Waterfall Pump Too Strong? I Bought A Waterfall Pump For My Small Pond. It Attaches To A 3/4″ I/d Hose.
Thursday, October 15th, 2009 at
4:19 am
The problem is all the water splashes out. Someone told me to get a “splitter” and attach a fountain head to one end and use the other end to run the hose for the waterfall. Does this make sense? Where would I find a splitter and how would I attach it?
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Using a splitter to divert some of the water makes sense. You can also use a smaller ID hose. Most pumps come with adapters for different size hoses. The ID of the hose has a large impact on the gallons per hour a pump will deliver. You might want to look at how the water is entering the waterfall. You could put it under some rocks so that the flow does not start on top of the rocks and splash all over the place. Make it kind of a tunnel in the middle of fall area with rocks over the end of the hose.
Instead of a splitter you can install a Ball Valve somewhere after the discharge side of the pump, this will give you a way to control the out put of water going to the head.
home improvement stores, in the garden center. Find one that has adjustments for flow on it. That way you can fine tune the flow and get just the right amount of water. Sounds nice and I bet it looks good.
head down to your local home depot, or lowes they have the parts you need for your pond pump