There is a wide variety of garden pond pumps to choose from. First you need to choose between a submersible pond pump and an external pond pump. Most pond owners will purchase submersible pond pumps because of the ease of use.
Placement of your Water Garden Pond Pump can make maintenance easier, placing the pump in a pond skimmer, pre filter, pump sock or even keeping it off the bottom several inches will help block out debris from clogging your water pond pump.
When having a pond pump and filter make sure the flow can be handled by the filter. If the flow is too heavy you can use a by pass in front of your filtration system or use a valve to turn down the flow.
Up to around a 4000 gallon pond you will want to turn the water over at least once an hour for best results, more often when it is a smaller pond.
When using a waterfall pump for a filter falls or waterfall feature you will want 100 gph for every inch of width of water.
You will find many manufactures of pond pumps including Atlantic Water Gardens, Cal Pump, Fish Mate, Laguna, Little Giant, Pondmaster, Savio, Shinmaywa and Tetra Pond pumps for ponds.
