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 Bottom Drains
for Ponds

  No matter how small your pond installation, it is always to your minimum-maintenance advantage to install a pond bottom drain or bulkhead fitting as a drain to which an inlet screen can be added.

If the installation does not permit this drain to be gravity fed away from the pond, it can always be connected to the suction side of a pump. Even if you do not plan to install a filter system right away this plumbing line can be capped for eventual hookup.

If you do not have drain plumbing, you can use the Aqua Art Retro-Drain.

Aqua Art Retro-Drain

How to Install
Aqua Art Retro-Drain
 Easy Installation/Minimum maintenance
Handles high volumes of water, easily
For Ponds 1400 to 10,000 gallons
       For smaller size drain, see D514 below
Multiple option pipe sizes - 1 1/2, 2, 3, or 4"
         ** See information below
Low profile vortex design, 15" diam x 6" h
Balanced water velocity entrance rate
Durable ABS plastic construction
Compatible with Matala™ filter media
Ideal for gravity fed filter systems
Extended feet for unsurpassed stability

D1410 Excluded Item see shipping info Aqua Art Retro-Drain
89.75

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** 1 1/2, 2, 3, and 4" Multi option pipe included with Aqua Art Retro-Drain
 

Aqua Art pipe adapter accepts 1 1/2, 2, 3, and 4" pipe sizes; can be used as a pipe reducer bushing; black ABS; space conserving at only 2 3/4" long.

Easily cut to size 2" or 3" with a PVC handsaw or a hacksaw. In photo at left, the adapter is being cut for the 3" port size.

PVC or ABS plastic pipe slip fits into the inside diameter of the given port size used, just as any PVC fitting would be glued.

Aqua Art Retro-Drain - Small

How to install an
Aqua Art Retro-drain
 Easy Installation/Minimum maintenance
Handles high volumes of water, easily
For Ponds 500 to 1400 gallons
Multiple option pipe sizes - 1 1/2, 2, or 3"
 Optional Turtlehead (shown below)
Low profile vortex design, 11" diam x 5" h
Balanced water velocity entrance rate
Durable ABS plastic construction
Compatible with Matala™ filter media
Ideal for gravity fed filter systems
Extended feet for unsurpassed stability
30% smaller than model D1410
     11" diam x 5"h
 D514 Excluded Item see shipping info  Aqua Art Retro Drain - small

 79.75

  [Buy]

Turtlehead option

As above, plus:
Optional Turtlehead shrouds pipe adapter
"Looks like a turtle on the bottom of your pond"

 D514SP  Excluded Item see shipping info  Aqua Art Retro Drain
                With optional Turtlehead		 82.95  [Buy]
 D514TH  Turtlehead for our small size Retro-Drain
            Easy to retrofit if you have one of our D514

 13.95

  [Buy]

 Small Aqua Art Retro-Drain -
              Set Up as Conventional Drain with Tabs
 C514CF   Conventional Drain Kit Setup
      For use in Fiberglass Pond Shells		 109.00   [Buy]

 Instructions for Installation

Tetra Bottom Drain...Vacuum Retrofit

No longer carried. See Aqua Art Retro-Drain above



D172C 2 " side & bottom port drain with grate, grey
                      for concrete ponds		   35.00 [Buy]

Conventional Adjustable Dome Drains

Info Available Soon: 4" port

Tech Support 707 853 0118

Info Available Soon: 2", 3" and 4" ports

Tech Support 707 853 0118

 

O TEC195 1 1/2" ported adjustable dome mini bottom drain.

O TEC222 2" ported adjustable dome mini bottom drain.

Infinitely adjustable dome height. This drain is a miniaturized version of D174, D179, D183 (less aeration feature)

O.D. Flange 7 3/4"
I.D. Flange 4 3/8"
Lock ring width: 1 5/8"
Stack height of pot: 3 3/8"
Dome diameter: 10"
Dome height: 1"
Pot depth: 3"
Black ABS plastic construction
Stainless steel screws secure lock ring

TEC195 1 1/2" ported adjustable dome mini bottom drain 59.00 [Buy]
TEC222 2" ported adjustable dome mini bottom drain 79.00 [Buy]

 

 

Tetra Bottom Drain

 

Tetra Bottom Drain - 3" bottom port plumbing hook up; can be used on prefabricated fiberglass; provides debris removal from pond floor, intended for flexible liner ponds; black

   How to Install a Tetra bottom drain in a flexible liner
       
D181  3" Tetra Bottom Drain  69.00 [Buy]

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D170  Koi Toilet

219.00 

 [Buy]
Air membrane pad is an integral part of the drain dome. Air is fed through a 1" pipe threaded port in the bottom of the drain. Air is fed through the dome standpipe. All other aspects of the drain are similar or the dame as the spin drain. Drain port is not a tangential feed. Air pump not included. Suggested air pump 40 to 60 liters per minute. See Air pumps

 4" Spin Drain for Liner:

SPIN DRAIN, BOTTOM DRAIN PHOTO
 Dome cover 15" diameter, 2 1/4 " dome height
Cylindrical shaped sump; 8 1/2"diameter; 6" depth;
O.D. of bottom drain top flange 11 3/4"
4" side port plumbing hook up; port has unique off-set tangential suction position creating a gentle vortex swirling action of waste to the drain.
Dome position relative to the liner/floor of pond is infinitely adjustable allowing for an entrance gap of your choice.
Unit comes with installation instructions, 1 oz. silicone & metric to SAE PVC coupling;
Unit is black.
D183 4" Spin Drain  139.00 [Buy]
 

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4" Drain

This drain is virtually identical to the above drain except for pipe connection and tangential feed port

The current version  of this drain is black. The drain comes with a fernco 4" rubber coupling to attach to a 4" plumbing line.

D174 4" Drain   Reg 95.00 on sale 79.00 [Buy]
  Limited Quantities; limited time offer
 

 3" PVC bottom drain (for concrete ponds only)

 
 Outside dimensions: 13.5" deep, 7.5" diameter, removable grate size 9" square,
3" side port located 8.5" from top of grate on sidewall of sump,
Slip socket external 3" port with female pipe thread inside of sump for easy isolation with threaded plug
Bottom of sump has one 1.5" threaded female port, one 2" female threaded port. These ports can be used for additional pump suction lines or gravity feed lines to filter system.
White pot with black grate
D175        3" PVC Drain for Concrete

 289.00

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4" or 6" Fiberglass Bottom Drain (for concrete ponds only)

  
Outside dimensions: 12" x 12", removable grate 12" square
4" or 6" side port located 6.25" from top of grate on sidewall of sump
Slip socket external 4" or 6" port with female pipe thread inside of sump for easy isolation with threaded plug
Bottom of sump has one 2" threaded female port. These ports can be used for additional pump suction lines or gravity feed lines to filter system.
Black pot, black drain
D176 4" Drain for Concrete   319.00 [Buy]
D178 6" Drain for Concrete   329.00 [Buy]
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