I have a 55 gallon fish tank with 1 small oscar and 2 small pacus( yeah i know how big the pacus get thats why i have a 400g tank:) )anyways i have the standard filter that you get with any fishtank and i made my own filter. It has a fountain pump that pumps water out of the tank into a 5 gallon tank that has bio balls, gravel and filter media. it pumps about 70g/hr. what can i do to make either more effective? maybe putting a sponge over the intake of the regular mechanical filter? or gettin a bigger pump for the diy filter? also i have a small undergravel filter for about 1/3 of my tank.

how did the artists make fountains that worked without electricity or water pumps?

My niece is autistic and she loves to play with water. During bath time, she’s gotten into the habit of throwing water out of the tub because she likes to watch it fall. I thought about installing a fountain in the bath. I figured it could take the bath water up through a small pump to make the fountain. Is there anything like this on the market? If I would have to get it custom made, where can I go? Where do they sell the supplies so we could make one ourselves if we can’t find one?

I’m looking for one with high water sound yet a quite pump.

Do you know the pretty fountains that you put in ponds to make the water shoot in the air? If I got one of them and put it and the bottom of the horses water so it would just make the water move so the water wouldn’t freeze do you think it would do anything to the horse? (If the pump is at the bottom of horse water the water wouldn’t shoot up out of the water.)

I have a small faux waterfall I bought at Home depot, and I would like to use it during the winter outdoors. I know ordinarily in Denver water freezes during the winter, but I thought maybe adding salt to the water would prevent this. It would be either regular table salt, or perhaps mag chloride, or another salt for frozen walkways. I don’t want to use antifreeze, as it is incredibly toxic, even the so called “environmentally safe” ones. I also fear antifreeze could evaporate. My main question is, are regular pumps able to handle salt water or would they break? The shape of the waterfall I believe is fiberglass, so it should be fine.

i am not sure how deep it is but, it is large. too large to drain. It may have a natural cool water spring in the middle and estimated 35 feet deep. I ‘t has never been taken care of and i am just starting. i would like to get a fountain pump for the middle but, i need landscaping ideas, pump sizes and to clean up the water. how can i tell if there is a natural spring???

Tierra De Gracia is a southamerican nation in a timeless (Megapolis (NY) looks like a mix of Victorian London and 1940′s NYC) alternative version of our world (England=Albion, Spain=Hispania, U.S.A=Urbania). The nation was a little backward nation where only 15% of the population could read and the life average was 30 until about two decades ago when the Urbanians came and started to explote the water fountains and built water pumping camps and the gov’t happily gave concessions in exchange of having the 30% of the profits.
But the world was starting to be divided between the Plutocrats (Urbania) and Utopists (Transylvania). Urbania started to support the right-wing dictatorship in TdG; during this d-ship TdG becomes a modern nation under an iron fist. After a coup, it is installed a neutral democratic government that tries to survive the far-right and the far-left, but after the situation is stable, it becomes corrupt and even more during the careless bonanza years of the nationalization of the water industry
But Urbania starts to unfroze a glaciar and the water prices hit bottom, plus some insurgents Stara to grow thanks to the highly inefficient government and its corruption. A left-wing military man tries to unsuccesful coups and he is jailed but granted pardon by a the current senile supporting-hungry president. the military man is elected president, but he is turns out to be a dictatorial buffon with little-knowledge of how to manage a nation
He declares that Tierra de Gracia, now with no agriculture at all and a decadent industry that can’t beat imported goods, will survive without needing foreing influence so he cuts any link with the rest of the World (at this point TdG has runned out of water and has a rising foreing debt) and the last thing we know of TdG is that he lives in some kind of demential city-state created only to worship him and is destroyed because runs out of water
The last thing we see is the dictator jumping to a ravine followed by his entourage and his people

There is a common expression that a man’s (or woman’s) home is his/her castle. This proverbial statement illustrates the principle of your individual right to enjoy your personal privacy at home. Your home is the one place where you can do what you want to do, when you want to do it. It is your much needed refuge from the stress of the outside world.

It’s only natural to want to make your environment at home as peaceful and personally pleasing as possible. One way to enhance your home’s ambiance is to install a relaxing water fountain. Reducing stress, attenuating unpleasant noises, and providing a visually appealing focal point are among the many benefits that a water fountain offers.

There are a seemingly endless variety of fountains available in today’s market. Selecting the type and design of fountain that is best for you may seem to be a daunting task. But a casual evaluation of your home decorating scheme can make that decision quite a bit easier. No matter what style you have chosen for your personal living space, it can be enhanced by a water fountain that adds that final touch to your decor.

Does your home decor make use of rich colors, organic materials, natural textures, or exposed wood? Does your interior decorating style have a multi-cultural feel? If so, you may want to choose a fountain that is made from natural materials such as sandstone, granite, copper or slate. These types of materials would coordinate well with your decor.

Fountains that make use of stainless steel or brass combined with polished black stone or glazed ceramic would probably look great in a home with a contemporary decor. Modern floor mounted fountains can do double duty as a piece of fine art, adding to the contemporary style. Similarly, wall mounted fountains can make a bold statement and serve as an eye catching focal point.

Read the rest of this entry

I have a fibreglass fountain that has been stored for a while and now I would like to use it. Pump works and water run fine. The issue is that the front (looks like stone) is very dull. What can I use to brighten it up? If there are any cracks what would be a good repair method? Where do I find products to do some/all of the above?

Drink from a water fountain, or pump the well?

I had a soft-rubber lined in-ground fish pond with a waterfall & now, I am wanting to convert it to a wading/floating pool.
I have drained it, scrubbed it & now, refilled it…
Testing the chlorine & PH, I find that the chlorine is high(almost a 5) and the PH is very low (about 6.8)
Researching on-line, I came across someone who says that aerating the water well will help the ph levels come back up over the course of several days. Does anyone know if having a water pump & fountain constitutes as aerating the water well? And if so, if this will in fact raise the ph?
I have been told to Shock it.
But I have to plead ignorance…I read the Shock bottle and I don’t see anywhere that it states it will affect either one of these.
If you cannot tell, I really do not know what I am doing and any guidance would be appreciated.

I would like to give a sink and faucet the appearance of having plumbing for display purposes. Is it possible to use a fountain mechanism to create that effect. I’d like to be able to turn a handle and have the water flow, then drain back down into a basin to be pumped through continuously if left on. but able to be shut off by simply turning the handle back to the off position.

I live in Pennsylvania and the pond temperature will flucuate from a nice summer day to a bitterly cold winter. The pond does have a pump and fountain so the water is circulating. But the amount of algae is clogging the pump too often. Thanks for any and all advice.

Occasionally I get this red film on my shower head, sink sprayer and today I found it on the pump for my dogs water fountain. I don’t find it in the bathtub, or sink or anywhere else like that. Just places where the water runs out. It seems to pop up overnight. It wipes right off, I’m just curious of what is is and if its harmful?

I just started an outdoor pond. The pond is only 100 gallon and has 10 goldfish in it. There is a good water pump/fountain in it, but i think i will need a heater in winter. I live in kansas and temps get down to 0 in winter. If i do get a heater i would like it to be powerful enought to heat the pond to 60-65 degrees. What kind of wattage heater do I need?
Thank you!

I use a little fountain pump to remove most of the water. When I get down to the last half inch remaining,there isn’t enough water to reach the suction inlet on pump. That’s still a lot of weight when you try to remove the cover. Which is too heavy for me to pull off.

I have a beercooler, and is basically a refrigeration unit designed to extract heat from an input and outlet pipe, and transfer this to a neutral liquid, which is pumped around another looped radiator -with a fan unit on it. Thus – the heat is removed from the beer, and ouputed into the room.
Any suggestions for aplication, siting etc would be useful.
Maybe radiators painted black outdors, and a small solar fountain pump to circulate the water ?

This submersible pump offers extremely quiet operation, suction cup bottom, and a high flow rate (140 gallons per hour) with a maximum water height of 4′. Features include energy efficiency and low heat operation. The ceramic shaft and durable high-impact plastic make the pump reliable and long lasting. It comes with a flow valve regulator.

(more…)

Okay, here’s the situation:
Say I want to make a decorative water fountain to be used on the Moon. Assume it has a power source, a stable environment, and works just like a regular water fountain (pump pushes water into air, reuses water that falls back down). The only difference is that this fountain has an air-tight dome of plastic or glass around the place where the water is, so no water will escape into the environment. The dome is full of air, so it’s not a vacuum.
Here’s what I understand will happen: the water will be pumped into the air easier, since it will take less energy to overcome the Moon’s gravity, but it will take much longer to come down once it hits the top of the dome. Other than that, it will behave “normally”.
Is this correct? If not, could you correct me/add on anything I missed?
Thanks you! =)

it is a large fountain with a lady that water trickles from . The pump is electric . A lot of birds come to this fountain , it has become nasty . The birds are large blackbirds , you know the ones that look straight up when they are preening-posturing . large birds large mess . prolly holds 20 gallons of water

I am looking at one of these on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/Solar-Powered-Water-Pump-With-Panel-Pond-Fountain_W0QQitemZ250240735285QQihZ015QQcategoryZ115710QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262

would it do good for a very small pond? my bottom pond is an 18 gallon tub, and I want to pump water 3 feet away and a foot off the ground to my top pond with is only say… a gallon would it have enough power to keep a constant flow going?

This is a 4′ slate floor fountain that supposedly sends water down from the top along the front of the unit. However, all that was included was a submersible pump and I see no way that it can send water to the top without some sort of connecting device. HELP!

I bought a 3 tier fountain this week and the water is suppose to flow out of 6 holes in each bowl. The 1st few hours they all worked, then one or two just had a small amount coming out and its running down the side of the fountain, not flowing into the next bowl..I have my pump on max and all the bowls are filled with water.

I want to make a large clay pot fountain to use as a “wishing well” at my wedding reception. My idea is to use a baby pool as the base, covered with plastic liner and stones lining the bottom. Then, a wooden cover to disguise the pool would be built around and set on top. I want to stack clay pots to a height of 4-5 feet, and have the water cascade over the pots.
Can anyone tell me what materials I need and if I’d need a strong pump to get the water that high? I’ve already looked for plans for a fountain this large, but all I’ve found are projects for tabletop fountains or garden ponds. Thanks!