Originally Posted by
Joey S
Now I see said the blind man....why did you set the pump so high? You need a lot more water in the pond before trying the pump. It's barely over the bottom drain. I don't think you're going to be happy with that setup.
I would agree, since your are early in this I would stop and rethink it. One major issue that I see is that the 4" to 2" connection is going to have a really good chance of getting clogged and stopping/severely restricting your flow to the pump. You could also drop the pump back down closer to the ground then have a longer pipe to the filter. Better yet I am pretty sure you can bury that filter almost to its neck, that would get both pieces MUCH closer to the water level.
If I had only known about Koiphen BEFORE I rebuilt my pond the second time......