Tracy, you can repair it with a barb/barb connector. Cut the hose close to the slice, cut out the slice, put pvc glue on the barb and slide the hose over the barb connector. For Vertex/Pentair-AES weighted hose, use 1/2" grey PVC barb fittings.

Do you see any signs of floating underwater weeds near shore that were uprooted or cut? If you do, that's another sign of possible muskrat activity.


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