You're right! You absolutely want a pond pump. I talk a bit about pump sizing in some winter videos but both my pond and my neighbor's pond use a Laguna max flo pump which is made to run 24/7 and so far has done that without issue for 3 years.

@@thefrogbath Thank you! This is a big help!

The breeze really makes it happen. November is coming! 🙏

She brings her lotus into her garage for the winter because it's only set about a foot down. I think her pond is deep enough that she might be able to get away with dropping it all the way down to the deepest part of her pond in winter and then bringing it back onto the shelf when it warms but it's risky and the garage seems to work well.

Yes! I'll do this at some point in August

Sort of. There is a minimum length of tube and amount of water required based on the size of your hole (or whatever space you're measuring). Because the water in the tube is self leveling though, there is no maximum length of tube, it'll just get a bit unwieldy. If you don't have enough "empty space" on either side of the tube (too much water) then as you move the tube trying to get the water level where you want, it will overflow and you'll have to refill the tube. If you don't have enough water in the tube you won't be able to lay it against the side of your pond to represent your desired waterline because it'll just sit low in the tube. It is a confusing concept, sorry if this explanation isn't useful.

You can always add plants and in time they'll replace the plant you have now (the string algae).

Yes! Check out some of our other videos about this on the channel. The key is the depth of the intake bay/pump

Not that deep, the current keeps it moving. The inlet is maybe 10 inches to 1 foot if the water is high

This is pretty similar to what I bought when I built the pond: Little Giant SF 31-Gallon a.co/d/18uecAZ

Thanks for the comment! There will be an update coming on this soon

I've gone a few years without a failure but it is possible. Most important thing is accounting for a power failure whether a breather or check valve.

Ain't that the truth.

That's super cool! Are you going to dig it out?

Thanks for the kind words! I recently saw an Ozpond video for the first time and really enjoyed it so I'm quite flattered.

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All the rock for the edge of my pond and my neighbors pond was sourced from our woods. We live on old farmland and there's tons of field stone around. I believe most of it is limestone and granite. The bog filter rock is 3/4" stone from a local quarry.

What you need will depend on the pump model you select. My neighbor and I have the same pump and in our case we use 1.25" ID flexible PVC also sold as "spa tubing" from local big box hardware stores. Around here 25' is about $115. This fits directly onto the largest quick coupler that is packaged with our pump.

This pond used a 20x25 liner it's about 3 feet deep and maybe 5 or 6 feet across. The intake bay is about 18 inches deep.

This is a cool idea! My pond has too many dogs and children romping around in the intake bay to make it work for me just yet.

Yes they are the goldfish offspring

I'm not sure if they're exactly the same but I have seen what you're describing in fish tanks before and my guess is that they're closely related if not exactly the same.

We're in zone 5b

The thing is you don't want slits for the entire run, so you'd have to work out how to connect the ADS drain pipe to the check valve . All the drainage pipe I've seen is corregated so there'd be some figuring out to do on that connection.

@@thefrogbath rubber boot and a hose tail job done that will get you down to what ever size you like