Pond pumps

[shotgunwilly]

Ive just built a fairly large pond, approximately 4m wide x 3m long and 1.8m deep. I will have a water feature in the form of 3 pots of varying sizes flowing in to each other then in to the pond, but i want to buy a pump that will power the fountain and filter the pond etc, anyone know what is best to do from here?
cheers
shotgunwilly

 

[sissy]

depends on what you want to spend and how much pressure you want for each thing and welcome to the forum

 

[j.w]

willy
If your pond was 2400 gals then I believe you should have at least that large of a pump that will pump 2400 gph or more cuz if you want to use it for a waterfall then it will have to pump a few feet or so off the ground so bigger pump better. If you just want to recirculate the water and nothing else than you could use the same gph as your pond gals. Happy pondering

 

[shotgunwilly]

Thanks for the replies, i guess i just need to circulate the water, but i wanted to site the pump and filter system outside the pond, if this is possible, just for easy maintainence. So the pump would need to be the in line type, but what type of filter system would work with it under pressure?

 

[sissy]

remember the length of the pipe running to each thing will cut down on the gph of the pump .Build your own filter and there are plenty of plans here and on you tube and you can say I did it myself .Really easy to build and a lot cheaper

 

[j.w]

Yep very possible and like sissy said there are lots who build there own filters here and they work just fine. Check out the DIY forum.