Russell Professional Pond & Pondless Products
Large Pond Skimmer - Pelican HydroClean™ 15,000 gph Max, 3" Outlet Ports
Large Pond Skimmer with
"Dry Hands Servicing" and
Remote Installation Ready
The Pelican HydroClean™ Professional Large Pond Skimmer is fish-safe, provides multiple design options with its ability to be installed away from the pond, conveniently provides multiple plumbing options, is auto fill valve ready, and is easy to clean – never requiring you to put your hands into the water.
Features:
- Made in the USA
- For submersible and/or centrifugal pumps
- 30″ tall x 25″ wide x 34½” long
- Skimming flow rates to 15,000 gph (250 gpm)
- “Dry-Hands Servicing” as all serviceable components are accessed above the water line
- 15" x 12" x 20" Heavy duty stainless steel framed reinforced nylon leaf net sock
- Heavy duty, easy to clean Black Knight filter brushes
- Easy liner attachment
- Stainless steel hose clamp for simple “one-nut” liner attachment
- Remote installation capable
- 10″ inlet pipe nipple attaches to 10″ PVC or ABS piping with rubber coupler for remote installation
- No weir door required
- For use with submersible, centrifugal, and/or magnetic pumps
- Auto fill valve ready
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Multi pump ready
- For use with all types of ponds – water garden ponds, koi ponds, hybrids, as well as above and below ground ponds
- For use with pond liner, polyurea, gunite, and concrete ponds
- Heavy duty faux stone lid
- Heavy duty, thick wall rotational molded HDPE rugged construction
- Multiple plumbing directions and options
- 3 Interchangeable 3” Outlet Ports for multiple plumbing and overflow piping options
- Female threaded 3” outlet ports for quick, easy, “no-tools-required” plumbing attachment
- Female ½” inlet port for simple and quick “no-tools-required” auto fill valve attachment
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100% silicone sealant included
- Two PVC male pipe adapters and one PVC plug included
- Fish friendly design allows fish to swim into and out of the skimmer
- Salted koi pond compatible
Professional Easy to Clean, Easy to Install, Fish Friendly, and Remote Installation Capable
User Friendly, Technologically Advanced Large Pond Skimmer
Large Pond Skimmer for All Types of Ponds
Skimming Flow Rates up to 15,000 GPH
The purpose of the Pelican HydroClean™ large pond skimmer is to capture debris from the pond for you. It captures leaves, needles, blossoms, algae, insects, fish waste, and any type of floating debris from the pond for easy disposal. Pond skimmers are sized according to your pump's flow rate and this medium pond skimmer is ideal for pond pumps up to 15,000 gph.
Our large pond skimmer is fish safe, remote installation capable, and easy to clean without the need to put your hands into the water.
Keep your pond water always topped off with our Professional Auto Water Fill Valve Kits
10" Pipe Remote Installation guidelines:
8,000 gph pump flow rate ÷ 1,000 = 8' maximum remote installation distance.
9,000 gph pump flow rate ÷ 1,000 = 9' maximum remote installation distance.
10,00 gph pump flow rate ÷ 1,000 = 10' maximum remote installation distance.
12,000 gph pump flow rate ÷ 1,000 = 12' maximum remote installation distance.
15,000 gph pump flow rate ÷ 1,000 = 15' maximum remote installation distance.
The Most Plumbing Options of Any Large Pond Skimmer
Fish Safe and Remote Installation Capable
 Pump using the left port Auto fill valve installed Overflow out rear port |
 Pump using the right port Auto fill valve installed Overflow out rear port |
 Pump using the rear port Auto fill valve installed Overflow out left port |
 Pumps using left and right ports Auto fill valve installed Overflow out rear port |
Convenience of Installation is yours
with a Pelican HydroClean™ Professional Large Pond Skimmer
The most plumbing configurations with the 3 interchangeable integrated outlet ports with dual female pipe threads on the Pelican HydroClean™ Professional Large Pond Skimmer. No large wrenches, hole saws, or special tools required to install a pump or pumps, mainline pipe or pipes, overflow pipe, or an auto water fill valve. The Pelican HydroClean™ Professional Large Pond Skimmer is pre-configured for an automatic water fill valve with a ½" female threaded inlet port to keep your water level topped off at all times. No other brand of pond skimmer comes with more plumbing options.
The Pelican HydroClean™ Professional Large Skimmer is Fish-Safe, provides multiple design options with its ability to be installed away from the pond, conveniently provides multiple plumbing options, and is an easy pond skimmer to clean - never requiring you to put your hands into the water.
Fish-Safe Pelican HydroClean™ Professional Large Pond Skimmers are the only small pond skimmers with an integrated 10" round inlet pipe that eliminates the need for a weir door to achieve efficient and effective pond skimming. The weir doors found on virtually all competing pond skimmers are essentially a "one-way-door" that can trap your fish inside the pond skimmer.
Those types of pond skimmers also use dozens of screws to hold the weir door faceplate onto the skimmer itself - and those same screws extend into the skimmer and pose a hazard to the fish that get trapped inside the pond skimmer. As the fish struggles with its capture - it often inflicts fatal harm to itself on those screws. With HydroClean™ pond skimmers your fish can swim in and back out again with ease - and with no screws inside the pond skimmer - there is nothing that can pose a danger to your beloved fish.
You Get The Most Design Options for Your Pond
with a Pelican HydroClean™ Large Pond Skimmer
With the Pelican HydroClean™ Professional Large Pond Skimmer's unique integrated round inlet pipe, you have the option to install your pond skimmer directly on your pond's edge. Or for the most natural looking pond edge - the Pelican HydroClean™ Professional Large Pond Skimmer has the ability to be installed several feet away from the pond's edge.
The Pelican HydroClean™ Professional Large Pond Skimmer's integrated 10" round inlet pipe attaches directly to PVC or ABS pipe for remote installation at any length you choose. No other small pond skimmer has these remote installation capabilities.
When you move the pond skimmer away from the pond - you'll have a much more natural looking pond. Nothing ruins the look of a pond more than a pond skimmer sitting on the pond edge. Put some landscape between the pond and pond skimmer.
Dry-Hands Servicing means you'll never have to put your hands down into the pond water to clean your Pelican HydroClean™ Professional Large Pond Skimmer. The large capacity heavy duty leaf net and Black Knight filter brush rack are fully accessible above the water line.
Why is that important? In fall and winter months when you're emptying your pond skimmer the most .... what temperature do think the water will be? Also, if you have to reach down into the water to remove a filter pad or something similar - you'll have to bend over farther! More than likely you'll have to put a knee on the ground - in winter the ground can be wet or frozen.
We have designed each of our pond skimmers with YOU in mind!
Why bend over any farther than necessary?
Quick and Easy Liner Attachment Pond liner attaches to the Pelican HydroClean™ Professional Large Pond Skimmer like all HydroClean™ pond skimmers ... with a simple "One-Nut" liner collar. Unlike typical pond skimmers that use a weir door faceplate with dozens of screws to secure pond liner to the skimmer, the Pelican locks pond liner to itself, or to a remote installation pipe with a rubber collar and just one Stainless Steel nut on the Stainless Steel collar clamp. This drastically reduces the installation time and frustration. The typical pond skimmer faceplate screws penetrate the pond liner in dozens of small holes that can eventually leak when they tear open due to liner settling over time. The HydroClean™ liner collar prevents these type of leaks.
Remote Installation means you can install the Pelican HydroClean™ Professional Large Pond Skimmer away from the pond with PVC, flexible PVC, or ABS pipe. The pipe attaches to the skimmer with a rubber coupler, then liner attaches to the other end of the pipe instead of the pond skimmer itself. Your pond will be much more natural looking with an "invisible" pond skimmer hidden within the landscape and not on the pond itself.
The Problems with Conventional Pond Skimmers
- You MUST Put Your Hands Down into the Water
- They're Hard to Clean
- They're Difficult to Install
- They're Not Safe For Your Fish
- They Ruin the Appearance of Your Pond
- They Require Special Tools to Install
- They're Not Auto Fill Valve Ready
- They're Not Ready For Multiple Pumps and Overflow Pipe
With today’s conventional pond skimmers, you must get down on your hands and knees, reach down into the water inside the pond skimmer and pull up the debris filled net or plastic basket and heavy, smelly, saturated filter pad. Not only heavy and foul-smelling, these items will be filled with algae, fish poop, dead insects and worms, and all kinds of debris you wouldn’t want to touch.
When considering the purchase of a pond skimmer,
one of the most important questions to ask yourself is:
“How will I clean it?”
HydroClean™ Professional Pond Skimmers are EASY TO CLEAN!
HydroClean™ Professional Pond Skimmers feature large capacity Stainless Steel framed debris nets and the highest quality Black Knight filter brushes to capture that above-mentioned “stuff”. Both the net and brushes have clean, dry handles above the waterline! You won’t have to get on your hands and knees to reach down into the water to pull a dirty filter pad out! Simply lift either the net or brush rack out of the HydroClean™ Professional Pond Skimmer and rinse them off – it couldn’t be easier! No hands in the water, and no knees on the ground!
Pond-Side Pond Skimmers Ruin the Natural Look of the Pond
Imagine admiring a pond – your eyes follow the edge, and suddenly an obtrusive pond skimmer is right in your view. The natural appearance of the pond is ruined. HydroClean™ Professional Pond Skimmers feature Remote Installation Capabilities and are the only pond skimmers that can attach to standard PVC, flexible PVC, or ABS pipe and be placed away from the pond’s edge. Imagine a pleasant patio, walkway, or seating area next to the pond, and the pond skimmer behind you – out of view from the pond!
Why ruin the look of your pond with an unattractive "pond-side" skimmer?
Conventional Pond Skimmers are Difficult to Attach to Pond Liner
Conventional pond skimmers attach to pond liner with square or rectangular face plates and dozens of screws that penetrate the liner. Not only difficult to install, these screws can eventually cause leaks and can damage or harm your beloved fish.
HydroClean™ Professional Pond Skimmers feature a simple one-nut liner attachment – with that nut above the water line – saving you installation time and future headaches!
Typical pond skimmer square or rectangular face plates also feature a floating weir door. Fish can easily swim into a conventional pond skimmer but the weir door prevents them from being able to swim back out. HydroClean™ Professional Pond Skimmers' completely unique round inlet pipe eliminates the need for a weir door, allowing fish that swim into the pond skimmer and swim right back out. Your fish will thank you!
Installing and Modifying Conventional Pond Skimmers Requires Specialty Tools
Don’t own Channel Lock pliers? You’ll need to buy them in order to install most of today’s typical pond skimmers. Don’t have a hole saw? You’ll need to buy one in order to install some of today’s typical pond skimmers – and you’ll need one if you want to modify the pond skimmer to accommodate multiple pumps, an auto water fill valve, or additional plumbing options. HydroClean™ Professional Pond Skimmers can be installed with just a screw driver! No need to modify HydroClean™ Professional Pond Skimmers for multiple pumps, an auto fill valve, or multiple plumbing options …. they are all integrated into pond skimmer! PVC fittings and auto water fill valves simply thread directly into the female threaded fittings on each HydroClean™ pond skimmer. With HydroClean™ …. it couldn’t be easier!
