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Pipe Size
If you have any idea of the size that of your pond will be, (ball park idea)
figure out approximate gallons. You should run about 1/2 of your pond volume through the filter per hour. That will give you an approximate flow rate, then go to http://www.geocities.com/researchtri.../hydrodyn.html to get an idea of the pipe size that should be used for that flow rate. Hope this helps. Paul "BenignVanilla" wrote in message ... Is it better to over size your pipe or undersize your pipe? Here is my predicament. I am slowly working on my plan for my pond now, but I can expect I will have it dug before I am ready to buy the pumps and other gear. I plan to shop around a bit. So I want to run the pipes for the skimmer and the bottom drain, etc., but if I have not decided on a pump yet, I figured this would be a problem. Should I just run twin 2 inch PVC pipes and use both if I need the 4 inches of bandwidth, and cap one if I don't? -- BenignVanilla tibetanbeefgarden.com x-no-archive: yes Remove MY SPLEEN to email me. |
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