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Our backyard pond is home to a few water-polluting Koi. In order to keep the water healthy for the fish, we have two separate pumps. One is located inside the skimmer box and pumps water to a mechanical/biological waterfall. The second one is located on the bottom of the pond and pumps water through a UV Sterilizer and then through an above-ground biological filter before emptying back into pond. Our purchase of this Danner 3000GPH pump is as a replacement for our skimmer pump (a Laguna model that suddenly stopped working after 7 years of dependable service). Since that Laguna model has now been discontinued, we searched for another reasonably priced pump that would fit into the smaller confines of the back section of our skimmer box. The Danner Waterfall Pump is specifically intended for this purpose and is very economical. We assumed the GPH (gallon per hour) rating was consistent among pump manufacturers and so we initially ordered the 2000GPH Danner pump in order to match the pumping strength and water flow of our previous model. For those people who are just beginning to get into pond set-up, you do have to make some calculations/considerations for the necessary GPH if you have a waterfall. If the pump has to move water to a considerably higher area or through a longer length of buried hosing...then you need to increase the GPH. BUT, if the water rushes too quickly through the mechanics of the waterfall, the bacteria in the biological filter doesn't have time to do its thing. Our previous 2000GPH pump was just perfect. It gave a nice, splashing amount of water coming from the waterfall...but didn't rush water through the filter too fast.
The GPH didn't begin to compare though. While the new Danner model was easy to set up, the amount of water coming from waterfall was only a bit more than a trickle. Really lackluster. So we returned the GPH2000 for the GPH3000. Works great now. The water is now pumping at the rate of our old GPH2000 model. We've only had experience with Laguna pumps so are not really sure if this is just an issue specific to the manufacturer of the Danner pumps or if the GPH can vary that much by manufacturer. If two different units are advertised as pumping 2000 gallons per hour; logic would say that the water flow should at least be similar, right? A mystery. Anyway, the new pump is working great so far. I would have given a 5 rating for the ease of set-up and the good value of this pump...if not for the issue with the incorrect flow rate. I'll update this review if the pump turns out to be unreliable.
UPDATE (February 2, 2013): Well, less than 6 months later...and the pump is dead. Our initial rating was 4 stars because of how well it worked; but feel now that it doesn't deserve more than 1 star with the durability/longevity problem.
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I bought this pump and used it about 8 hours per day in my pond for four weeks. Went out one morning and found the pump wasn't working, I checked the gfi and found it had blown. I tried to reset it and it wouldn reset. I unpluged the pump and then could reset it. Thinking my gfi might be old I pluged the pump in direct to see if it would run the motor humed but wouldn't run. The motor has shot. I checked it with a volt ohm meter and found the motor was bleeding to ground. So $150.00 bucks plus shipping down the drain. Mine could be an exception and it did work well for the four weeks but wouldn't by another one.Best Deals for Danner 02660 3000GPH Magnetic Drive Waterfall Pump
The pump was my "go to" pump used it on my various filters my prep external filter in the Spring to get the pond ready for the season, then later as the waterfall pump. Used it for October, put it away for the Winter, then pulled it out again for the next year. So I used it for three weeks, stored it (indoors, after cleaning it) then used it for March, April, May and June. It died in the middle of July. I took it to a local pump repair business the starting capacitor was blown, and would cost more to replace than the pump was worth.I've stuck with other pumps since then, usually a Tetra with a 2 year warranty. Had one of those go bad after two seasons but in warranty and it was replaced by the manufacturer.
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Using this in an application that is kinda tricky. It is sending water up my homemade stream roughly 10 feet into a 3" pipe. This exceeds what it is supposed to be able to do. Yet it was able to perform great. It goes on every night, runs for 8 hours, then I turn it off. It has been performing flawlessly.Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Danner 02660 3000GPH Magnetic Drive Waterfall Pump
For the first time in 20 years, my pond has clear water and I can enjoy my beautiful Koi.Great efficient product.
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