Hi all I'm after abit of advise.
Basically I wanted a gravity fed filter but it's not looking like the filter would be better at the top of the waterfall (about 4 ft higher than pond water level) there for I'm sort of left having a pump fed system.
I've read about pumps being where the bottom drain is and I'm not overly keen putting it under water.
My question is can I put the pump on the outside of the pond so the pump is gravity fed and then it will go up to the filter?
My other question is how do you pipe up a skimmer to this is imagine that I could have a problem with it just take flow from the easiest side. But I suppose you have forces on both sides so not sure.
Any advise or diagrams greatfully recieved
Basically I wanted a gravity fed filter but it's not looking like the filter would be better at the top of the waterfall (about 4 ft higher than pond water level) there for I'm sort of left having a pump fed system.
I've read about pumps being where the bottom drain is and I'm not overly keen putting it under water.
My question is can I put the pump on the outside of the pond so the pump is gravity fed and then it will go up to the filter?
My other question is how do you pipe up a skimmer to this is imagine that I could have a problem with it just take flow from the easiest side. But I suppose you have forces on both sides so not sure.
Any advise or diagrams greatfully recieved