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Hello,
We have been building a pond for two summers in our spare time, and we are at the point where we need to buy a pump. My friend who used to build ponds is advising and will build the falls, but he wants the pump and flexible pipe before he builds the falls so he can see what the water will do as he goes along. We have decided on a submersible pump to go on the far end of the pond. The stream enters on the opposite side and is sixty feet in length with a couple of side marshes. There is also a stream bed along a third of the pond and filled with gravel for pond plants (we are going to try to prevent having plants proliferating in the pond).
The pond with stream and marshes is between ten and fifteen thousand gallons and is circular. It is 24 by 28. The deepest part, the middle, is four feet. The falls will be about five feet high at the stream head and there will be a drop of about two feet where it enters the pond.
I have spent hours comparing pumps but cannot make up my mind so I thought I'd see what the experts have to say. I realize some pumps are more economical while others more powerful, etc. etc. What I don't want is a wimpy pump, been there, done that.....by a landscaper back when we just had the stream. It would be nice to have a pump that is low maintenance and that will last as long as my Laguna did in our smaller pond, which was nine years. This is right out in front of our house so we don't need a raging river. In fact, it would be best to be able to control the flow. I am picturing two inch pipe for volume. Thank you for your help, Maddie Hopper
We have been building a pond for two summers in our spare time, and we are at the point where we need to buy a pump. My friend who used to build ponds is advising and will build the falls, but he wants the pump and flexible pipe before he builds the falls so he can see what the water will do as he goes along. We have decided on a submersible pump to go on the far end of the pond. The stream enters on the opposite side and is sixty feet in length with a couple of side marshes. There is also a stream bed along a third of the pond and filled with gravel for pond plants (we are going to try to prevent having plants proliferating in the pond).
The pond with stream and marshes is between ten and fifteen thousand gallons and is circular. It is 24 by 28. The deepest part, the middle, is four feet. The falls will be about five feet high at the stream head and there will be a drop of about two feet where it enters the pond.
I have spent hours comparing pumps but cannot make up my mind so I thought I'd see what the experts have to say. I realize some pumps are more economical while others more powerful, etc. etc. What I don't want is a wimpy pump, been there, done that.....by a landscaper back when we just had the stream. It would be nice to have a pump that is low maintenance and that will last as long as my Laguna did in our smaller pond, which was nine years. This is right out in front of our house so we don't need a raging river. In fact, it would be best to be able to control the flow. I am picturing two inch pipe for volume. Thank you for your help, Maddie Hopper