Choosing an automatic pond or pool water leveler, you should first realize that there are over 130 water leveling devices on the market today to pick from. There are 5 very important features to look for.

I have been designing and building custom waterfalls and ponds for over 30 years and have designed well over 2000 waterfalls and fountains. For many years I would maintain a booth at the San Diego Home and Garden Shows, both the spring and fall events. We would always have a small waterfall or fountain displayed in the booth; the fountains were either contained in pots or urns. It was inevitable that 90 % of the visitors to our booth would feel compelled to stick their finger in a fountain or two. This was usually the adults, not not just the children who did this. Most offenders were oblivious to the fact they were splattering the carpet with each insertion of a hand or finger.

So what is this strange phenomenon all about? Why is everyone drawn to a waterfall, fountain, river, lake, pond or ocean? The answer is: the water. Water is the essence of life. Oxygen is arguably the most important element, with water taking second place, followed by food. All living things are attracted to and drawn by water. For example, the animals in the Serengeti, all of which migrate and gravitate to the rivers, lakes and watering holes, are both hunters and the hunted. We too are drawn to water — look where the most desirable places are to live: on a stream, river, pond , lake or coastal shore. We all are fascinated and drawn by the sounds of water, rain tapping its music on the roof or window, the babbling of a brook, the song of a waterfall or soft gurgling of a stream. As an additional bonus, moving water generates an abundance of negative ions which exhilarates, relaxes and regenerates us while relieving stress and anxiety.

Did you ever notice that when you lie down along a babbling brook or stream, or on a blanket on the beach, you become extremely relaxed and find it easy to drift off to sleep? You are experiencing the effects of the additional negatively charged ions in the oxygen molecules. The same effects are felt when a summer rain storm is approaching… you can smell the exhilarating freshness of negatively charged ions in the air.

Man discovered that if he couldn’t live by the stream or waterfall, then he would bring the stream or waterfall to himself… and the simplest way is with a fountain, falling water. This is the sound of life, a symbol of life, beauty and tranquility.

Float only- complete kit- fountain float

Float Only $69.00 Complete Kit $136.00 Fountain Chamber $99.00

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There are many auto fill devices on the market today, however, most of them are mechanical floats similar to the toilet tank floats. Because they are a mechanical devices, they are susceptible to malfunctions such as sticking, jamming, rusting, warping or corroding. as a result of this, most floats stick or malfunction in the closed position, resulting in an unchecked, continuous flow of water causing an overflow. If this happens in a koi pond, the result could be the chlorine or chloramine poisoning of the fish.

The AquaFill electronic water level controller is designed to fail in the open position, meaning that the 24 volt circuit to the solenoid is interrupted causing the solenoid that supplies the water to become nonoperational. It is truly a “Fail-Safe” system so consequently, the AquaFill is used by koi farms and breeders worldwide. The AquaFills only compitition is theLevolor auto fill, which uses probes to sense the water level through conductivity. It requires an elaborate, electronic circuit board to accomplish this. Because of the many electrical component parts there are many things that can go wrong with it and does. The AquaFill retails for $136 and thelevolorstarts well over $300 and as a result, pool contractors are switching to AquaFill, not just for the economics, but for its reliability and dependability in doing what it is designed to do. The AquaFill only has one moving part and that is a small styrene float bobber that rides up and down on a hemetically sealed shaft containing a micro leaf switch. This switch was designed to open and close thousands of times per day and carries a five (5) year warrenty against factory defects.

The float acts as a switch between the 24 volt transformer and the inline solenoid switch. When the float bobber drops due to a loss ofwater through splashing and evaporation, two magnets embeded into the float, causes the micro switch to close and completes the circuit, sending voltage to the solenoid causing it to open putting water into the pond. The float is housed inside an enclosure, preventing water turbulance that would cause the bobber to bounce up and down causing the switch to occillate on and off, causing the solenoid to also click on and off. This would cause undue wear and tear on both the switch and the solenoid.

Tom Barthel’s article, “Pulling the Envelope,” in the May 2007 issue of Water Garden News, really  got me going. In it he said, “Technological innovations for skimmers and filter-fall products have leveled off recently. On the rise, instead, are units that use creative features and meet the customer’s need for low maintenance, durable products sold at competitive prices.”

He is confirming the truth about what I have been preaching for over ten years. The true reason that sales of liner skimmers and fall-filters have leveled off is because their poor performance is coming back to “bite” the skimmer scammers in the bottom line! These skimmers are designed for making profits, not filtering ponds.

Since that article was written in 2007- the dumb-down-cheap-extruded plastic approach for skimmers has lost popularity… 2011 is showing and increased interest in quality as apposed to only profitability.

Many of the so-called pond experts operate like the pharmaceutical industry. They advise consumers on the so-called benefits of the very products they produce and sell, in this case skimmers. Drug companies sell products which generally mask the actual symptoms of a disease and in the process mess up the body’s balance even more. This creates yet a new need for another drug to mask yet another symptom.

If the skimmer’s engineering and design is not effective in providing the proper filtration of water, it will not only require regular cleaning, but will demand another “drug” or band-aid. Hence, yet another innovation sweeps the planet, and this engineering marvel is designed to solve yet another water garden ailment. Some of the “drugs” used to treat ineffective filters are what I call the “flim-flam filter falls,” the “bio-balls filter falls,” the “ooh-la-la cha-ching cha-ching filter falls”.

These are some of the sales pitches you might hear from the purveyors of miracle potions for your ailing water garden: “Oh you poor thing, your pond is turning green, your water has body odor. ( the fish are exhibiting an evolutional behavior, by trying to leave the water and live on land.) Here, we just happen to have something for those two symptom. It’s called ‘Green Be Gone’, only $32 a pint and we recommend you buy a gallon. Then, add three bottles of our ‘fish safe’ (we’re not sure about the turtles) and plant-safe, ‘Stink Be Gone.’ So that your fish will go back in the water where they belong, we recommend our very own private label, ‘Home Sweet Home pH Up.’ And if that does not work, for another $39 per pint, try our ‘Home Sweet Home pH Down.’

Oh, and I have some bad news for you. My technician just got back from your house call and discovered that your leaky pond is from a big fat rat that chewed a hole in it. Sorry, our warranty does not cover that, only factory defects.”

This is why the liner pond experts recommend covering the bottom of your pond and the catch basin of your pondless waterfall with rocks. It is to give you added surface area for the nitrifying bacteria to grow which is not provided by the cheaply produced, expensive to buy, state-of-the-art, Berkeley-designed, MIT-engineered, Rubber Maid approved, maintenance-laden, grotesque profit-making, scum-sucking skimmers and fall-flushing plastic wonder devices!

I don’t claim to be political, but I do claim to be correct. Why? Because “a man with experience is not at the mercy of a man with an argument.” After building more than 1,900 concrete ponds and waterfalls over 26 years with no cracks or leaks, my experience speaks for itself. I have always wondered why I have no competition in the area of professional concrete ponds and waterfalls. The answer is simple: everyone is using liners. Why? Because they are cheaper? No! It’s because the liner industry has spent millions in advertising that they are cheaper.

They never mention all the negative aspects of liner construction, such as rodents, tree roots, sharp objects, the weight of the rocks, etc., that can puncture holes and cause leaks. Let’s compare the cost differences in construction and long-term maintenance of both concrete and liner ponds.

Let’s look at the facts, rather than water garden hype, liner industry tent revival terminology, and biased opinions from the liner messiah’s disciples, the tinker-toy skimmer and filter salesmen. To be fair with my comparison, I’m not going to use the pond liner “messiah’ Aquasacape as my example, even though everyone knows they are truly the “Microsoft” of the liner industry.

I’m going to use someone who claims to be the best in the industry. Proof of this fact is that he suggests you google “Pondless” and you will find him at the top of the first page. He also states’ “My skimmers, filters and pumps are the best in the entire water garden industry.” His statements are now in the public domain since they can be found on his website.

So let’s use Russell Water Gardens for our comparisons between two ponds: one built with a rubber liner and the other constructed professionally with concrete, rebar and highly efficient, quality equipment.

I. Pond 12′ x 14′ x 4.5′ deep (no rocks)

Russell Water Garden’s equipment and materials pricing:

1. 25′ x 27′ liner (required for a pond 12′ x 14′ x 4.5′) $675

2. 25′ x 27′ underlayment material $675

3. Hydro Centrimax HC-050 4,500 gph, 6.5 amp, 2 yr. warranty (Russell’s own pump) $650

4. Hydroclean “Piper” skimmer (Russell’s own) $560

5. Dolphin Hydro Vortex filter (Russell’s own) $830

6. 100 ft. 2″ flex PVC pipe $260

7. 80-watt UV light $764

8. 10 20-watt underwater lights $600

TOTAL (with everything still in the box) $ 5,014

II. Professional Concrete Pond

Pricing of materials available to contractors and/or homeowners, including labor:

1. 5 yards concrete (3500-7000 psi) with stealth fiber $525

2. 426 sq. ft. rebar (8-10″ on center @ $2 per sq. ft. including materials & labor $852

3. Concrete pumper – 5 yards (ranges from $175-200) $200

4. Concrete labor (3 men @ $35/hr. x 3 hrs) $225

5. 3 bags Thoroseal plus labor $150

6. Sequence pump (#5800SEQ23 w/leaf basket; 5800 gph, 3.1 amps, 3 yr. warranty) $423

7. Aqua Ultraviolet Ultima II 4000 filter $855

8. 100 ft. of 2″ flex PVC piping $143

9. Emperor Aquatics 80-watt UV light with wiper $629

10. Skimmer (professional concrete/gunite pond, with low water valve waterway Renegade) $ 87

11. 10 20-watt underwater lights – Alpine $240

TOTAL cost of Material and Labor (project completed) $ 4,329

So far, I have shown a difference between the costs of two types of ponds, except for the important fact that labor is not included in the first example and it is included in the second. Now for some information on construction methods and pumps.

1. Construction Method

Liner: These manufacturers only provide warranty against factory defect, not from heavy sharp rocks, gnawing mice, rats, ground squirrels, gophers, chipmunks, groundhogs, tree roots, sharp objects, animal claws such as raccoons, dogs, etc. Concrete (3500 – 7000 psi rebar with stealth fiber): When constructed professionally, concrete ponds and waterfalls can carry a lifetime warranty, something that no liner can do.

2. Pumps:

Most liner ponds use sump pumps, which use 50 to 60% more energy than a high-efficiency centrifugal pump, and which carry an inferior warranty. In the previous comparison, the Sequence pump costs 35% less than Russell’s, and it pumps 25% more water per hour for 1/3 less the energy and with 1/3 longer warranty than Russell’s pump. In six years, if you had to replace Russell’s pump every two years (the length of the warranty), the cost of the pumps plus electricity would be: $1,950 (3 pumps) + $4,853 (energy cost using it 24 hrs. a day, 7 days a week for 6 years) = $6,803. On the other hand, with the Sequence 5800SEQ23 pump, there is a 3-year warranty; over 6 years the pump cost would be $846 (2 pumps) + $2,314 (energy cost @ 24 hrs./day, 7 days a week, 6 yrs.) = $3,160.

So the total cost of energy for the Hydro Centrimax pump plus the warranty replacement cost over six years is a whopping $3,643 more than that of the Sequence pump!

NOTE: Russell’s website publishes the following statement: “You will find that Hydro CentrimaxTM pumps are the best value of any centrifugal pump on the market today.”

Russell also boasts about his skimmer being the best. Twenty dollars worth of plastic that he sells for $560 – let’s see if they really are the best.

Here are his instructions for cleaning his “HydroClean Pond Skimmer:

1. “Lift the lid off the skimmer and take out the skimmer net at the front.”

2. “Shake the skimmer net to get rid of any debris.” [Try not to get any on you.]

3. “If there is any algae on the skimmer net, hose it off as needed.”

4. “Replace the skimmer net in front of the skimmer unit.”

5. “Behind the net there is a brush rack, a bar with large brushes hanging from it. Pick up the brush rack and shake it to get the debris off.” [Be sure not to splatter any of the pond scum, fish waste, worms and parasites on yourself.]

6. “Replace the brush rack in the skimmer behind the skimmer net.” [Be sure to wash your hands very thoroughly when you are finished.]

7. “Failure to clean the skimmer can lead to slow water flow and place stress on the pump. It can even cause the pump to overheat and burn out. Check the skimmer often to see if it needs maintenance.”

Now, let’s compare Russell’s $560 maintenance-intensive, messy skimmer with the Waterways Renegade professional concrete pond skimmer at only $87.

Here are the maintenance instructions:

“Lift the lid, remove the basket, dump debris, replace basket, close lid. No need to check skimmer often. If the basket gets full, the pump will not be affected, even if the water level in the pond drops below the skimmer opening. This skimmer has a special float valve system that by-passes the skimmer in the event of neglect or low water level.”

Russell’s biofilter is very similar to his skimmer in design. While it is basically a molded tub, Russell claims his “Hydro Vortex” filter supports a higher number of fish than other brands of biological filters. Even though, there are several manufacturers of biological filters that can easily out-perform this simple elementary and cheap design. It is the same as comparing an economy car to a high performance luxury model.

Only in this case, you are comparing an economy filter with a state-of-the-art, high performance, engineered, no maintenance (a simple turn of a handle to clean it) filter for only $25 more.

Bottom line I repeat: “A man with experience is not at the mercy of a man with an argument.” The pond I described is my pond.

I have the Sequence pump, Aqua Ultraviolet filter and UV light, anti-vortex drains, professional skimmer, and four times more fish than the so-called experts say I should have. My pond is crystal clear, my fish are healthy, and I have not lost one of them to disease in the four years I’ve had them. The only chemical that I have ever recommended to any of my 2,000+ clients in their professionally constructed concrete pond is rock salt, which controls the algae and aids in the slime coat of the fish.

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Why Pondless?

In 1984 I built what I called a “childproof” waterfall using reinforced concrete, because building codes state that because of the liability factor, ponds can only be 18″ deep or you are required to conform to all of the same building codes and requirements of a swimming pool (6 foot fence perimeter, special gates, door alarms, etc.).” Since this waterfall was located in the front yard, it could not be more than 18″ and if it was, there was not enough space for a large enough pond to prevent it from being sucked dry by the time the water returned back to the pond by way of the waterfall. So I installed an electronic water leveler system to insure the collection basin would automatically be replenished with water as needed. My term for this type of water feature is “child-proof” because it makes it safe for children and eliminates the liability factor and passes the building codes. Since the advent of utilizing rubber liners to construct waterfalls and ponds in the early nineties, this type of waterfall has been called a “pondless waterfall.”

Rubber liner ponds and waterfalls are okay for short term use. However, they are susceptible to attacks from rats, mice, ground squirrels, gophers, chipmunks, tree roots, sharp objects, stretching from heavy boulders etc. I go into great detail on the critical flaws of pond liner construction in an article entitled Pondless Waterfalls: Concrete vs. Liners. This article contains documentation that leaves no doubt that pondless waterfalls are cheaper to build using concrete and steel rather than using a pondless waterfall liner kit. Not to mention that it is cheaper to operate and maintain.

The key to making your waterfall look natural, is to be sure to remove plenty of dirt and recessing the waterfall into the ground. Many people make the mistake of constructing it above the natural grade level of the original grade. Rocks do not look natural sticking above the surface of the ground. This is especially true if the waterfall rocks are the only ones visible on the bank, hill or grade where the waterfall is located. The rocks of the waterfall should give the appearance that, over the years, water has washed down the hill or bank, eroding away the original surface soil and exposing the rocks hidden beneath.

Rebar

The next step is to apply the 3/8″ rebar 8 to 10 inches on center, criss-crossing each other, and fastening them together in a grid using a tie wire to fasten them together. Small 2″ x 2″ blocks called dobies are then placed under the grid to hold above the dirt. When concrete is applied, it must completely surround all the rebar. No rebar can be touching the soil or it will rust. And rust, like cancer, will spread and follow the rebar into the concrete structure. As the rebar rusts it swells, much like would when it gets moisture in it. The swollen rebar hydrologically causes the concrete to crack.

Plumbing

Use flexible PVC pipe, not rigid pipe, because it is easy to manipulate around the corners and over uneven ground. But most of all, by using flex you will eliminate the need for fittings such as elbows and couplings under ground, thus eliminating possible future sources of leaks.

You can install the flex under the rebar or alongside it, down the waterfall’s course. One of the major flaws with liner constructed pondless waterfalls is that they use sump pumps which suck energy (60% more than centrifugal pumps). They then fill the cistern containing the pump with gravel, reducing the available water space. Consequently, when the waterfall is started up, most of the catch basin or cistern is drained of water before the previously pumped water can return to the basin. This makes it necessary to regularly add water to the basin or the pump will run dry and burn up. It is very important to add a reliable water leveler to a pondless waterfall since you are not able to see the level of water in the catch basin.

Concrete Construction

In concrete construction, anti-vortex suction drains (just like what is used in swimming pools) can be installed in the bottom of the basin. Galvanized grating can then be spanned across the basin and rock placed on top of the grating to hide it.

Now the basin is empty and free of gravel to allow plenty of room for water storage. An out-of-pond, high-efficiency centrifugal pump can be used to circulate the water. Unlike sump pumps that are used in liner construction, a centrifugal pump uses 60% less energy, is easy to maintain, carries three times the warranty, has four to five times the life expectancy, and there is no need ever to access the basin or remove stinky, filthy gravel to get to the pump.

Concrete Application

Most concrete pumpers know how to apply concrete to waterfall rebar, and they only charge a couple of hundred dollars. Troweling is easy; anyone can do it because it does not need to be smooth. Just knock down the rough edges and smooth with a sponge.

The concrete itself only costs $100-$125 a yard with most pondless waterfalls requiring only 2 to 3 yards. Check out the cost of a liner kit alone (without any labor)! and search the internet under “Pond liners vs. concrete.”

Don’t waste your money on a temporary solution. Reinforced concrete actually cost less and will last decades longer.

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The perfect water garden can be the most enjoyable investment you could ever make, and if not the perfect one, it can become  the biggest wet nightmare. A recent phone call from an angry not so perfect water garden owner prompted this article. What she was describing to me was just the opposite of what would be considered the ideal water garden experience.

She began by telling me the pond was leaking, and she needed to add water daily. It was full of algae and smelled like dead fish. Besides needing to pull the sump pump out of the pond every three days to clean the algae and debris from its intake screen, her electric bill was out of hand since she installed the pond. She continued: “The grandkids were climbing around on the waterfall and the rocks slid around, exposing the liner everywhere.”

When she complained to the contractor about needing to add water every couple of days, he came out and did something and it stopped losing water. She explained that she told a friend that her water bill was three times its normal cost and that she heard running water all the time and thought it might be a stuck toilet tank float. The friend investigated and discovered the contractor had installed a mechanical water level controller to the pond. He did this instead of fixing the leak, apparently assuming that the client would never figure it out.

Then came the dreaded question she asked me: “Can you help me out?” my automatic response is, “How much did you spend on your pond and waterfall?” She answered, “$6,500!” I then asked, “Before taking your money, did the contractor give you any of the negative aspects of a liner pond, such as dangers from gnawing rodents, tree roots, sharp rocks, and other such objects?” She answered, “No, nothing at all.”

Since we do not try to patch or fix other contractors’ mistakes, there was only one reply I could give: that we would have to rip it all out and start from scratch. I explained that I had counseled at least a dozen of my clients in similar situations to go to small claims court to try to recover their investment from unscrupulous contractors. Every one of them was successful in court, thanks to their consultations with me and my assistance to them as an expert witness. One did not even have a contractor’s license and the customer had to put a lien on his house to recover her money.

Here is a summary of what I tell these people whom I have helped:

1. Research every aspect of water gardening before you start. You will rarely get unbiased information from pond liner advocates that sell pond liner kits and sump pumps. All of their so-called pond advice and “how-to” information is identical because they borrow and quote false or inaccurate information from each other.

2. Find a qualified contractor.

3. Build the water garden, pond and waterfall using rebar and concrete. The pond liner track record speaks for itself:

More than 37% of all waterfalls have serious structural damage within 3 years of construction.
57% of homeowners say they are rather unsatisfied with the way their waterfall came out after the project was completed.

One in three waterfalls and ponds are leaking water within nine months of completion.
63% of “do-it-yourselfers” say they wished they had the proper information from the “get go” or that they had hired someone.

4. Use an energy-efficient centrifugal pump. Sump pumps are not designed for continuous operation only intermittent duty. In addition, they have limited warranties and use up to 60% more energy than centrifugal pumps.

5. Install an autofill water level controller.

A water garden should not be considered a short term investment. The perfect water gardens in most cases will bring more long term joy and pleasure than anything someone could spend money on. It is something that should last for decades. If it is built with concrete and rebar, it is built to last. Liner construction, however, does not last. Take it from a professional. If it is not worth doing right, then it is not worth doing at all.

This article is directed to those people who are considering building a liner pond and to those who already have one.

For thirty years I have been designing and constructing waterfalls and ponds the professional way, using 3500 psi concrete reinforced with rebar and coated with an industrial grade concrete sealer. With over 2000 projects to date, not one has cracked or leaked.

Approximately fifteen years ago, Greg Whitstock of Aquascape Company decided to capitalize on the use of rubber sheeting, a material used to waterproof flat roofs. He changed the name of “roof liner” to “pond liner” and built a pond in his back yard. He tells the story that he had a cement pond that continually cracked and leaked, so he pulled it out and replaced the cement with this rubber material.

Distorting the truth is perpetuating a lie

To this day, he instructs his dealers and contractors to tell their prospective clients that concrete ponds crack and leak and cost more to build, and that liner ponds are warranted for twenty to thirty years. Sometimes telling a half truth is the same as telling a lie.

I have ripped out many defective concrete ponds and replaced them with properly installed concrete, constructed with rebar, not with rubber liners as Aquascape does. Why? Because the concrete ponds I replaced were poorly constructed, which is why they cracked. Some were made with mortar mix and chicken wire, or concrete without reinforcement or concrete that contained “cold joints” from pouring the concrete over a period of several days. Plus, some were made with improper proportions of cement and gravel.

If 3500 psi concrete is used with stealth fiber mix added and used with rebar eight to ten inches on center, it will never crack, not even from frost or freezing. On the other hand, what the liner guys will purposely fail to tell you is that the twenty-year warranty for a liner is only against factory defects. What they will not tell you is that liners are vulnerable to many different elements.

A few years ago I got a call from a client who told me they were buying a home in Rancho Santa Fe, California, and they needed me to look at a waterfall and pond that leaked. They told me that the owners had paid a pond liner company $276,000 to build this water feature. The waterfall measured ten feet wide and fifty feet high, consisting of boulders that weighed between one and five tons each. In less than two months it began leaking and got increasingly worse over the next five to six months. They called the contractor and he came out and did an investigation and pointed out the rat and gopher holes that had been burrowed out at the entrances in the outer bordering rocks. He then explained that the warranty only covered factory defects, not holes made by rodents.

My clients called another liner company to fix the leaks. Because it would be too expensive to remove all the boulders and rocks to examine the liner, they simply mixed up a sloppy batch of Thoroseal and painted around every rock in the falls. Talk about ugly! They charged the homeowner $75,000! and within weeks it was leaking again. But they couldn’t get the company to come back. I wonder why?

When they had told me all this, my recommendation to them was to remove all the boulders and create a concrete shell reinforced by rebar. I made the waterfall wider and taller and added a pond with a large tulip fountain at the top. I made the pond at the bottom twice as wide and doubled its length. In addition, I replaced their 2-hp pump with five 3-hp high-efficiency pumps. Plus, I added a 200-watt ultraviolet sterilizer light, a 6000-gallon pressure bead filter, fifty-six 20-watt spot and submersible lights, and an electronic Aquafill auto-level control system. All this was added for $200,000, a full $76,000 less than the liner guy.

Now the homeowners have a waterfall and ponds that will last for decades and require minimal maintenance. What’s more, all the rocks and boulders are mortared in place so that, unlike liners, there is no danger of them moving when walked on.

Much of my work over the last 30 years has been replacing leaky liner ponds with concrete, rebar and rocks. And every one of them won their lawsuits against the liner pond contractors, primarily because of their deceptive sales practices. If you are a liner guy, why not start doing it the professional way instead of using shortcuts, and inferior materials and components… the “get rich quick” approach. If you are just looking to do it right, now you know how: reinforced concrete.

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