Matt,

That sounds like mine. Direct sun gets a fountain. A cute toy rather
than a more serious item. I actually have a more powerful fountain in
a piece of 1" pvc that I ran from my pump line to the pond. I have a
valve on it, so I can regulate it. The head of it is 1" pipe with
1/8" holes in it. It can reach 6' in the air, but I don't do that
with it.

Jim