I've always been pushing for a water feature of some sort in the yard, but I dont have enough spare time to dedicate to the maintenance of a pond, which seems endless! Pondless waterfalls are the solution to the problem! I too have been researching pondless waterfall systems. Here is a link that might be useful: Pondless Waterfall Perhaps someone else can give more info on that. But there are other things to consider as well and I'm definitely not a pro on pumps. I got a submersible 3500 GPH pump because I wanted as much water flow as the picture on the link below. Maintenance is really minimal with a pondless waterfall (compared to a pond).īasically, you will dig a hole where the waterfall will end (pondless pond), cover it (and the entire waterfall/streambed) with liner, place a submersible pump in the hole (protected by a pump house of some sort), run your pipe up to the top of the falls (use a check valve to prevent water from flowing back down when you shut off the pump), fill the lined hole completely with smaller rocks.Īs for the size pump to get - it depends a lot on how much water you want to move. You might even be able to use a waterfall basin loaded with plants to provide some natural algae control. If your water starts to turn green or 'stale', you can just flush out the 'pond' until it runs clear or you can use algae killer if you're not opposed to that. You really don't need biological filtration as there will be no fish. The gravel/rocks that fill the 'pond' will provide mechanical filtration. Based on my research before I switched - I would say you don't need much filtration for a pondless waterfall. I was going to go the pondless waterfall route, but at the last minute decided on a waterfall and a pond.
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