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Hello all!
First time poster & newbie to pond stuff - please be gentle! haha
I'm looking to make a pondless waterfall & stream through my flower garden. I've been looking at the Aquascape kits, however I found the Russell Water Gardens site and they have a different type of system - which to me (don't forget: a newbie!) seems like it might be... better? Does anyone have experience with these "Ultimate" kits? https://russellwatergardens.com/pages/dolphin-series-ultimate-large-pondless-waterfall-kits
I was surprised when I couldn't find any mention about it in this forum. Although maybe I'm not looking hard enough.
Basically it eliminates the need for the Aquablocks & liner surrounding it (other than liner in the stream itself) and also has an easily accessible pre-filter.
The water runs down the stream, directly into the pre-filter tank, which is a mesh bucket you just lift out to empty. The filtered water then travels to the larger storage tank, where it's pumped back to the top of the stream. Both filter tank and storage tank can be buried as-is; you don't need a liner surrounding them since they are sealed containers, connected by pipe. You just leave the tops above ground for accessibility.
Another thing I liked was the fact that these don't have to be buried directly at the end of your stream - since everything is plumbed with underground pipe, you can bury them further away (say, closer to a power source!) although the chances of it getting clogged before the pre-filter will be higher, the further away it is.
I believe they also have a backwash system for cleaning, too.
Sorry the ramble lol This system just seems to make more sense to me.... am I crazy? Do you guys see any drawbacks to this system, or reason why Aquascape kits are better?
First time poster & newbie to pond stuff - please be gentle! haha
I'm looking to make a pondless waterfall & stream through my flower garden. I've been looking at the Aquascape kits, however I found the Russell Water Gardens site and they have a different type of system - which to me (don't forget: a newbie!) seems like it might be... better? Does anyone have experience with these "Ultimate" kits? https://russellwatergardens.com/pages/dolphin-series-ultimate-large-pondless-waterfall-kits
I was surprised when I couldn't find any mention about it in this forum. Although maybe I'm not looking hard enough.
Basically it eliminates the need for the Aquablocks & liner surrounding it (other than liner in the stream itself) and also has an easily accessible pre-filter.
The water runs down the stream, directly into the pre-filter tank, which is a mesh bucket you just lift out to empty. The filtered water then travels to the larger storage tank, where it's pumped back to the top of the stream. Both filter tank and storage tank can be buried as-is; you don't need a liner surrounding them since they are sealed containers, connected by pipe. You just leave the tops above ground for accessibility.
Another thing I liked was the fact that these don't have to be buried directly at the end of your stream - since everything is plumbed with underground pipe, you can bury them further away (say, closer to a power source!) although the chances of it getting clogged before the pre-filter will be higher, the further away it is.
I believe they also have a backwash system for cleaning, too.
Sorry the ramble lol This system just seems to make more sense to me.... am I crazy? Do you guys see any drawbacks to this system, or reason why Aquascape kits are better?