Last month we finished putting in my pond and waterfall and stream.
Now my husband who didn't even want a pond at all is wanting to put in
a second one.

My question is:

Is it possible to put a second waterfall off the same head pool into a
smaller pond and then connect by hoses and pump the two ponds
together. This would mean the two ponds use the same water. The
sequence would be water pumped from the big pond up to the head pool
which would flow over on two sides one down the water fall to the
stream and fall back into the big pond and the second down a waterfall
into the small pond. The small pond would then have a pump which
pumped water into the big pond. Could this work or would there be
overflow issues?

Any thoughts or ideas on this idea.

Sue W

On 1 Feb 2003 16:41:17 -0800, (Sue Walsh) wrote:

Last month we finished putting in my pond and waterfall and stream.
Now my husband who didn't even want a pond at all is wanting to put in
a second one.

My question is:

Is it possible to put a second waterfall off the same head pool into a
smaller pond and then connect by hoses and pump the two ponds
together. This would mean the two ponds use the same water. The
sequence would be water pumped from the big pond up to the head pool
which would flow over on two sides one down the water fall to the
stream and fall back into the big pond and the second down a waterfall
into the small pond. The small pond would then have a pump which
pumped water into the big pond. Could this work or would there be
overflow issues?

Any thoughts or ideas on this idea.

Sue W


Could be tricky getting a good balanced and then maintaining it. The
same amount of water that goes into each pond has to come out of it
again.

While you are watching the ponds they will behave, then when you turn
your back...

Could you work in additional pumps controlled by water level, such
that if one or the other pond begins to get too full a secondary pump
would kick in and keep the water from overflowing?
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- Charles
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-does not play well with others

It can be done.
I have two ponds. One big and one small. They are on different level.
I use only one pump to draw water from the smaller pond to the
waterfalls above the big pond. The overflow from the big pond to the
smaller one is designed that way that as soon as the water level goes
up it overflows.

Good luck,

B




On 1 Feb 2003 16:41:17 -0800, (Sue Walsh) wrote:

Last month we finished putting in my pond and waterfall and stream.
Now my husband who didn't even want a pond at all is wanting to put in
a second one.

My question is:

Is it possible to put a second waterfall off the same head pool into a
smaller pond and then connect by hoses and pump the two ponds
together. This would mean the two ponds use the same water. The
sequence would be water pumped from the big pond up to the head pool
which would flow over on two sides one down the water fall to the
stream and fall back into the big pond and the second down a waterfall
into the small pond. The small pond would then have a pump which
pumped water into the big pond. Could this work or would there be
overflow issues?

Any thoughts or ideas on this idea.

Sue W

My ponds would be all on same level ground and there would be a garden
in between the two ponds, so overflow in that sense is not possible.
This is why I was considering using the second pump and hoses(burried
in garden) to move the water from the smaller pond into the larger
pond to complete the circle. would this work? Would I not be causing
any major problems with overflow of the smaller pond?

Sue W


b not@ real.not wrote in message . ..
It can be done.
I have two ponds. One big and one small. They are on different level.
I use only one pump to draw water from the smaller pond to the
waterfalls above the big pond. The overflow from the big pond to the
smaller one is designed that way that as soon as the water level goes
up it overflows.

I'm just an observer here(don't have a pond of my own yet), but I have an
idea that may work.

Could you run a conduit (say 1 1/2" to 2") ungerground that is connected to
both ponds. The conduit would be open at both end so you could let the laws
of physics keep the two ponds at the same level.

You would of course want to have some sort of filter cage ot keep debris
from clogging the conduit, but I don't see why that wouldn't work.

Good Luck, Tommy


"Sue Walsh" wrote in message
om...
My ponds would be all on same level ground and there would be a garden
in between the two ponds, so overflow in that sense is not possible.
This is why I was considering using the second pump and hoses(burried
in garden) to move the water from the smaller pond into the larger
pond to complete the circle. would this work? Would I not be causing
any major problems with overflow of the smaller pond?

Sue W


b not@ real.not wrote in message
. ..
It can be done.
I have two ponds. One big and one small. They are on different level.
I use only one pump to draw water from the smaller pond to the
waterfalls above the big pond. The overflow from the big pond to the
smaller one is designed that way that as soon as the water level goes
up it overflows.

Tommy wrote I'm just an observer here(don't have a pond of my own yet),

What?! Nobody should be without a pond!
The 'yet' is what gives me hope! ;-)


k30a

Yeah, we are in a house right now that we know isn't going to be our long
term homestead. Our next home we are going to buy property and build. And
yes, there will be more than one pond outside along with a few larger
built-in aquariums inside. I honestly don't think I will be able to wait
that long though. I'll probably put in a smaller pond garden in the place
I'm at now...


"K30a" wrote in message
...
Tommy wrote I'm just an observer here(don't have a pond of my own
yet),

What?! Nobody should be without a pond!
The 'yet' is what gives me hope! ;-)


k30a

Tommy wrote I'll probably put in a smaller pond garden in the place
I'm at now...

:-)
I had a pond in an old sandbox for a while. Our pond took a looong time to
build as there are
boulders in our soil!


k30a

Sue,

As mentioned below, use a pipe with bulkhead fittings from one pond to the
other and let gravity carry water from one pond to the other. Due to the
ponds being at the same level, use the largest pipe that you can. The water
flowing into the one pond will raise its water level, while the pump in the
other pond will lower its water level. This difference in water levels will
be the cause of the water flow through the pipe. I would think that it
would take 3 or 4 inch pipe to keep the water levels close to the same.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html


"Tommy" wrote in message
...
I'm just an observer here(don't have a pond of my own yet), but I have an
idea that may work.

Could you run a conduit (say 1 1/2" to 2") ungerground that is connected
to
both ponds. The conduit would be open at both end so you could let the
laws
of physics keep the two ponds at the same level.

You would of course want to have some sort of filter cage ot keep debris
from clogging the conduit, but I don't see why that wouldn't work.

Good Luck, Tommy

On 4 Feb 2003 06:49:27 -0800, (Sue Walsh) wrote:

My ponds would be all on same level ground and there would be a garden
in between the two ponds, so overflow in that sense is not possible.
This is why I was considering using the second pump and hoses(burried
in garden) to move the water from the smaller pond into the larger
pond to complete the circle. would this work? Would I not be causing
any major problems with overflow of the smaller pond?

A lot depends on how much will overflow the big pond into the small pond
when the pump is off. The better way, imo, is to have the bigger pond at
the low point or end. Even with limited space just dig your small pond
deeper and make whatever you use to hide the liner high enough that when
the water drops you don't notice. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

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