Hello,
I am a relatively new ponder. We moved into a home almost 2 years ago with an existing pond, well really more of a fountain. After much trial and error I have got it up and functioning. We've really enjoyed it and have a small colony (okay, only 8) of feeder goldfish that have survived for well over a year now and we would like to make the pond deeper as it is much too shallow for both them and the plants at this point.
Once we get past the actual building project, we will need to install a much more capable filtration system. Right now I have a Total Pond pump with a ghetto-tastic mechanical filter that does about (according to the manufacturer anyway) 330 gph. By my calculations, the new pond will be about 800-900 gallons. I plan on building a skippy-type system.
After reading a few other threads here, I am thinking of buying a fairly powerful pump, and then splitting the line, one side into the skippy and the other up and onto the rock which creates a waterfall... Is this realistic? The line would have to travel upwards about 4-5 vertical feet to get to the top of the waterfall rock from the pump.
Any thoughts or experiences on specific brands and models of small/medium-sized pumps? Ideally it'd be somethign I could pick up at Home Depot or Lowes, but I'm also willing to get something online or in a pond shop if it really makes a difference. I've already read some reviews the HD website and they mostly say each pump is useless! Eeek. FWIW my little Total Pond pump has done a pretty good job, if I dont hear back from anyone I'll probably just stick with that brand...
Thanks in advance!
I am a relatively new ponder. We moved into a home almost 2 years ago with an existing pond, well really more of a fountain. After much trial and error I have got it up and functioning. We've really enjoyed it and have a small colony (okay, only 8) of feeder goldfish that have survived for well over a year now and we would like to make the pond deeper as it is much too shallow for both them and the plants at this point.
Once we get past the actual building project, we will need to install a much more capable filtration system. Right now I have a Total Pond pump with a ghetto-tastic mechanical filter that does about (according to the manufacturer anyway) 330 gph. By my calculations, the new pond will be about 800-900 gallons. I plan on building a skippy-type system.
After reading a few other threads here, I am thinking of buying a fairly powerful pump, and then splitting the line, one side into the skippy and the other up and onto the rock which creates a waterfall... Is this realistic? The line would have to travel upwards about 4-5 vertical feet to get to the top of the waterfall rock from the pump.
Any thoughts or experiences on specific brands and models of small/medium-sized pumps? Ideally it'd be somethign I could pick up at Home Depot or Lowes, but I'm also willing to get something online or in a pond shop if it really makes a difference. I've already read some reviews the HD website and they mostly say each pump is useless! Eeek. FWIW my little Total Pond pump has done a pretty good job, if I dont hear back from anyone I'll probably just stick with that brand...
Thanks in advance!