Thanks for the great replies. I appreciate everyone’s time. I will use your advice and make an erudite choice.

Right now, my pond is overflowing with all of the rain (12+ inches) that we had over the weekend. I would have to guesstimate that at least 50 gallons per minute are running out of the overflow. I have another pond that has an overflow that runs into my main pond and that is adding a significant amount of water to my main pond. The good thing is that it is handling all of the extra water and has not gone over the banks.

I’m glad that I didn’t have the “Lake Delavan” problem. That lake burst its bank, and the 25 acre lake is now Empty!