Aquascape AquaForce 1000 Solids Handling Submersible Pond
Aquascape AquaForce 1000 Solids Handling Submersible Pond Pump, Asynchronous Waterfall and Water Feature Pump with Pre Filter Cage and 25 ft Cord, 91011
- Combine energy efficient performance, high flow rates and ease of maintenance
- Extremely energy-efficient, saving hundreds of dollars over traditional water pumps
- Asynchronous motor technology provides high torque, trouble-free performance at higher head heights
- 1070 Max GPH, 0.75 inch/1 inch/1.25 inch/1.5 inch/2 inch Discharge, 55 watts, Max. head height 10 ft and 25 ft. cord length
- 3 Year Limited Warranty
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Aquascape has everything you need to build your backyard oasis!
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Pond Care
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Pond Care
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Fish Care
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Plant Care
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Decorative
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Fountains
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Construction
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Installation
| SKU: | B007BK6HC2 |
| Weight: | 10.6 Pounds |
| Dimensions: | 1"L x 1"W x 1"H |
| Brand: | Aquascape |
| Model: | 1000 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Manufacture: | Aquascape |
| Colour: | Black |
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This is a good pond pump for our needs, which is to keep the small (about 50′ diameter) pond from freezing over in the winter. The flow rate, 1070 gallons/hour, is sufficient to do the job while the energy required, 55 watts, is low for this type of submersible pump. The clamshell housing seems overly large but is not a problem for us.
It’s pretty expensive but we got a $25 rebate directly from Aquascape that helped. We’ve had cheaper pumps but their lifespans were fairly short. This one seems more durable probably because it supposedly can handle some small debris that’s often floating around in the pond.
If you’re considering this pump for a small turtle pond, but wondering if it might be overkill and your turtles will die in a tragic drowning accident stuck to the pump because you overshot on the pump power, you can relax. This pump has been perfect for my 120 gallon container pond with two red ear sliders. It keeps the water clean and can handle the vast amounts of turtle poop and occasional shell fragments. The pump itself was a little bigger than I pictured, but the turtles don’t seem to mind it taking up a few extra inches. It is also very quiet while it runs.
Runs 500 gallon gold fish pond well
This is my 3rd pump. I have them running 150, 300 and 500 gallon gold fish ponds. They do a great job. Durable. Great flow rate and no noise. Size is a little big but easy to set up.
Firstly, I need to add some background info. I bought this for an indoor pond for my single red ear slider turtle so skip this review if it does not relate to you. I have gone through a few filter and pump setups for my 21 year old turtle ever since I built an indoor pond with my father after I moved into my own house. After 7 years, because of this pump I FINALLY have the setup that efficiently and fully does the job required. Turtles are incredibly messy (even just one!) and it was always a struggle and an uphill battle to maintain cleanliness, and if I’m being honest, sometimes it was hard to keep up so it was often kinda gross looking on the bottom and occasionally smelly. I would always read up on things and they would always say when it comes to ponds full of fish you need a pump power to gallon size ratio of 2.5 times that of the pond size. So a 90 gallon pond you’d want a pump that pushes at least 225 gph. I figured a pond full of fish MUST equal one single turtle, right? I made tweaks here and there to accommodate a turtle but it was never quite enough.
Then I thought of just upping the gph and getting a stronger pump finally but I was so afraid it would become overkill. Boy how I was SO wrong. This thing combined with my 2000 gph external canister pump has kept the bottom of my pond and the water essentially completely clean since I installed it. Most importantly, my main reason for buying this particular pump for my turtle is in fact the design. Turtles love to mess around with equipment and knock things around (including certain pumps). Three reasons this is perfect for turtles is because it’s flat and can’t be pushed around as well as a swiveling hose piece that reduces stress from movement, it’s made to handle large debris and waste that turtles produce, and because of the cage holes that surround it let’s it pull everything off the bottom as well as all around it so not much gets to settle into the rocks or whatever you may have on the bottom.
In the end I have finally learned that when it comes to turtles, you probably want 5 times the gallon size in terms of a pump’s gph. However I could not ask for a better design and almost all the credit truly goes to this product. I’d even say it’s completely worth noting this on the package with recommended pump/filter specs so turtle owners can better find it as an option when searching. Whenever I did searches the things I have found were never quite right for my large adult turtle. Only when I looked outside the box did I find this great product. I KNOW I’ll never have to get another pump ever again. It was worth every dollar spent.
Fonctionnement silencieux
J’ai achet cette pompe recommande avec l’utilisation d’un filtre UVC Ultraklean 2000. Elle a une grande surface d’aspiration et peut s’installer en angle dans une pente du bassin ce qui laisse plus d’espace libre sur les paliers. Elle ne dgage aucune vibration sur les tuyaux et s’avre beaucoup plus silencieuse que les autres pompes utilises jusqu’ prsent.
Great for small ponds.
Very Sturdy Construction. Easy to assemble. Called the company and got advice from them on the different models. They were very helpful.
It is a little larger than shown in the picture.
I just put this in my pond. I am not using it to hook it up to my biofall, but merely to aerate the water and keep it from freezing in the winter. When the weather starts to cause freezing on my waterfall and rocks I turn off the falls. Up until using the AquaForce I used a floating deicer, which works great but gives me no water movement. I know that the water movement increases the oxygen and also keeps the water from freezing. So I have no water coming down the stream from the falls but I now have a small fountain of water. If your pond has a lot of debris you may need to pull it out the pump (unplug first), then merely rinse the debris off the outside with a hose. If you use it like I do just for the winter, at the end of the season unclip the 4 clips that hold the 2 halves together and rinse it out well, leave it open to air dry and then store til the season comes around again. Very easy to put on the connectors and it sits on the “shelf” of the pond, not on the bottom. It is important to note that Aquascapes tech support is awesome, so any questions they are the go to people. I can not speak of it as a “filter” as I am not using it that way. The price on Amazon was awesome. You can never go wrong with Aquascape, they truly stand behind every one of their products.