Aquascape 91112 Pond AquaForce 2,149 GPH Submersible Pump, 1800, Black

I bought two of these for my 2 turtle and fish ponds. They work amazingly. I wouldn't use any other pond pump. I had a question on the product and called customer services, yes they answered the phone, and they were so helpful. I love that it has the case around the pump so it protects the turtles and fish in case they get too close. I have had them about a year and they are still running as great as they did on day 1. I highly recommend.

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.

I’ve been using it for a 200 gallon duck pond for over a year now, and it’s working very well. Seems durable, moves plenty of water.

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.

Last one I bought was 10 years ago and still works. I got this one to save money on running larger ones I have in pond. Easy to clean and take apart at end of season. I have luck cleaning and putting in tub of water in garage for spring

I had a smaller pump with the typical screw on screen. It lasted 1 year, and the water was always brown (as you can see from the leftovers when I drained and refilled it). It was slightly brown the first 24 hours. By 48 hours it was crystal clear. I didn't actually know the pond could look this beautiful, especially with heavy duck traffic.If you want a serious pump that works, get this one. The design is pretty smart (the whole body is the filter), and the ball joint hose made it easy to drop in. My older pump was never able to get the sediment on the bottom. This changed everything. It's so clear I even got a waterfall.

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.

I've used various pond and fountain pumps for 30 years and know what I'm doing. My 1800 Aquaforce pump failed after one season so I filed a claim. After MANY long, detailed emails answering more and more questions and sending photos they denied my claim and said I could mail in the pump if I'd like them to reconsider! Be forewarned: their impeller is made of hair-thin non-corrosive metal over highly corrosive iron. Any imperfection in that outer layer will cause the impeller core to rust and bubble, and your pump will become a very over-priced paperweight.