Turn off waterfall at night ?

[Alon Y amin]

Hi there,
I have built a 1000 gallon pond with koi,comet goldfish and turtles.
Now the waterfall kinda disturbed my mom so she asked me to shut down the waterfall during the night,can I turn it off during the night without effecting the fish?
Can I do something to protect them during the night without a stream?
Please help,thanks.

 

[addy1]

Do you have other filtration besides the waterfall and stream? My stream only runs around 4 hours a day, but my main filtration is running 24/7.

 

[Alon Y amin]

I have bio falls that of course a part of the waterfall and I have the pressure filter (bp1500-uv) that send the water to the waterfall.

 

[addy1]

So your filtration is all part of the waterfall. It would not be good for your fish to turn off the filtration for the night. Can you have a T where you send the water to the waterfall during the day, then to pond during the night, skipping the waterfall?

 

[Alon Y amin]

That's definitely an option thanks for the idea

 

[addy1]

np glad I could help

 

[CometKeith]

It must be a loud waterfall. I like hearing our waterfall at night. It helps mute the sounds of the cars on the nearby roads and the airplanes flying over us!

 

[Skydog]

I wish I could hear ours at night! My pump is adjustable with a remote; you can dial it down to almost nothing.

 

[Dave 54]

In reality filters should be run 365 days a year if and where ever possible , isnt there some way you can add a by pass system so that at night your water fall can safely be turned off without doing damage to your bio filter

Dave

 

[Tula]

I almost go through withdrawal, when our waterfall is turned off for the winter, as I love the sound of it through my open bedroom window

 

[Lisak1]

We love the sound of ours, too. But there are ways to modify waterfalls so they are less "noisy". @Alon Y amin can you post a picture of your falls? Maybe there are some modifications you can try to naturally quiet the flow.

 

[koiguy1969]

If you install a "T"and a couple ballvalves behind it you can adjust the flow to the falls and a back to pond diverted flow setup. Now if you're going to kill flow completely to the bio falls, at least run an aerator in it to keep it active with oxygen and water movement. This will aid in keeping a healthy bio colony in it. With the ballvalve you can keep a lower quiter flow going thru as well.

 

[Lisak1]

With the ballvalve you can keep a lower quiter flow going thru as well.

Off the subject but we have a few ball valves installed in our plumbing set up, and those things are IMPOSSIBLE to turn! I have an absolute fit every time I have to make an adjustment. Anyone else have that issue? (These are the PVC ones - if we ever have to replace them, I'm using brass!)

 

[addy1]

I use the ones from lowes, made by american. http://www.lowes.com/pd_209669-34146-P200SUE+1+1/2___?productId=3351056&pl=1&Ntt=pvc+ball+valve

These are the only ones I have found that work great. I use the two inch ones.

 

[callingcolleen1]

I have a simple solution, tell your mom to shut the window! he he he