Bottom Drains

The primary purpose of a pond bottom drain is to remove fish waste and plant debris by directing it into a pre-filter, where the water is cleaned before returning to the pond. With their excellent water flow rates, bottom drains efficiently clear waste while helping to break it down, keeping your pond clean and healthy.

The Rhino I Heavy Duty Bottom Drain is a must have item in your pond. With thousands of trouble free installs, from small home ponds to major commercial fish handling tanks to hydroponic field beds, the Rhino I is a very durable product that weighs in at over 4 pounds. 

• Thicker flanges and liner attachment ring that will not flex, distort or crack
• All attachments are precision machine fitted for extra strength with no need for gap filling
• All joints are hand welded resulting in more strength than the speed welds used on other drains.
• Rhino drains do not use any injection molded components which would weaken the structure.

The Rhino II brings commercial quality to your pond at an economical price. All Rhino drains are made from Schedule 80 PVC and designed by computer generated machine fabrication and are thermal welded by hand to assure top quality dependable welds. All Rhino drains can be installed with extreme confidence in any application by beginners and experts alike. A bottom drain can be said to be one of the most important parts of a pond installation, in that it’s integrity is paramount to the success of the entire project. 

• Thicker flanges and liner attachment ring that will not flex, distort or crack
  
• All attachments are precision machine fitted for extra strength with no need for gap filling
• Full 3" height over the discharge port of Rhino II equals more concrete over the horizontal discharge.
• Direct pipe connection into the air bladder. (no snaking an air line through the pipe)
• Rhino drains do not use any injection molded components which would weaken the structure.

The Aquadyne Retrofit Bottom Drain is a stable and rugged over the liner bottom drain for those who do not want to install a drain through a liner, or for pre-constructed ponds that do not have a bottom drain. This drain is especially useful for pond and aquatic environments that have pre-existing liner, concrete, or any other situation that would not allow underground plumbing to be installed.

Simply fill the ballast area of the drain with small stone, sand, or other heavy inert material. Then attach a suction hose or rigid plumbing to the side port of the drain and attach to the pump suction line. Place the drain in the center or the deepest part of the pond so that the pump can easily suck up suspended solids and debris from the bottom of the pond. During the winter months, the drain can be easily moved to a more shallow part of the pond leaving the warmer water in the lower parts of the pond undisturbed where the fish collect in colder temperatures.

Rhino Retro Drains with Air Diffusers allow you to easily add much needed air circulation to ponds that increase oxygenation in hot weather and also create a sediment sweeping action due to the rising of thousands of air bubbles per second which adds circulation to the pond and helps keep the bottom of the pond cleaner.

The Rhino 90 Degree Drain is fully constructed of Sch 80 PVC and comes ready to install onto your horizontal plumbing - removing steps to make your assembly process easier. They are easy to install and will provide a lifetime of worry free service. Designed by computer generated machine fabrication and are thermal welded by hand to assure top quality dependable structural welds. As you will see, the quality of these drains is paramount over any other drain on the market today.

• Thicker flanges and liner attachment ring that will not flex, distort or crack
• All attachments are precision machine fitted for extra strength with no need for gap filling
• All joints are hand welded resulting in more strength than the speed welds used on other drains

For use with Livingponds Filters.

A Bottom Drain Kit in your Skimmer makes it easy to keep sludge at bay by pulling debris from the bottom of your pond while the skimmers weir door skims debris from the surface. The BD2000 kit contains all the necessary fittings to properly install a bottom drain. 2” flexible PVC pipe must be furnished by the end user to complete installation.

Fits: Atlantic PS4600, PS7000 and PS15000 Skimmers