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http://www.aquascapeinc.com - Learn from Aquascape experts, Ed Beaulieu and Brian Helfrich, the newest techniques of building the perfect Pondless® Waterfall using one of Aquascape's kits. These kits include all you need to install your project with ease including our new Waterfall Spillway and new and improved Pondless® Waterfall Vault.

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Marius Jacek - 7 years ago

Super wo kann man das Kaufen was für Seite

Ken Mosby - 7 years ago

Excellent I can't wait to build mine....Thanks Guys

TA Lindsay - 8 years ago

Great job! Loved it. Excellent video guys.

David & Tammy Ames - 8 years ago

Love this channel! Just about to start our water feature but I do not understand why you placed underlayment in the basin, even went so far as to create a sandwich with underlayment/liner/underlayment, but didn't use underlayment in the streambed or falls area?

ponddude69 - 8 years ago

It is mainly done as cheap insurance. It helps protect the liner from the sharp corners of the blocks. You also have a lot more hydraulic pressure inside the basin, hence the reason for underlayment there and not in the stream. The stream has very little additional weight/water pressure. Hope this helps.

Shannon Fisher - 8 years ago

absolutely beautiful. nothing else to be said. :-)

rodwatai - 8 years ago

How is the waterfall maintained?

AquascapePonds - 8 years ago

+rodwatai We use filters and water treatments such as Beneficial Bacteria.

John Haase - 9 years ago

Wish we had that type of soil in Oklahoma. It's pitiful here. Very envious...

IsawThisAlready - 9 years ago

When setting the pump inside the container, is the pump touching the botton of the bin or is it being held up by the pipe that's attached to it?

IsawThisAlready - 9 years ago

+AquascapePonds cool thanks!

AquascapePonds - 9 years ago

+IsawThisAlready It's sitting flat on the bottom of the vault.

suke - 9 years ago

This is the best waterfall construction video on youtube. Concise, yet informative from start to finished product. Keep up the excellent work guys.
Cheers
-Caribbean guy

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Bob Downe - 9 years ago

This looks great... what is the average width of the stream, the video says its about 10' long (~3m). If the kit will do up to 16' stream, what is the maximum width of stream as the basin will only hold a certain amount of water - ie the basin has to be able to hold 2x the amount of water in stream.

AquascapePonds - 9 years ago

+Bob Downe I'd recommend taking the free training course on Pondless Calculations if you're interested in doing a custom Pondless Waterfall. There are tons of helpful courses on http://training.aquascapeinc.com/, but look specifically at Beginner Category > Project Specification

Bob Downe - 9 years ago

+AquascapePonds
Thanks for answer. 1500gph per foot will give a good flow over the waterfall as a comment further down says the feature in the video was set to 3000gph. My question was really I suppose how deep and wide can the maximum of the stream be.. I think I've worked it out.

Capacity of the basin= 106gals
The basin needs to hold all the water in system if it is turned off, hence it needs to be at least 2x the capacity of stream, so stream can contain 53gals maximum.

Assuming a max stream length of 16' as per kit, 22" width of stream the depth can be worked out:
16 x 1.83 x Depth x 7.48 = 53gals
Depth = 53 / (16 x 1.83 x 7.48)
Depth will be approx 3"

I suppose the answer really is, the stream can be any width (after the spillway) as long as the 53gal capacity is not breached.

Have I got this wrong?
Cheers Bob

AquascapePonds - 9 years ago

+Bob Downe All of the Pondless Waterfall Kits come with the Waterfall Spillway that has a 22" opening. You can make the stream wider if you'd like, but a good rule of thumb is that you will need at least 1,500 gallons of water per hour per 1 foot of stream width.

GrowingDownUnder - 9 years ago

very helpful thanks, where did he put the cord for the light? does it go underwater or do you have the connection on land so you don't get electrocuted?

GrowingDownUnder - 9 years ago

Thanks, ok if I buy the waterproof light I'll cover the plug part of the cord from water. I'll have a look for rocks too, we have leaves as a problem so we are now thinking of a pondless spillway for easy maintenance. Love your vids & work, some of the best ponds i've seen. Every thought from fish species, temperatures, size/depth, filtration, pumps, oxygen, algae, aquatic plants, landscaping, designs, etc..you's got it all covered!

AquascapePonds - 9 years ago

+GrowingDownUnder local rock yards/landscape supply yards

AquascapePonds - 9 years ago

+GrowingDownUnder The cord from the light fixture is waterproof, but it's then connected to the transformer outside of the water since the transformers are not waterproof.

GrowingDownUnder - 9 years ago

also do you purchase your stones from a quarry? where do you get them?