Making a Waterfall

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Sandi,
Take the above advice, if you use one pump for the whole thing it will require some thinking and planning. If you want a really outstanding look, remember that water can be made to appear like a large flow with the addition of turbulence and air. Turbulence can occur with a textured water trough and you can introduce air through small jets behind the water. Don't forget you can also add to the illusion with an audio recording of falling water.

[petek]

I can't improve much on all this helpful advise (though I second Dan's reminder about manufacturer's specmanship), but if this will be a permanent fixture, you'll need to include filtering and maintenance in your plans. The annual Cleaning of the Pond at our house is always a fun-filled festival of fish capture, snail rescue and tadpole counting, accompanied by the pleasant aroma of algae and year-old bottom of the pond muck.

If you find your project to be too easy, you can always make the water go uphill.