Pond pumps - pump choice for small pond and/or low narrow waterfall.

There are hundreds of makes and models of pond and waterfall pumps ... so many it is confusing and irritating trying to find the right one. See chart below to make selection easy

Description of the Danner 250 pump ... made in USA. Suitable for small to medium garden fountains, piped statuary and ponds and operates submerged or in-line ... This energy efficient pump has a 18ft. power cord and includes a foam pre-filter to prevent pump from clogging with debris. 7' shut-off (means at this height there is NO flow). It will probably suit your requirements if you want to pump up to a maximum of 250 gallons per hour at low running cost and low purchase price 24 hours per day and if you have a small low waterfall, small pond or no waterfall at all. Great range of pumps for small to medium sized ponds and waterfalls

Why you need a Pump to move water around your pond and filter ... Your pond fish need to breathe. Submersible pond water pumps are essential to provide oxygen for garden fish ponds & bio filters. Why does my garden fish pond need a water pump anyway? The water pumped around the garden fish pond circuit supplies fish and pond filter bacteria with life-giving oxygen. If the water pump stops for any length of time (certainly more than 4 hours) the bacteria within your fish pond's biofilter which are there to purify the pond water die. The result is the pond filter stops working and undesirable levels of ammonia and nitrites build up in the pond water. These impurities become highly toxic to pond fish and especially koi at even low concentrations.

The Pond Professor's Pump Review

To decide if a pump is right for you you need to know

• Height (or head) to pump to

• Volume in gallons per hour you want to pump around

• Cost of the pump to buy

• Cost of the pump to run based upon 24hrs per day running

• Guarantee period avoid 1 yr guarantee pumps for ANY pond

This chart helps you understand and how to choose a suitable pump

• Electricity cost is shown in US cents per Kwhr (kilowatt-hour)
• If watts not known then multiply AMPS x VOLTS to work it out

• If your pump uses more than watts shown then use combination of above
  For example if pump uses 150 watts then add values for 50 and 100 watts from above table

• On the matter of cost do take note of the operating cost .... normally far more important than the original cost and if you ever compare pumps ALWAYS
  take this electricity cost into account.

• The company is E G Danner ... 50 years in manufacturing.

• Their powerful low energy consumption pond and waterfall pumps are specially made to do the job reliably day in and day out and are GUARANTEED for 3 years. Also by shopping at the right place yo get a much better price than the retail price normally offered.