How to Make a Floating Pond Fountain

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A floating frog.

Spruce up your pond by installing a floating fountain. Floating fountains come in a wide range of styles, including water lilies, alligators, frogs or a simple spray. Floating pond fountains don't take long to install, and help keep the pond clean. Does this Spark an idea?

Things You'll Need

  • Floating fountain kit
  • Floating feature
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Instructions

    • 1
      A fountain kit.

      Choose a fountain kit. The kit will contain tubing and a separate pump. Connect the tubing to the pump according to the enclosed directions.

    • 2

      Add the water feature to the opposite end of the tubing, such as a frog or alligator.

    • 3

      Submerge the pump and plug it in.

    • 4

      Adjust the water pressure to control how fast you want the fountain to float across the surface.

Tips & Warnings

  • Consider adding lights to your floating pond fountain.

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Comments

  • monkeysue Aug 21, 2010
    This did not help me
  • projecteer May 23, 2009
    I found this article to be absolutely useless.

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