These pumps are not designed for either continuous use or for the particles of debris that is found in a fish pond compared to a much cleaner swimming pool. Be sure you get the right type of pump. Trying to cut corners in price may very well cost you in other places - particularly if you have fish that are dependent on the oxygenation that a pump can provide.
Again, be wary of other sites on the internet who are selling pond pumps along with other pond supplies. Often times these folks don't know the first thing about how to calculate what size of pump you need or anything else regarding designing a pond. They simply steal text from other sites such as ours , have someone else who doesn't know a thing about ponds write an article that is based on keywords for search engines and does not necessarily contain factual information. This is so their results will get higher in the search engines and they'll be able to sell you something like a pond pump or some other type of pond product.
The internet is literally filled with such articles. Let us at Pond Solutions help you with your pond or water feature project. You'll sure to get expert advice and the best products to do the job right - the first time! If you're feeling like you want to do a little math, I will quickly tell you part of the information on how to determine what size of pond pump you need for your water feature.
First, measure the horizontal distance you want your water pump to push water. Then, measure the height from the top of the pond's surface to the height of your waterfall, pond filter or wherever you want the pump to push water to. Now, for every 10 feet of horizontal distance you want the pond pump to push water, you add one foot of something that is called a 'lift'. So, if you want it to push water for 20 feet, this equates to a 2 foot lift.
For every foot in vertical height you want the pond pump to push water, you add 1 foot of lift. So, if you want to push the water 5 feet up in the air, this is a 5 foot lift. Now, add all the 'lifts' for your pond pump together and this is your total.
With the above example, we had a 2 foot horizontal lift and a 5 foot vertical lift. This equals to 7 feet of lift. Just for the sake of an example, say you have calculated that your garden pond pump needs to push GPH - but the critical information that most people don't know about besides calculating the GPH they need is that you need to add the lifts to this number.
You may need a pump that pushes GPH at a 7 foot lift. You will need to look at the performance charts of each water pump to see which one will provide this pressure.
It 'may' be a box that is listed as a GPH pump because as I mentioned above, this is the optimal amount that pump may perform at a 0 or 1' lift - but, you need to pump water at a 7' lift - right? So, the lifts and calculating out what size of water pump you need is critical to having enough pressure for your water feature.
The result being that solids are taken out of the pond water. Even where a pond filter system is not employed a filter pump is the most efficient way of creating water flow within a pond or for powering a waterfall. Look out for running costs for such a pump — most run continuously so electricity costs can add up. Some pumps will feature a second inlet meaning water can be drawn from a different area of the pond via a satellite strainer cage or even a skimmer.
You certainly get a lot of bang for your bucks with these high pressure pond pumps. They can produce very high flow rates — and this flow rate drops off only slowly when pushing up to greater head heights.
However, many of these pumps come complete with a float switch — a device that ensures that the pump switches itself off should the water drop to a shallow level. Therefore we find that they are ideally suited to the pondless waterfalls that we sell. Due to their lower cost they can be very useful as a reserve or back-up pump in case of emergency. This means they are easier to maintain.
These pumps and their workings will be familiar to many koikeepers. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. When deciding on a pump for a pond project, you can either choose a submersible pond pump or an external pump.
As you may have guessed, a submersible pump is installed and operated beneath the surface of the pond, and an external pump sits outside of the pond in a dry location. Both systems have certain strengths and weaknesses that'll you'll have to look at before deciding which system is right for your particular project. Whichever system you end up going with, make sure to purchase a good quality, reliable pump that can be trusted to run , days per year.
Since the pump will drive the main filtration system in your pond, a healthy pond ecosystem depends on a pump's continued, reliable operation. Submersible pond pumps run on a fairly basic principle when broken down. An electric motor is used to drive an impeller. As the impeller turns, water is drawn in one side of the pump, and is expelled out the other.
Another way to create an attractive natural looking feature is to create a waterfall - the cascading water hits the pond surface and generates a good supply of bubbles and oxygen. It is important to remember that some of the features discussed in this piece can be combined. For instance, quite often a filter pump will be used to push water up to a filter and the water will return via a waterfall after it has been filtered.
Similarly, larger fountain pumps will ship with a T-piece allowing the flow to be adjusted between a fountain and waterfall or ornamental spitter. Pondkeeper is registered in England, Registration no. See the site map privacy policy terms and conditions.
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