hello all glad to be here

[davidwilliam]

hi just a short note to say hi
my name is David i joined here to get info on aquaponics in the philippines for commercial size any ideas on pumping water out of a fish pond and not from tanks will this work well ?

[urbanfarmer]

Greetings Earthling, and welcome to the addiction! :mrgreen:

Sure, of course it will.

[davidwilliam]

cool thanks for your reply

[foodchain]

I do it....works fine for me. Except it takes pumps with higher amounts of head pressure. This in turn results in higher $ for the pumps. The cheap ones will not work. Save time, money, fish and just buy the expensive ones at the get go.
I don't buy a pump anymore that's under $180.

[davidwilliam]

good to know thanks

[foodchain]

Depending on how big your pond is, the head pressure needed and how many gph you need.
I recently, early last month switched over to a shallow well pump activated via a float switch. Some folks advise against it, but so far it works well for me. It doesn't cycle on/off as often as many of the smaller units, but for the larger amounts of water I need....and the longer periods of time for it to cycle it does work for me.
I have read though that this shortens the life of the pump....so if an option buy the direct replacement no questions asked insurance.
There's always more than one way to do it though. Look at your needs, and then compare pumps. There's a great many out there, each seem to have their own pros/cons.
Good luck.

[davidwilliam]

sounds like the pump will be the most important part thanks for you help