I have a long established pond in my garden, which was there when we bought the house. It seems pretty deep in places, well over 1m in the middle. The water doesnt have great clarity and a few days ago the waterfall stopped running, so i have been looking into the setup to establish whats there so i can work out what to do.
Essentially, i have found the hose that is in the pond to draw water - it has what looks like a sort of half ball or suction cup on the end, but its not attached to anything else. It runs up a slop to a Kockney Koi Large Black Box filtration system, with a UK lamp. It then has a return pipe to the waterfall where it returns to the pond.
The Black box is 2/3rds full, so water isnt reaching the level of the 2 pipes to feed the return pipe. I'm guessing this happened when the water stopped flowing up to the box.
I havent found a pump on my search. I started to wonder if it was a siphon loop, but im now starting to doubt that. My fear is there may be a pump in the middle of the pond somewhere, but i have no way to see it.
Just wanted to check in with some more knowledgeable folks to see if i am missing anything obvious or if anyone has any advice. If i could see easy access to power, i was half tempted to just buy a pump and connect it to the hose, but i cant see the power yet. I can tell the UV lamp on the black box is powered, so just going to try locate that.
Essentially, i have found the hose that is in the pond to draw water - it has what looks like a sort of half ball or suction cup on the end, but its not attached to anything else. It runs up a slop to a Kockney Koi Large Black Box filtration system, with a UK lamp. It then has a return pipe to the waterfall where it returns to the pond.
The Black box is 2/3rds full, so water isnt reaching the level of the 2 pipes to feed the return pipe. I'm guessing this happened when the water stopped flowing up to the box.
I havent found a pump on my search. I started to wonder if it was a siphon loop, but im now starting to doubt that. My fear is there may be a pump in the middle of the pond somewhere, but i have no way to see it.
Just wanted to check in with some more knowledgeable folks to see if i am missing anything obvious or if anyone has any advice. If i could see easy access to power, i was half tempted to just buy a pump and connect it to the hose, but i cant see the power yet. I can tell the UV lamp on the black box is powered, so just going to try locate that.
