I have downsized my pond after a series of events (pump died, old pond
overgrown with surrounding plants I didn't want to remove and leaked
after I stuck an iron bar through it, hit hardpan on digging new pond,
etc.). I am moving in a year and can't get too invested right now in
the new pond but need to keep the fish and plants happy until the have
new homes. My current outdoor tank (it is not really a pond to my way
of thinking) is about 200 gallons. Does anyone know of the lifegard
quiet one 1200 or do you have recommendations for a pump for this
small of pond?

On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:56:02 EDT, dkat wrote:

I have downsized my pond after a series of events (pump died, old pond
overgrown with surrounding plants I didn't want to remove and leaked
after I stuck an iron bar through it, hit hardpan on digging new pond,
etc.). I am moving in a year and can't get too invested right now in
the new pond but need to keep the fish and plants happy until the have
new homes. My current outdoor tank (it is not really a pond to my way
of thinking) is about 200 gallons. Does anyone know of the lifegard
quiet one 1200 or do you have recommendations for a pump for this
small of pond?

What exactly will this pump do? Fountain? Waterfall? filter? UV
light?

That pump is 296 GPH & about $40. I don't remember how I came
to the number a couple years ago, but my 200 gallon pond has a 1500gph
Savio in it. [It feeds, through a pvc manifold I built, a small
waterfall, UV light, bog & will do a veggie filter this summer] I
think it was $200 or so.

It has a few years on it so I've been looking for a replacement to
have on hand. Sam Palermo has sung the praises of the Danner magnetic
pumps on several occasions so I took a look at them.

I just bought a 2000GPH Danner for $126 delivered from
petmountain.com.

Jim