Water Gardening: Pot fountain design, 1 by rcn48

rcn48 wrote:
Victor, I can't believe it's been almost three years and you haven't got your "Disappearing Fountain" yet! LOL Who am I to talk, we bought our vase almost five years ago, bought the base, pump, etc. to hook it all up two years ago and there's still no water bubbling up over the top :) But, THIS is THE year! We had a major problem when we first tried to hook it up - the hole in the bottom of the vase wasn't large enough for the tubing. Even though I got a tremendous deal on the vase ($100.00), I didn't want to take the chance on drilling the hole larger myself. So we've finally decided to take it to the local experts http://springdalewatergardens.com/ShopSite/page16.html and have them drill the hole for us. I'll have to check to see what size pump we actually bought but this is what their site says:

A pump for a statue or fountain spray takes less volume of water than a waterfall. Many fountains or statues work well with 700 gallons per hour or less, and several will perform nicely with as little as 300 gallons per hour or less. You must filter the water when operating something with small openings like the fountain or statue. Clogging from small particles will occur without filtration

We should have it set up in the next month and I'll have a better idea of how it all works.