HALF OFF PONDS 15,000 GPH Submersible, Quiet, Energy Efficient Water Pump with 30 ft. Cord for Ponds, Water Gardens, Pondless Waterfalls and Skimmers - AP-15000

Needed a new pump as my current one broke (rattling) and went without a pump for almost a week, but thank you Amazon for quick shipping!! This thing is very heavy with flimsy feeling plastic but I guess if you don't move it much it is ok ? I attached a nylon rope to it for accessibility. The pump has replaced a 500GPH pump and, being new to this, I tried to use the old hoses. YES, I could continue to use my 1" output hose. NO, I could not use my 1" input hose. This in fact caused the pump to get somewhat warm and I turned it off immediately. Ran it as-is till I could go to a pond store with bigger size flex tubes. During this time, the screen had fiberglass screen over it because I could still see some stuff getting through and I have 11 gold fish so it took no time for the screen to get dirty. I had to rinse daily.I ended up getting a 1.5" tube for input and attached it to my Matala prefilter easily. Everything seems to be running fine and water cleared up within a day. I tested my water earlier this week (after 3 weeks) with the API water treatment kit and everything was close to perfect (feint traces of NH4 and NO3) but I can't complain with 11 gold fish. Overall, fish are happy so I am happy. The warranty is decent and I bought an extended warranty for 4 more years (no deductible required) for $18 more. Realistically, that is a steal for me. The pump is running 24/7 in FL where it is in partial shade with a screen over the pond to minimize leaf fall as much as possible.Update: past a year and still going strong. I have not turned this thing off for more than 2 min to swap the Matala prefilters!! Working as day 1 . Will continue to update.Update 9/15/2019: This pump has officially died. I bought this in 02/2017. I was out of the country for 2.5 weeks and my friend was left to feed my fish but couldn't put 2 and 2 together and equate that low water line = trouble. Majority my fault but my Matala prefilter was more than half in the air so I'm convinced the motor burned out because he told me the pond had been low for several days ... Granted the claim there is a heat overload sensor but I don't think it works (or maybe it only works temporarily). Anyways, I just want to let you guys know I had this pump running pretty much 24/7/365 in FL except for major hurricanes where I had to cut the power from my breaker for safety. It had no issues but not sure if the Matala prefilter along with quarterly bacteria dump helped with the longevity? I did not touch this thing at all really.

I have this in my 3800 gallon koi pond. The waterfall is approximately a 6 1/2 ft lift so it is flowing about 6500 gallons. Beware though. If you use PVC pipe and you just fit the pieces by hand with no adhesive, this pump will separate the pipe.

This pump has power. We were using 2-3 smaller pumps in our large pond to power the waterfall. (It's not very tall). This 1 pump replaced all of those. We thought we had a warranty issue, but turns out it wasn't. But the company's customer service was willing to help. They responded quite promptly & professionally.Extremely pleasant & thorough. They definitely know their stuff!!I HIGHLY recommend this pump & this company. I would totally order from them again. I'd give 10 stars instead of 5 if I could.

This pump was simple to install. Did require me to do some work with the existing 3 inch PVC assembly as this pump has a Female receiver, and my old pump was male connection. The pump says 10,000 Gallons per hour, but it’s definitely not pumping that. It is clearly not pumping as much as my old Tidal wave TT9000 was, and it is at least 25% larger, but surprisingly quiet. It is just enough to power the waterfall adequately and for the price I can’t complain. As for durability, I will follow up on that later. This will run 24/7 365 until it fails.

Great project and great value , like how the prefilter cage securely snaps to the pump so it does t fall off when put into the skimmer

It has been operating for some time now without any problems, but as to the durability it is too early to tell.

Mine broke due to a manufacturers defect. Out of warranty by 11 months. Can't get it repaired unless under warranty. Spent $179 two years and 11 months ago. Tried to buy the part, they wouldn't sell it, Had to buy a new one , of course went with a different brand. $174 for a $229 pump on black Friday..New one is same GPH, when I hooked it up and had to turn the speed down to ½ to be the same as this pump.Its the Cyclone, if you're interested.

The pump was easy to install and included connection parts that matched my previous pump. It took only a few minutes to install and to my fish's delight sent water over the falls very nicely. The only problem is that I haven't received confirmation of the extended warranty that I purchased with the pump.