Cherrybat
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Hello, this year will be my first time trying out a simple backyard pond. I got a 50 gallon container and once all the snow melts completely I will begin the digging/scaping, very excited
However, I have a potentially dumb question that I haven't been able to google properly. My 2 ideas for filtration right now are either a large sponge filter with an air pump or a diy planter full of media above the pond with a powerhead or a pump to drive water into it and then cascade back down into the pond. So the question is, how do people get power to their pond pumps?!
I have an outside plug, you know the special one that can get wet and all that. So I was going to run an extension to my backyard shed, set an air pump in the shed so it's quiet and DRY and then run a long-ish air tube to the pond. The distances are very short here, the extension would be around.. idk 10 meters? Air line maybe 5 meters. And as for the powerhead/pump I have no idea how to power it, can the power plug get wet? Do you hide the plug somewhere so it doesn't get wet? I just have no idea and the pond won't be close enough to the shed so I could have the plug inside it.
I have watched a bunch of diy backyard pond videos, but everyone just brushes past the pump/powerhead without explaining how they get power to it, ****, am I just missing something obvious here?
Any tips would be appreciated!
However, I have a potentially dumb question that I haven't been able to google properly. My 2 ideas for filtration right now are either a large sponge filter with an air pump or a diy planter full of media above the pond with a powerhead or a pump to drive water into it and then cascade back down into the pond. So the question is, how do people get power to their pond pumps?!
I have an outside plug, you know the special one that can get wet and all that. So I was going to run an extension to my backyard shed, set an air pump in the shed so it's quiet and DRY and then run a long-ish air tube to the pond. The distances are very short here, the extension would be around.. idk 10 meters? Air line maybe 5 meters. And as for the powerhead/pump I have no idea how to power it, can the power plug get wet? Do you hide the plug somewhere so it doesn't get wet? I just have no idea and the pond won't be close enough to the shed so I could have the plug inside it.
I have watched a bunch of diy backyard pond videos, but everyone just brushes past the pump/powerhead without explaining how they get power to it, ****, am I just missing something obvious here?
Any tips would be appreciated!
