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Water pump for pond?
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:59 am
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:59 am
I have a 1/4 acre pond. It's about 265 feet long and 65 feet wide (variably).
I wanted to create a timed water feature for my ducks. I have a small pump house built about 30 ft away from the pond that currently has electrical in it and supplies power to an air pump which operates two bottom air diffusers.
I was thinking of digging a trench from the pump house to the pond, running a pipe into the pond water back to the pump house, to a "water pump" that then shoots it back to the edge of the pond where I'd drill different patterns into the end of a screw on PVC cap that would shoot a fountain of water into the air and over a small part of the pond.
No floating fountains, no electricity in the water. Just simply drawing water out of the pond and spraying it into the air because it makes my ducks get the zoomies and it's hilarious.
What kind of water pump should I be looking for?
It would need to be 120v so I could plug it in and put it on a timer.
There are so many different types of water pumps out there ranging from $50 to $1500 and I can't make heads or tails of them.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I wanted to create a timed water feature for my ducks. I have a small pump house built about 30 ft away from the pond that currently has electrical in it and supplies power to an air pump which operates two bottom air diffusers.
I was thinking of digging a trench from the pump house to the pond, running a pipe into the pond water back to the pump house, to a "water pump" that then shoots it back to the edge of the pond where I'd drill different patterns into the end of a screw on PVC cap that would shoot a fountain of water into the air and over a small part of the pond.
No floating fountains, no electricity in the water. Just simply drawing water out of the pond and spraying it into the air because it makes my ducks get the zoomies and it's hilarious.
What kind of water pump should I be looking for?
It would need to be 120v so I could plug it in and put it on a timer.
There are so many different types of water pumps out there ranging from $50 to $1500 and I can't make heads or tails of them.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:35 pm to OneAyedJack
I've got pretty much exactly what you described setup on my pond. The previous owners installed it.
It's an old pool pump with 1.5" pvc suction trenched into the pond, and 1.5" pvc discharge piping swedged down to 1" with a cap to create a nice spray. The pool pump works well bc it has a strainer basket that I can empty whenever is needed.
The only issue you'd have is my pump is 240v, but I imagine there are 120v pumps out there.
It's an old pool pump with 1.5" pvc suction trenched into the pond, and 1.5" pvc discharge piping swedged down to 1" with a cap to create a nice spray. The pool pump works well bc it has a strainer basket that I can empty whenever is needed.
The only issue you'd have is my pump is 240v, but I imagine there are 120v pumps out there.
Posted on 7/9/22 at 12:28 pm to OneAyedJack
I've got a similar setup on my pond. I used Pump and run it on a timer. Works great. Only thing to consider is make sure you have enough lift on the pump to create your desired fountain features.
Posted on 7/9/22 at 1:13 pm to OneAyedJack
A solar setup that runs when the suns out? I had a 2x2 float with solar lights to attract insects to feed my bream. Worked great. Had 4 lights 2 of which were spotlight type that were pointed down on the water.
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