I have a 1/4 acre pond. It's about 265 feet long and 65 feet wide (variably).

I wanted to create a timed water feature for my ducks. I have a small pump house built about 30 ft away from the pond that currently has electrical in it and supplies power to an air pump which operates two bottom air diffusers.

I was thinking of digging a trench from the pump house to the pond, running a pipe into the pond water back to the pump house, to a "water pump" that then shoots it back to the edge of the pond where I'd drill different patterns into the end of a screw on PVC cap that would shoot a fountain of water into the air and over a small part of the pond.

No floating fountains, no electricity in the water. Just simply drawing water out of the pond and spraying it into the air because it makes my ducks get the zoomies and it's hilarious.

What kind of water pump should I be looking for?

It would need to be 120v so I could plug it in and put it on a timer.

There are so many different types of water pumps out there ranging from $50 to $1500 and I can't make heads or tails of them.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!