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Water feature

One of my customers came up with this excellent idea for an inexpensive water feature which I built for him .

He bought 3 different diameter circular slabs and had a hole drilled through the centre of each. Water is then pumped from below through a pipe which reaches to just below the top of the top slab. The pump sits on the bottom of the pond and is invisible.

The slabs are supported on bricks under the water and there is a gap of about 1 inch between each slab.

The water trickling over the slabs sounds beautiful and also aeriates the pond.

The feature was incredibly cheap compared with shop bought features. ( Cost excluding the pump was about £5!)( I've just checked and there are submersible pond pumps available on the net for £15 including postage )

This pond feature would work equally well on its own as a child (drown) proof pond feature.( just sit it on a dug in wire mesh covered half barrel filled with water. The pump would go in the barrel and the mesh could be covered by attractive pebbles )

The pond had about a dozen large goldfish and each year there would be 200 or so babies. If you look carefully you can see them as dark small shadows in this photo. I can count about 15 .

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/31559373@N00/268131908/sizes/l/in/photostream/



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WOW!! Excellent! I can see them clearly! Was this picture taken today? They seem quite active already :))))

1 Feb, 2011

amy
Amy
 

I can see them ! and what a good idea for the water feature it works very well :o))

1 Feb, 2011

 

No the picture was taken in summer a couple of years ago

1 Feb, 2011

 

I'm gunna make one... I got slabs in my garden doing nothing... yaaaaay ty :D

1 Feb, 2011

 

OOOOh yes, look at the baby fishies!! great! Love this feature. It works beautifully, what an ingenious idea!

1 Feb, 2011

 

Smashing idea Aman....and so inexpensive!! I've just got 2 half barrels....might give it a go....it's just the electric thing though???? Love the fish they're certainly happy aren't they....:o))

1 Feb, 2011

 

Go Solar Janey. You can buy solar pumps online.

1 Feb, 2011

 

Oh yes Karen, that is a good idea.....I could place the barrel where I liked then....:o))

1 Feb, 2011

 

A.man there are certainly more than fifteen little ones there, brilliant.

2 Feb, 2011

 

great idea, and can see the fishies to, mine are doing ok and have got through winter im glad to say,

2 Feb, 2011

 

love it...:-)

8 Feb, 2011



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