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Hello and thanks in advance for any help. I love that enthusiast forms like this exist and am glad to have found this place!
I recently purchased a new home which includes a two-level garden pond with a stream/waterfall connecting the two levels.
Upper pool-
Lower Pool-
I didn't receive much/any instruction from the prior owners but they did say that occasionally they just picked some of the algae out of the mesh filter bag around the pump if the flow between the two pools stopped.
I felt like it wasn't getting super clean so yesterday I removed the pump from the crock/basin at the far end of the deeper/lower pond and washed out the bag and cleaned the pump. Mostly just scrubbed it down, removed the magnetic impeller, hosed it off, etc.
When I put the pump back in, it seems to be working too well? The pump is emptying the crock faster than the waterfall can refill it and after an hour or so of being on, the pump starts sucking air. I am a bit confused about what may have changed and what I can do to fix this. Do I need some sort of regulator/ball valve?
Catch basin that is emptying out before it can be re-filled-
My initial thought was that the pond was just low on water, but both pools seem quite full and above any prior water line I can see?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! We also put 2 shubunkins and one fin-tail gold fish a week or so ago into the bottom pool. If anyone sees any other obvious issues or challenges we should address for their success, I would love any advice.
Thanks!
I recently purchased a new home which includes a two-level garden pond with a stream/waterfall connecting the two levels.
Upper pool-
Lower Pool-
I didn't receive much/any instruction from the prior owners but they did say that occasionally they just picked some of the algae out of the mesh filter bag around the pump if the flow between the two pools stopped.
I felt like it wasn't getting super clean so yesterday I removed the pump from the crock/basin at the far end of the deeper/lower pond and washed out the bag and cleaned the pump. Mostly just scrubbed it down, removed the magnetic impeller, hosed it off, etc.
When I put the pump back in, it seems to be working too well? The pump is emptying the crock faster than the waterfall can refill it and after an hour or so of being on, the pump starts sucking air. I am a bit confused about what may have changed and what I can do to fix this. Do I need some sort of regulator/ball valve?
Catch basin that is emptying out before it can be re-filled-
My initial thought was that the pond was just low on water, but both pools seem quite full and above any prior water line I can see?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! We also put 2 shubunkins and one fin-tail gold fish a week or so ago into the bottom pool. If anyone sees any other obvious issues or challenges we should address for their success, I would love any advice.
Thanks!