Waterfall pump too strong? I bought a waterfall pump for my small pond. It attaches to a 3/4" I/D hose.
The problem is all the water splashes out. Someone told me to get a "splitter" and attach a fountain head to one end and use the other end to run the hose for the waterfall. Does this make sense? Where would I find a splitter and how would I attach it?
Using a splitter to divert some of the water makes sense. You can also use a smaller ID hose. Most pumps come with adapters for different size hoses. The ID of the hose has a large impact on the gallons per hour a pump will deliver. You might want to look at how the water is entering the waterfall. You could put it under some rocks so that the flow does not start on top of the rocks and splash all over the place. Make it kind of a tunnel in the middle of fall area with rocks over the end of the hose.
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