Choosing the right pond pump 

As someone about to build an above ground pond, I'm so grateful for the information you share! Cheers and thanks from South Australia.

I fully recommend the jebao / jecod range of DC low wattage variflow pumps as I have used mine over last year . previously I had the jebao XTP 8 & 10.000 pump's running and noticed the difference in running costs before the energy cost rising . The one DCP 15.000 I swopped over to is cheaper to run and added extra is the vari flow facility. My pond holds approximately 4 .700 UK gallons . This pump has powered my pond and filters / bog filter even on low power settings during UK winter with no issues .

Thank you for this informative tutorial. Your pond is BEAUTIFUL!!!!

very informative and thorough as usual, thanks Kev

Thank you Kev for your informative video. I like your stream it's really pretty. Your nursery looks fab 👌 👏 👍 😊🐡🐠🐟🐞🦠🪷🌸

I recently bought a new piece of property and will be building a house on it soon. After the house comes the pond. But I think I am going to go BIG. Like really big. I want to have a section on the back side of the pond that people can jump off a small cliff/waterfall into the pond. I plan on doing a bog filter system down the side of the property to hopefully ensure enough filtration. So I will be watching you videos like crazy. I definitely cant afford a what a builder would charge so I am going to do it myself.

Thank you!

Last year, Was soooo inspired by your bog filter we made one for our wayer bowl. Bought a Hozelock Cascade 1500 - 3354 Waterfall & Fountain 240V Pond Pump especially for it. Looked forward to "set and forget". Every day, the pump flow decreases and decreases and needs to be turned up repeatedly. There is nothing blocking the pump casing and the pump is frequently rinsed just to be sure. Your bog filter is a great idea, but this pump is a nightmare!

Hey kev, I'd like to see you show some venturi/ bubble pumps, and how to use one for a big filter

I once had to climb into a mine site sewer and retrieve a submersible pump which failed (and so did the rope it was attached to) to pull it out. I drew the short straw and got the duty, I stripped down to my underwear and they went in the bin afterward. .. At least I got paid well to do it.

Hi Kev..as usual your videos are extremley helpful...Im just about to start plumbing up my pond...where did you source the 50mm flexible pipie from..?

I have the axial flow pumps made by Flow friend in Germany. They put out 120,000 LPH @ 700 watts. Aquascape are the distributors for these pumps in Australia now. Amazing flow and zero noise…

re: using irrigation pumps, etc One horsepower is 746 watts. Plus no pump is 100% efficient, so electricity consumed will end up being even higher. If you're choosing a pump that is rated in horsepower, your power bill is going to take a serious hit. Irrigation pumps and sump pumps are intended for infrequent usage, so efficiency is not a very high priority in their design. The DC pumps that Ozponds recommends, the 15,000 liter/hour model linked from his website, is rated at 105 watts. Contrast this to a 1/2HP pump that will probably draw at least 400W.

As a noob, I need a video on fitting the pond pump of my choice with a functional off-the-shelf filter (no diy bs)… where do I find such a video?

Hi Kev, love your channel! A place of peace and relaxation amidst all those screamy commercial fellows... Since childhood I dreamed about my own pond with stream. Now, at 45, it's finally due! Maybe you have a good guess for the pump I should buy. It has to pump the water about 24 far and about 1,7 m high. Aiming for a stream around 40 cm wide and the pond is about 6 m³. The upper small pond around 1 m³. If you can help, don't hessitate to charge some $ for your time. Greetings from the one and only Netherlands. Sjors (George in English)

I am installing a 5000 liter koi pond with a 60cm wide water blade about 1.5 meters high above pond can I use one pump and filtration unit to do both jobs? If so what pumps do you recommend that are eco friendly? Thanks Kev

We have a rectangular tilapia pond that's roughly 7m x 4m with a water depth of about 1.2m. what size pump would I need to circulate sufficient water, and how large of a bog filter would I need? We're in central Brazil, by the way, so we never see freezing temps.

Thanks a lot for the video. Do you have experience with airlift pumps? Airlift champions say it is much more energy efficient to run an airlift to move the water. Though they cannot deliver water for a water wall, the advantage of oxygenation while pumping seems a big plus.

I am building a small wildlife pond (3ftx3ft) and may want to build a bog filter as you have shown but with a solar powered pump. Any suggestions?

M8- it's looking good now👍

Hey there Kev, I could use some advice. I want to make a swimming pond with both swimming attributes and normal for wildlife, I want to dig it about 12' deep at it's max depth, but an average depth of about 5 feet, I estimate somewhere between 30,000 and 50,000 gallons in total. I more or less want to know would i need to have some sort of reinforcements in place at that depth for the pond walls & liner, or should i be digging that depth at a shallow angle or stair-stepping effect. The latter makes more sense in my head to be safer, but that wouldn't enable us to be able to jump in like some of my family wants to as the shore line would be too shallow even at the deeper end. If it is possible to dig straight down with reinforcements, what sort of reinforcements would best suit a pond? Or am i just going to need to pour concrete as if it were a pool? Sorry if my question isn't too clear.

This spring I'm probably gonna install an airlift pump. They're extremey reliable and I don't have to run electricity in the water

another question mate..Sorry 🥴 Im looking at the Jebao DCP 20000L Pump but cam e across the Jebao TSP 30000L Pump...Im assuming the TSP stands for Totally Submersible Pump but aprt from the higher wattage consumption whats the difference between the DCP & TSP?

Can you please add what airator you're using to please Kevin? Thanks.

We have a 15000 ltr pond and have a 16000 lph pump for the waterfall filter but high flow of water causing foam in the water, do i need to reduce the size of the pump ? Maybe 12000lph or 10000 lph

what 12dc pump do you recomend ?

If I wanted to make a pond with a taller powerful waterfall it would require a pump that is too energy consuming

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