Can anyone recommend a filter and pump for a small pond?
Hi, we just purchased a small preformed pond, it is kidney shaped,
about 5'x 3' and 18" deep in center and about 10" on the sides. We want to use it as a fountain (we already have an old concrete statue from an old fountain) and it will be placed on a shady area. I would like to know if anyone here can recommend a pump which will work to run the fountain as well as a filter. I would also love a reocmmendation on which filter (brand and type ) to buy, I have been keeping freshwater aquariums for years and understand the 3 types of filtration but there are so many pumps and filters out there I have no idea where to start (I plan on buying onlineat thatfishplace.com or bigalsonline.com). We plan on 1 small comet goldfish which we can bring in or it can winter in a friends big pond. |
Can anyone recommend a filter and pump for a small pond?
For smaller ones, I like Rio. I have one that's been running for 4 1/2
years now, 24/7 year round. Don't know if they are still good pumps, but mine was cheap at the time - $50 for a 700 gallon, runs at 70 watts. -- Wendy* in N. California, "What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of the spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts soon happens to man." - Chief Seattle "JJ" wrote in message om... Hi, we just purchased a small preformed pond, it is kidney shaped, about 5'x 3' and 18" deep in center and about 10" on the sides. We want to use it as a fountain (we already have an old concrete statue from an old fountain) and it will be placed on a shady area. I would like to know if anyone here can recommend a pump which will work to run the fountain as well as a filter. I would also love a reocmmendation on which filter (brand and type ) to buy, I have been keeping freshwater aquariums for years and understand the 3 types of filtration but there are so many pumps and filters out there I have no idea where to start (I plan on buying onlineat thatfishplace.com or bigalsonline.com). We plan on 1 small comet goldfish which we can bring in or it can winter in a friends big pond. |
Can anyone recommend a filter and pump for a small pond?
"JJ" wrote in message om... Hi, we just purchased a small preformed pond, it is kidney shaped, about 5'x 3' and 18" deep in center and about 10" on the sides. We want to use it as a fountain (we already have an old concrete statue from an old fountain) and it will be placed on a shady area. I would like to know if anyone here can recommend a pump which will work to run the fountain as well as a filter. I would also love a reocmmendation on which filter (brand and type ) to buy, I have been keeping freshwater aquariums for years and understand the 3 types of filtration but there are so many pumps and filters out there I have no idea where to start (I plan on buying onlineat thatfishplace.com or bigalsonline.com). We plan on 1 small comet goldfish which we can bring in or it can winter in a friends big pond. Beckett makes a nice all in one (Biological, Mechanical) Filter box that can be a fountain for around $120 for the medium sized one. A filter with a bio filter is a nice thing with any fish. Carl -- -- http://www.cobaltbluefilms.com |
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