Pumps and fountains

By the time the pond was finished the weather was turning cold. During autumn the foliage starts to die off and falling into the pond and creates too many nutrients in the water. Algae will flourish grow under these conditions.

Pumps can help to keep the water clear and also cleans up mosquitoes to a certain extent. I experimented with two types of solar pumps. I made a gentle sounding waterfall using rocks and the pumps.


The main problem with using solar pumps is that they were generally only efficient in the full sun in high summer. The panel and wire were also unattractive and I had nothing close that I could hang the panel on. The solar pumps were also not strong enough to pump the water into the bird which is a fountain.