On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:07:00 -0400, j wrote:

On 9/3/2011 8:58 PM, songbird wrote:
j wrote:

I've had my pond running for a month and it is a joy. It's lightly
planted with a water lily, some parrots feather and some other margin
plants. And 5 goldfish.

how many gallons of water?

About 500 gallons.

i love the
sound of a small fountain or water fall.

http://keepsakewatches.com/misc/rainbow_small.jpg

That is a small pump running about 600 gpm and kill-a-watt says 48 W.

600 gpm is no small pump... send a couple to NOLA. And what you have
is a pool, not a pond.