Bill did you read his post right? Or did I miss something? He said his pond was .3 acres? That's not that big.... either way though if I were doing it all over again Eric I would do as Bill says and get the 1/4 horse to 1/3 HP pump. If you do a little research you can find rebuilt ones for not to bad a price. Or I am sure one of these fine folks here on the site can help you out! Bill knows GAST pumps like the back of his hand I am sure he can hook you up.

I now have a 1/3 HP GAST 0523 and it pumps baby!! And as your pond starts to lose that muck each year your going to need something that will work good at 10 to 12 feet sooner or later and the 1/4 or 1/3 Gast would do it no problem.

Just as a reference and I know this can be different, but I run my GAST 10 hours a night and it costs me about 11 bucks a month. Just so you know it wont break the bank to run it.

RC

The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!