Betta 2 primarily for dog hair

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Jeremy R

Jeremy R

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Sep 4, 2022
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Florida
Pool Size
7500
Surface
Plaster
Chlorine
Salt Water Generator
SWG Type
Jandy Aquapure 700
I'm about to pull the trigger on a Betta 2 robot skimmer and I just wanted to give one last check here. My pool has a cage and no plants inside of the cage so I have no worry about leaves. I have two dogs that shed a good deal and it's more than my skimmer can handle, especially when I'm trying to run my pump at lower speeds. I also get the occasional small debris but thats negligible. It's really the hair that drives me nuts.

As for the pool itself, the only thing that I have for it to get hung up on is a sundeck thats about 6 inches deep.

Any reason that this thing would not work? I'll definitely be getting the 3 year warranty with it.
 
Jeremy, before you make that (cha-ching$) purchase, have you tried using skimmer socks in your skimmer? Either the disposableo lunch room lady type hair nets folks buy off Amazon, or the rinse out and reuse type will catch sooooo much of that hair and keep it out of your pump and filter.

Maddie 🇮🇹
 
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YippeeSkippy said:
Jeremy, before you make that (cha-ching$) purchase, have you tried using skimmer socks in your skimmer? Either the disposableo lunch room lady type hair nets folks buy off Amazon, or the rinse out and reuse type will catch sooooo much of that hair and keep it out of your pump and filter.

Maddie 🇮🇹
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Yes I have used a sock since day one. The biggest thing is the hair never making it to the skimmer itself. Or maybe more realistically. All of the stuff that makes it in there after the pump stops running for the day
 
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Jeremy R said:
I have two dogs that shed a good deal and it's more than my skimmer can handle, especially when I'm trying to run my pump at lower speeds. I also get the occasional small debris but thats negligible. It's really the hair that drives me nuts.
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Jeremy R said:
Yes I have used a sock since day one. The biggest thing is the hair never making it to the skimmer itself
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Forgive me because I'm easily confused! My first thought was that the dog hair was overwhelming your skimmer, which I completely understand because my skimmer socks are full of dog hair after my kids come over with their dogs to swim. For me, the dog hair is fine enough that water gets through it in the skimmer and I just clean the sock and it's all good.

But if the dog hair isn't even getting to the skimmer, the Betta might be helpful, but I think I would be more inclined to figure out why the pool isn't skimming well enough for that. Is the weir door operating correctly, or not even installed? Maybe you just need to ramp up the pump speed a couple of times each day to get a better result from the skimmer?

I'm thinking about adding a Betta to my list of pool toys next season - but mostly to help clean out the pine needles and willow leaves that are constantly in my pool. I have no idea why the previous owner thought putting those trees right next to a pool was a good idea!
 
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Yes, the Betta2 should pick up dog hair. The mesh in the basket is pretty fine. The basket is also pretty big. Much bigger than a skimmer.

The pool cage might limit some of the sun, so it may not run as long. It really likes getting full sun as much as possible. In my pool it will run 24/7 on sunny days right up until November.
 
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I have had only one dog, a friend's, in my pool. Twice. A German Shepard mix, I guess.

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Both times her hairs sank to the bottom and were swept up by my Polaris.
 
jklocke said:
Forgive me because I'm easily confused! My first thought was that the dog hair was overwhelming your skimmer, which I completely understand because my skimmer socks are full of dog hair after my kids come over with their dogs to swim. For me, the dog hair is fine enough that water gets through it in the skimmer and I just clean the sock and it's all good.

But if the dog hair isn't even getting to the skimmer, the Betta might be helpful, but I think I would be more inclined to figure out why the pool isn't skimming well enough for that. Is the weir door operating correctly, or not even installed? Maybe you just need to ramp up the pump speed a couple of times each day to get a better result from the skimmer?

I'm thinking about adding a Betta to my list of pool toys next season - but mostly to help clean out the pine needles and willow leaves that are constantly in my pool. I have no idea why the previous owner thought putting those trees right next to a pool was a good idea!
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Nah the skimmer is doing fine. It’s a brand new pool. I’m running my pump at 1800rpm about 8hrs a day and when the pump stops each day the surface looks good. When I wake up in the morning with the rising sun reflecting on the pool there’s a lot of hair that was made it’s way there over the past 16hrs. I’m hoping this thing will help make my mornings a little nicer.

I think I’m probably going to pull the trigger and take advantage of the return window if I don’t like it I just clean the sock and it's all good.
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I have had only one dog, a friend's, in my pool. Twice. A German Shepard mix, I guess.

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Both times her hairs sank to the bottom and were swept up by my Polaris.
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mine do not get in the pool. The hair that is getting in is blowing in with with the breeze and it floats. I do my best to sweep but I can’t do it every day and when I do a lot more gets in because it’s getting disturbed
 
Whenever my big dogs swam I'd run full RPM for 20 mins after and there was no floating hair left after that. It's stubborn stuff that doesn't move much at low RPMs.
 
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Whenever my big dogs swam I'd run full RPM for 20 mins after and there was no floating hair left after that. It's stubborn stuff that doesn't move much at low RPMs.
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That might be a good idea to just go ahead and run it like that every morning for a bit
 

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