Holy cow, 10,000 gph is a lot of water

[Jeff Zimnisky]

So after dicking around with trying to find 3" and 2" fittings, I finally got the river flowing. Please excuse the dirty water but That should be clear be the am.

 

[Jeff Zimnisky]

 

[Lisaebetten]

Wow I love that long stream!!!! Very creative.

 

[Jeff Zimnisky]

I think it's about 30 feet. And thank you.

 

[RobAmy]

Great job

 

[Aaron S]

Looking pretty sweet.

 

[Tula]

Looks wonderful, I love the lay out, flow and design. Good job!!!!

 

[fishin4cars]

Love the look, came out looking really nice, However, you mention using 2" connections. If so your reducing your flow rate. I run a 10,000gph pump, just with 3" pipe, 28 feet of pipe length and a head of just shy of 3 feet my flow rate went from what was suppose to 10,000 gph to 8,125 gph. Now that it's been running for almost two years I would be surprised if I am pushing 7,500 gallons per hour. Looking at your flow, I would say your not for off from that either. Your flow looks about right for your stream bed, I like that effect but it still doesn't look like a full 10,000 gph, Did you run wide sweep 90 degree elbows or the short sweep? How long of pipe run, and what kind of pump. I can tell you this, If your running a Anjon 10,000 gph submersible pump, be ready, I think they have the flow rate and the electricity usage rate backwards. because that thing uses a lot of electricity and not the flow rate I was expecting. My two 4500 gph external pumps out preform the submersible by a long shot.

 

[Jeff Zimnisky]

Love the look, came out looking really nice, However, you mention using 2" connections. If so your reducing your flow rate. I run a 10,000gph pump, just with 3" pipe, 28 feet of pipe length and a head of just shy of 3 feet my flow rate went from what was suppose to 10,000 gph to 8,125 gph. Now that it's been running for almost two years I would be surprised if I am pushing 7,500 gallons per hour. Looking at your flow, I would say your not for off from that either. Your flow looks about right for your stream bed, I like that effect but it still doesn't look like a full 10,000 gph, Did you run wide sweep 90 degree elbows or the short sweep? How long of pipe run, and what kind of pump. I can tell you this, If your running a Anjon 10,000 gph submersible pump, be ready, I think they have the flow rate and the electricity usage rate backwards. because that thing uses a lot of electricity and not the flow rate I was expecting. My two 4500 gph external pumps out preform the submersible by a long shot.

Thank you. I'm actually a plumber and I know the 2 inch pvc isn't flowing 10,000 gph lo. I guess i should have said the the pump is 10,000 gph. I know I'm going to have to increase the pipe to 3 inch bit digging up the 2 inch from the river bed is definitely going to be a major pita. I'm not sure if I need and more flow but we'll have to see how this grows on me. As you know these ponds are always a wip.

 

[addy1]

Looks great! Love the stream.

 

[sissy]

you need a ladder to take a nice full pic of the whole thing

 

[Jeff Zimnisky]

you need a ladder to take a nice full pic of the whole thing

I'll get one from my bathroom window.

 

[Dirty Dawg]

Really like that long stream.

Finding 3" barb fittings for the spiral PVC pond hose I bought for my pond project was harder than I thought.

Now finding big enough double-wire hose clamps that are reccomended for that hose is even tougher. The 3" clamps I got off amazon only open-up to 3-1/4", not quite big enough, I need 3-1/2".

 

[tbendl]

Wow Jeff that is looking really good. Nice work!

 

[Jeff Zimnisky]

Went from very murky from disturbing everything to crystal clear in less then 12 hrs just from having the lower pond as my filter. Amazing.