Blown
Engineer
I'm building a small pondless waterfall in front of my house. I've been looking at Aquascapes products, and their pumps are a bit pricey ($350 for a .5hp submersible).
So I'm looking for alternatives. The pump will be installed in a burried basin that is covered with a screen and rocks on top to create the "disappearing" waterfall effect. Total head should be less than 5ft. According to Aquascapes literature I need somewhere in the range of 2000-3000gph.
This is the pump that aquascapes recommends: AquaSurge 3000
Looking at lowes/HD I see a lot of sump pumps in this flow range, but I'm thinking that they are not designed to run continuously?
So I'm looking for alternatives. The pump will be installed in a burried basin that is covered with a screen and rocks on top to create the "disappearing" waterfall effect. Total head should be less than 5ft. According to Aquascapes literature I need somewhere in the range of 2000-3000gph.
This is the pump that aquascapes recommends: AquaSurge 3000
Looking at lowes/HD I see a lot of sump pumps in this flow range, but I'm thinking that they are not designed to run continuously?