Why Do I Need a Pond Pump for my Water Garden?

If you’re backyard water feature is a small water garden, you might be wondering why a pond pump is necessary. You don’t have fish or a large amount of water, so what good can a pond pump do for you?

Filters do the water cleaning, but without a pump, much of your water would remain dirty. A pond pump can do the following for your water garden:

Circulate Water 

Circulation is vital to water garden health, even with minimal fish, plants and water. If your water isn’t circulating, it can’t all be cleaned. With a pond pump, your water will circulate, which allows your filter system to clean all of your water equally and efficiently. Water circulation also creates healthier water in itself. By allowing movement, you can avoid stagnant water in your garden.

 Limit Bacteria Growth

Water gardens can be especially susceptible to unhealthy bacteria growth due to shallow water and extreme temperature changes. To reduce unwanted bacteria without harming your plants and fish, use a pond pump to keep water moving and distribute extreme temperature areas.

Assist Filtration

In summer and fall seasons, extra leaves and debris can enter your filtering system. With a pump for your water garden, you can screen out larger items before they reach the filter. Give your filter a longer life with a pump and connecting pipe that screens out large debris.

Drive Water Features 

If you have a waterfall or fountain feature in your water garden, you’re likely using electricity to power it. With a pond pump, you can not only circulate water, but also add water flow to your garden features. Circulate more efficiently by using one device to both improve the cleaning and water power of your garden.

Water garden pumps  can clean your water and power circulation efficiently. To be sure your backyard pond has the pond supplies necessary to stay healthy, contact Pondliner.com.

How to Use Pond Pumps to Create Stand-Out Water Features

Ready to take your backyard pond to the next level? The most important tool you’ll need is a pond pump. Pond pumps power all sorts of water features like:

• Streams
• Waterfalls
• Fountains
• Spitters

But with dozens of pumps to choose from, how can you know which is best for your feature? While our pond supplies experts can help you find the right pump for your pond, you can get a good idea of what range you’ll be looking at by taking the following steps.

• Run a standard garden hose through your feature. The average 5/8” garden hose pumps between 850 and 900 gallons per hour (GPH). Running the hose through your feature will give you a good baseline to determine how much more or less power your pump will need to provide.

• Factor in head height. When browsing water pumps, you’ll notice GPH listings for different head heights. Head height refers to the number of feet of pipe the pump has to push water through. In head height, every vertical foot equals one foot, while every 10 horizontal feet equals one foot. So a pump that is located 20 feet from the feature and needs to push water four feet to the surface has a head height of six feet.

• Understand the feature. Most manufactured features like fountains and spitters list GPH recommendations. If you’re running water over a ledge to create a waterfall, however, the power depends on your taste. Most experts recommend pumping 100 GPH over every four inches of ledge for a trickle, two inches of ledge for medium flow and one inch of ledge for a dramatic effect.

Thinking about using a pump to liven up your pond this summer? Call one of our pond experts at (866) 766-3548 to narrow down your options.

Pond Pump Feature of the Week: Pondmaster Pumps

A pond pump is the heart of your water garden. It is responsible for keeping your pond aerated and circulating the water through the filtration system. In other words, it is a large part of what keeps your pond clean and healthy.

There are four different categories of pond pumps - direct drive, magnetic, statuary and external drive - and within each of those are products made by countless different pond supplies manufacturers.

Because there are so many options on the market, we thought it would be helpful to explain the selling points of some of the most common brands you may encounter. To start thing off, this week I'm going to feature the ever-popular Pondmaster pumps.

Pondmaster Pumps

Pondmaster is one of the oldest and most respected brands in the pond supplies industry. It is known for quality products, and customers who purchase from this brand can rest assured that they are making a good investment for their water garden. Pondmaster manufactures a wide variety of pond supplies, but today we will be focusing solely on their pond pumps.

There are a wide variety of Pondmaster pumps on the market that vary in size, function and price. However, the key features that can be found in most models include:

• High output at low energy use
• Durable design
• Ability to operate submerged or in-line
• Non-clogging foam pre-filters
• Ceramic shafts
• Quiet operation
• Two-piece barrel filter
• Oil-free functions
• Powerful hybrid motor

Depending on the model you choose, you may get only some of the features, or you may benefit from many more. Pondmaster pumps are a great investment for your pond. They are built to last, and their high functionality allows them to provide quality aeration and filtration for your pond.

View the complete selection of Pondmaster pumps available at Pondliner.com today.