Originally Posted by
Flanders
My pond is 9 years old and it's been a delight to have in our small twin home yard.
It's about 16ft. by 7ft oval shaped with about 800 gal. water. A Pondbuilder mnfg. 22" spillwyt waterfall and an 8" Weir opening skimmer. The pump is a Pondmaster(Danner) Hi-Drive 4000 pump. The lift of the falls is 2 to 3 ft.
Here's our delema. I am considering changing the pond over to a cascading falls. There's a lot of issue why but I won't get into them. One thing is clear we don't want to lose the waterfall beauty and sound. I figured after (breaking our hearts) and getting rid of the fish, about 12, I'd drain then back-fill the pond area to a design of a brook about 2ft to 3ft wide maintaining the same length. Put some curve to it. I'll reuse all my Pennsylvania blue flat rock and river rock. The waterfall and skimmer will remain where they are.
The pump we have gives us a nice waterfall feature but my main concern is, will it be pushing to much water too fast. The pump is rated 4000GPH. My thought is whether it's 800 Gal. or 100Gal. of water, the action and flow of water will be the same do to the distance it pushing the water and the lift. I'd hate to buy a new pump.
What say you my friends?
Thanks, Stephen in Phila., PA