water pump for a plant wall: suggestions?

[Victoria Ho]

Hi TUG! Can you recommend a reliable pond pump for a 7 foot-tall plant wall (and 4 feet wide)? The pump needs to raise water from a 30 gallon reservoir up to the top through tubing where the water then drips down the mineral wool and back into the reservoir.

We had used a Mastercraft submersible pond/fountain utility pump that conked out after 6 months of continuous use. This pump had the following specs:

1/3 HP; 120 V; 3.8 A; 60 HZ

Max head: 83'/ 8.5m

Max flow: 2280 US GPH

Thanks for any pointers!!

Victoria

[a.j.marsha...@gmail.com]

New here and trying to be helpful... the specs on the Mastercraft you show seem like serious overkill. For my ponds and my aquaponics I use PondMaster Mag drive pumps, they are not the cheapest but I've never had one fail.. the impellers occasionally wear out but I can still get parts for 15 year old pumps.

(BTW I have no affiliation with anyone related to these guys)

http://www.pondmasterstore.com/home/pm1/smartlist_15/mag_pumps.html

You would likely need something like the Mag Drive 9.5, though you might be able to use a Mag Drive 7.0