pump, pond suppliers

[Michael Palmer]

Hi everyone! I've been lurking around for a while on the Usenet here.
There is a lot of great information on here. I'm looking for some
good manufacturers of pond pumps, kits, etc. I own a landscape
construction company in Western Canada and we've built ponds before.
We've used the kits from "Micropond" and "aquascapes". We have found
they are limited and that you have to sacrifice something for
something else. We'd like a bit more flexibility. Does anyone know
who manufactures the pumps themselves, the bio-falls, etc. I
basically want to be able to put my own kits together if necessary to
better serve our customers. Also, I'd like to see some sites with
pictures of work others have done. I'll try to put ours up here as
soon as I can.
Michael

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

On 29 Jan 2004 18:06:53 -0800, (Michael Palmer)
wrote:

>We'd like a bit more flexibility. Does anyone know
>who manufactures the pumps themselves, the bio-falls, etc. I
>basically want to be able to put my own kits together if necessary to
>better serve our customers.

Good for you! :o) Some of us aren't too crazy about the kits either, but
mostly it is a rock-in-the-pond argument. Most ponders have enough in their
heads they don't need them in the pond too. ;o)

>Also, I'd like to see some sites with
>pictures of work others have done. I'll try to put ours up here as
>soon as I can. Michael

Here's mine:
~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

[Ka30P]

>Also, I'd like to see some sites with
>pictures of work others have done. I'll try to put ours up here as
>soon as I can. Michael

Mine can be found here -

kathy 30acre :-)
<A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/">Once upon a pond</A>

[RichToyBox]

Michael,

I think that the skimmer used by "aquascapes" is the Pondsweep skimmer,
though Aquatic Eco has a couple of others similar. There is also the new
Salvio skimmer that appears to be better. As for pumps, I prefer Supreme
Mag drive pumps for the submerged pumps due to the low energy consumption
and reasonable prices, or better yet are the out of pond pumps like Sequence
and Wave which give higher flow rates and use less energy.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html


"Michael Palmer" > wrote in message
om...
> Hi everyone! I've been lurking around for a while on the Usenet here.
> There is a lot of great information on here. I'm looking for some
> good manufacturers of pond pumps, kits, etc. I own a landscape
> construction company in Western Canada and we've built ponds before.
> We've used the kits from "Micropond" and "aquascapes". We have found
> they are limited and that you have to sacrifice something for
> something else. We'd like a bit more flexibility. Does anyone know
> who manufactures the pumps themselves, the bio-falls, etc. I
> basically want to be able to put my own kits together if necessary to
> better serve our customers. Also, I'd like to see some sites with
> pictures of work others have done. I'll try to put ours up here as
> soon as I can.
> Michael

[john rutz]

..
>
> Good for you! :o) Some of us aren't too crazy about the kits either, but
> mostly it is a rock-in-the-pond argument. Most ponders have enough in their
> heads they don't need them in the pond too. ;o)
>
>
>>Also, I'd like to see some sites with
>>pictures of work others have done. I'll try to put ours up here as
>>soon as I can. Michael
>
>
> Here's mine:
> ~ jan
>
> See my ponds and filter design:
> http://users.owt.com/jjspond/
>
> ~Keep 'em Wet!~
> Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
> To e-mail see website
>
and mine
http://www.fuerjefe.com

[john rutz]

RichToyBox wrote:
> Michael,
>
> I think that the skimmer used by "aquascapes" is the Pondsweep skimmer,
> though Aquatic Eco has a couple of others similar. There is also the new
> Salvio skimmer that appears to be better. As for pumps, I prefer Supreme
> Mag drive pumps for the submerged pumps due to the low energy consumption
> and reasonable prices, or better yet are the out of pond pumps like Sequence
> and Wave which give higher flow rates and use less energy.

I too prefer tha sequence pumps and have experimented with using them as
out of pond pumps although I do prefer keeping them in the pond

John Rutz