Introducing submersible water or pond pumps for garden ponds, waterfalls and pond fountains. Learn about pump head and pump flow and how they relate to each other as well ( pump curves are used for this) as well as how to compare pump running and purchase costs and understand what volume you need from a pump by working out your pond volume. Did you know in many real pond waterfall situations 2 pumps cost less than 1 pump? This is because power cost for running waterfall pumps is high Do your fish pond pumps cause too many hassles ... make sure you always use a simple submersible pump in most cases and NOT a sump pump? Solar pond pumps are also not normally recommended. We show you how to choose the right submersible pond pump and show you how to save money at the same time. Click here for  USA top on-line supplier of all types of pond pumps, pond filter and UV supplies and ponds pumps filters UK | Submersible pumps Home Page

 

How To Choose Submersible Water Pumps, Garden Pond, Waterfall & Fountain Pumps To Save Money

Your pond fish need to breathe. Submersible pond water pumps are essential to provide oxygen for garden fish ponds & bio filters.

Why does my garden fish pond need a water pump anyway?

The water pumped around the garden fish pond circuit supplies fish and pond filter bacteria with life-giving oxygen. If the water pump stops for any length of time (certainly more than 4 hours) the bacteria within your fish pond's biofilter which are there to purify the pond water die. The result is the pond filter stops working and undesirable levels of ammonia and nitrites build up in the pond water. These impurities become highly toxic to pond fish and especially koi at even low concentrations.

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Your complete guide to selecting the right pond pump for the job ... making your pond beautifully clean and clear and healthy

Here's what you will find on this pond pump, waterfall pump, and fountain water pumps website... Lots of free water gardening, pond keeping articles specifically geared to helping you fully understand your own fish pond or water garden pump requirements. The articles are written in user-friendly language. No technical skill is required to make full use of the water pump information supplied.

It's time turn those day to day pond keeping hassles to family joy ...

Pond water pumps bookThe authors of these articles about pond pumps are highly experienced pond keeping writers and water gardening practitioners. The knowledge shared with you is free and more importantly it is based upon many many years of practical experience actually landscaping and installing ponds, distributing high quality water gardening equipment, advising pond keepers across the world on the right way of succeeding with fish ponds and, of course by doing "it" themselves.

The writers are Tony Roocroft, Peter J May, William Kelly and Ben Helm ... I call them Bill and Ben (anyone remember that original BBC TV program ... "Bill & Ben The Flowerpot Men"?). They focus mainly but not exclusively on the serious challenges of water quality & growing larger koi. This fascinating hobby and lifestyle is enjoyed by a relative few. Tony and Peter are more interested in helping those many millions of gardening enthusiasts who have a  water garden or small to medium garden fish pond in which they keep goldfish and other pond fish such as smaller koi, and a wide variety of goldfish types. Peter is an award winning landscaper, designer, author, illustrator ... and he has dug many holes in his time. Ben is a marine biologist who bred koi commercially. Tony and William are chemical engineers.

One of the authors has written a number of water gardening books sold across the Internet. One of these covers all you need to know about pond pumps and making sure you get the right pump at the right total cost with year in and year out reliability

By the way you can learn more about this and other immediately downloadable pdf books dealing with pond care. These books are written to ensure you always have crystal clear garden fish ponds without the use of chemicals and weekly chores. Learn how to get your own crystal clear pond by clicking the link

  • How to work out your pond's volume even if shape is complicated and depth is not constant ... this is important to assist in right water pump selection for your garden fish pond

  • The basic essentials for any water pump for your pond

  • How to work out the pond or waterfall pump head specification needed to correctly buy any pond water pump and why maximum pump head is an unsatisfactory specification for any pond pump.

  • How to work out the water flow from a submersible water pump needed to make any waterfall soothing and attractive rather than too noisy and disturbing and why maximum water flow is an unsatisfactory specification for any pond pump

  • How to use water pump curves or graphs supplied by manufacturers to help choose the right pump

  • How to work out the running cost per year for any water pump. This cost is often far more important than the actual garden pond pump cost because any fish pond pump MUST run 24 hrs per day every day of the year.

  • How to save money (if you run a waterfall) by using 2 water pumps inside a pond rather than a single water pump

  • Recommended and reliable low cost submersible water pumps suppliers and selection chart to make your choice easy

  • Reasons why you should not buy a sump pump to run in a garden fish pond ... they have a short life and high running costs

  • How to choose a water pump for a simple fountain

  • Important points to check whenever you buy any water pump for your garden fish pond

  • The problems with solar power pond water pumps and why they are not recommended

  • Why larger koi ponds should always have a good quality air pump installed in a garden fish pond

  • Maintenance and winter care for your water pumps

  • What you need to do if your pond is very large because your normal submersible pond pump will be totally inadequate

  • Pond and water pumps for large koi ponds mainly of the external type

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I suggest you look a both suppliers and compare prices and shipping costs ... take note that both suppliers offer specials at times and these often appear in right hand border of this website.

These suppliers do sell other makes of pumps also of high quality and performance which you might want to investigate and you can search the websites for the model you want ...

Florida based supplier specializing in very wide range of garden fish pond equipment including pond pumps filters and UV lights ... just click the link

 

Cost of electric power in 2004 in major USA states in different regions ... see Pond pumps: pump cost comparison for method and how to compare two different pond pumps over a period of years

 

Are you interested in UV sterilizers, Koi pond filters for your fish pond or water garden  ... Click here

For an interesting blog relating to all aspects of garden pond pumps, pond filters, Uv sterilizers and water gardening in general ... Click here

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Remember running cost for a pond pump is generally more important than purchase price of most pond pumps

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