles all the larger debri but will also assist in removing even the smaller algae that tries to build up in a pond.The footie sock fills up like a small balloon and will rise to the surface and float. After it picks up some algae it begins to appear like a small moss covered rock next to your skimmer. This is working quite well for me. I do a every 2 week maintenance by lifting skimmer out of water and washing the filter basket and changing the footie.

The media could not be loaded. I was skeptical but needed something to clear this pond and am happyto say this iworks great. Recently survived hurricane Helen in SW Florida. These are before and after pictures when I initially started it and some hours later. Cleans like a champ!

I love Oase's SwimSkim Pond Skimmer! It works exactly like the review videos said it would. It's quiet and compact, yet powerful, easy to set-up and clean. It tackled a glut of maple flowers overnight and has kept on boosting my water clarity since I plopped it into the pond. It's so easy to empty, yet it holds a lot more debris than I imagined its small size would. Our pond has a stone waterfall and a boggy edge, with the patio coming right up to the water on the opposite side, so there really is no place to attractively install a permenent skimmer. This product has been the right solution. The pump functions as an aerator, too, which is a welcome bonus. All of this for a remarkably low price!

I could only be happier if the pump was a little larger. Overall, the unit works well and was easy to assemble. It’s also easy to clean and I anchored it to keep it from floating around too much. Originally went with the Tetra Pond skimmer but it was poorly made, heavy, and cumbersome. This one is easy peasy. Highly recommend!

Nice compact unit, well designed, easy to set up. Does a good job of skimming debris WHEN it stays submerged. The collecting basket is small, but easy to empty. Even after tying two bricks to the bottom it still pops up out of the water to a point where new water cannot enter through the inner filter basket. This has meant, putting on waders every day to get out to the point where its deep enough to not ground on the pond floor, but too far away to service the basket from the shore. Would probably work well on straight sided walls versus sloped pond wall.

The media could not be loaded. Doesn’t work. Keeps floating to the top. Drained the air as suggested , weighed down with rocks. Apparently there’s a fix but you have to hook up some third party valve.Fix the design!!!Returing tomorrow

Power cable, was nice and heavy, and long enough for my 11 x 15 pond, but my power is next to the pond. The water flow seems about right, and the gold fish like the bubbles. I think I will have to clean daily until the pond gets less of the winter crud in it, I just got the 3 barrel filter going, and I can see the bottom in the deep end, about 4 ft.