Our Ultimate Easy to Clean Pondless Waterfall Kit
vs.
All Brands of Rock and Gravel Basin Type Pondless Waterfall Kits
Compare Russell Watergardens easy to clean Ultimate pondless waterfall kits to traditional rock and gravel reservoir basin type pondless waterfall kits.
Doing a little pondless waterfall kit research before you commit to purchasing one will save you time, money, and headaches down the road. In doing simple online research you will find that virtually every brand of pondless waterfall kit except Russell Watergardens' Ultimate Easy to Clean DIY pondless waterfall kits utilize a rock and gravel filled reservoir basin. No matter the brand. Why does that matter? We're glad you asked. We are excited to share with you the reality of rock and gravel reservoir type pondless waterfall kits.
When comparing online pondless waterfall kits, the question you need to ask yourself that is much more important than the purchase price is: "How Do I Clean It?" Afterall, it will be your pondless waterfall, and you will be the one who has to clean it, or pay someone a lot of money to clean it for you, otherwise you will have an algae growing nightmare. Constantly battling algae adds to the cost of ownership.
Compare how our Ultimate Pondless Waterfall Kits get installed and cleaned compared to all other brands. First, lets examine the installation diagrams of popular Aquascape pondless waterfall kits found everywhere online. Their pondless waterfall diagrams are all over the internet. Take a good look at them and ask yourself: "How Do I Clean It?"
When shopping for a pondless waterfall kit, ask the retailer what filtration components are included and how do you clean them? What design options does the pondless waterfall kit offer? Where can the reservoir be installed? And the most important question of all: "How do I clean it?"
Do yourself a favor and ask the cleaning question before considering which type of pondless waterfall system you want to own and maintain. Every brand of rock and gravel based pondless waterfall kit is the same - so their only difference is price. Don't just take our word for it - do a little research, ask a few questions about 'how to clean it?', 'what design option does it offer?', along with 'can the reservoir be installed away from the waterfall?', and you will come to your own conclusions.
The diagram we highlighted in the red box is Aquascape's drawing of how their pondless waterfall kits get installed - the diagram can be found all over the internet. Look at the diagram and then read out-loud the red words we added to the top of the diagram. Seriously. No matter the brand, whether it be Aquascape, Easy Pro, Atlantic, Pond Guy, or any other brand of rock and gravel basin based pondless waterfall kit found online, they ALL feature rock and gravel reservoir basins.
In addition to being called 'pondless waterfalls', they are also marketed as 'Just-a-Falls', 'Pond Free Waterfall', Vanish Fall', and many other names. No matter the name or brand, they are all the same in function. All rock and gravel based pondless waterfall reservoirs become maintenance nightmares over time.
Before comparing prices for any brand of pondless waterfall kit, before comparing components, and before comparing design options ...... always ask: "How do I clean it?" Afterall, it will be your pondless waterfall, and you will be the one that will have to clean it. If you don't keep your pondless waterfall reservoir basin clean and free of debris, the debris will rot, decay, smell terrible and grow algae like crazy.
Look at the red-boxed diagram one more time. Notice #2: Rocks and Gravel. The 'Rocks and Gravel' act as the 'pre-filter' to this common type of backyard DIY pondless waterfall. The 'pre-filter' will do its job of trapping leaves, blossoms, seeds, bark, lawn clippings, and all other wind-blown debris. What you need to ask yourself is: "How do I remove the trapped debris that is stuck down inside and in between the Rocks and Gravel?"
The only way to remove debris from the rock and gravel of a typical pondless waterfall is by hand. Vacuums and leaf blowers will only remove debris from the surface of the rock and gravel. How do you remove the debris trapped down inside the rock and gravel? There is only one answer to that important question: By hand.
Nobody enjoys hand-picking debris from a rock and gravel filled pondless waterfall reservoir basin. We know, we hated it too, that is why we invented the 'Easy to Clean' pondless waterfall concept! It was a 'no-brainer'. Make it easier to clean, and it will remain much more beautiful while having a lower cost of ownership and a joy to own. A pretty simple concept.
Look at the red-box diagram further. Look at #1: Waterfall Spillway. The 'waterfall spillway' is not a filter of any kind, it is simply a 'waterfall spillway' as it states. The waterfall spillway is nothing more than a diffuser that prevents water from simply shooting out of the pipe and onto your waterfalls. Without a true water filter, what happens to the dust, pollen, and dissolved organics that blow, or wash into the pondless waterfall? Ultimate pondless waterfall kits feature the patented backwashable Hydro Vortex™ waterfall filter to filter out dissolved organics from the water. Reversing the water flow through the filter rinses dissolved organics from the filter and out the drain. Removing dissolved organics from the pondless waterfall removes food sources for algae.
What happens to dust, pollen and dissolved organics if not filtered out of, and removed from the water in a pondless waterfall? ALGAE !!!!!!!!!!! Unfiltered pondless waterfall water will become permeated with dissolved organics that will feed algae like crazy!
Lastly, look at the red-boxed diagram one more time. Look at numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 - collectively known as the 'pondless reservoir basin'. Notice that the only place this type of reservoir can be installed is at the base of the waterfall or stream. All other brands of pondless waterfall kits get installed in the same way - the rock and gravel reservoir basin must always be installed at the base of the pondless waterfall.
Rock and gravel basin based pondless waterfall brands have no other design options. Only Ultimate Easy to Clean pondless waterfall kits from Russell Watergardens - creator's of the Original pondless waterfall that started the craze - are designed to be easy to clean and modular for unlimited design options. Compare for yourself - that is all we ask.
Our Ultimate Easy to Clean Pondless Waterfall Kits are Different....
for a Reason!
Unlimited Pondless Waterfall Design Options with
Modular Components
(Roll your mouse over or click the diagram to see an Ultimate Pondless Waterfall in the OFF position)
The Ultimate easy to clean DIY pondless waterfall kit gives you unlimited design options: Design the waterfall in one section of the landscape and remotely install the HydroSieve™ pre-filter in another location, and remotely install the HydroChamber™ water storage tank in yet another location. Ultimate pondless waterfall kits are modular to provide you with ultimate flexibility in your design.
The Ultimate backyard pondless waterfall is created using an easy to clean, backwashable, patented Hydro Vortex™ waterfall filter. Water wells up through the filter and media then cascades down over rocks and boulders. The water disappears into an easy to clean HydroSieve™ pre filter. Water passes through the HydroSieve™ down into a HydroChamber™ underground water tank. There is no standing water!
The HydroSieve™ pre filter can be remotely installed away from the waterfall or stream and can be easily cleaned. To clean a HydroSieve™ pre filter, simply open the lid and remove the stainless steel filter basket and hose it out. The HydroChamber™ underground water tank can be remotely installed away from both the waterfall//stream and the HydroSieve™ pre filter. The HydroChamber™ underground water tank features dual 2" outlet ports for multiple pump use, is pre-plumbed for an automatic water fill valve, and does NOT require underlayment, liner, matrix blocks, or rock and gravel. One HydroChamber™ underground water tank replaces two slotted pump vaults, two matrix blocks, underlayment, liner, and tons of rock and gravel.
The Hydro Vortex™ waterfall filter features Hydro FilterSilk™ media that micro-filters and polishes the water, and is completely backwashable. Our Ultimate DIY Pondless Waterfall Kits provide complete pre and post filtration that is easy to clean for the cleanest pondless waterfall possible, while being modular with remote installation capabilities.
Watch the video to see how easy it is to clean the HydroSieve™ Pre-Filter that is included with all Ultimate Pondless Waterfall Kits:
Watch the video to see how easy it is to clean the Hydro Vortex™ waterfall filter that is included with all Ultimate Pondless Waterfall Kits:
Ultimate DIY Pondless Waterfall Kits are
Easy to Clean!
Each and every Ultimate DIY pondless waterfall kit comes with a HydroSieve™ pre-filter that captures debris, and a Hydro Vortex™ waterfall filter to capture dissolved organics and polish the water. We include a HydroSieve™ pre-filter, and a Hydro Vortex™ waterfall filter in all of our Ultimate Pondless Waterfall Kits. Both units work together to make maintaining your Ultimate pondless waterfall super easy. No other brand of pondless waterfall kit anywhere can compare.
Ultimate pondless waterfall kits are designed to give the designer more installation options, and for the end-user to be able to easily clean and maintain themselves. Ultimate pondless waterfall kits give installers more creative design options, and provide owners with the lowest cost of ownership.
Ultimate Pondless Waterfall Kits are
the Most Advanced Pondless Waterfall Kits
Ultimate Pondless Waterfall Kit Features:
- HydroSieve™ pre-filter to capture leaves, needles, and debris into a 316 Stainless Steel filter basket for easy cleaning
- HydroChamber™ pump chamber and water storage basin in one convenient tank - eliminating the need for large storage basin excavations, basin underlayment, basin liner, slotted pump vault, water storage blocks, and rock
- Hydro Vortex™ backwashable biological vortex waterfall filter to capture and remove fine particulates and to metabolize dust, pollen, bird waste, and other organics from the water
- Easier pump access
- Submersible and external pump compatible
The Problems with Conventional Rock and Gravel Based Pondless Waterfall Kits
The biggest complaint that people have with conventional rock and gravel reservoir based pondless waterfall kits is algae.
All conventional pondless waterfall kits use rock and gravel as the pre-filter - whether over water storage matrix blocks (such a Aqua Blox) or not. The rocks and gravel act as the pre-filter. The rocks and gravel trap debris that falls or blows into the pondless waterfall reservoir basin. Decaying debris caught in the rock and gravel will feed algae. Algae covered waterfalls are an eyesore!
Another complaint people have with conventional pondless waterfall kits is that they have no other design alternatives. The rock and gravel covered water reservoir basin must always be located the base of the waterfall. They offer no other design alternatives.
Ultimate Pondless Waterfall Kits are Different!
The Ultimate Pondless Waterfall Kit is
a System for Removing Debris BEFORE it can Feed Algae
At the heart of every Ultimate pondless waterfall kit system is the revolutionary HydroSieve™ pre-filter and HydroChamber™ pump chamber/water storage tank. Also featured is the easy to clean - fully backwashable Hydro Vortex™ Waterfall Filter. Combined with the HydroFlush™ Backwash System, you can clean your Ultimate Pondless Waterfall Kit in seconds without ever getting your hands wet or dirty!
Ultimate pondless waterfall kit systems utilize the HydroSieve™ pre-filter to capture leaves, needles, lawn clippings, blossoms, and other debris. Simply empty the HydroSieve's™ stainless steel filter basket. The easy way to maintain a pondless waterfall.
The Ultimate pondless system is modular. It provides you with the most design options. Conventional pondless waterfalls always have the pump inside a slotted pump vault located in the rock and gravel basin reservoir at the base of the waterfalls. You then have to bring electrical power service close to the rock and gravel reservoir.
Conventional Rock and Gravel Basin Based Pondless Waterfall Kits Just Can't Compare
Advantages of the Ultimate Pondless Waterfall Kit
The HydroChamber™ “all-in-one” pump vault and water storage tank provides unlimited pondless waterfall design options. The Ultimate pondless waterfall kit system is modular. You have complete creative design control of where you want your pump and water storage for your pondless waterfall.
If you choose, it can be at the base of your pondless waterfall. For the most creative place to put your pump and water storage, install it completely away from the end of your waterfall. HydroChambers™ “daisy-chain” together for unlimited water volume storage.
With the Ultimate pondless waterfall kit, you no longer are required to have the pump and water storage reservoir at the base of your pondless waterfalls.
Ultimate DIY pondless waterfall kits combine both a HydroChamber™ and HydroSieve™ pre-filter to replace conventional rock and gravel reservoir basins. The Ultimate pondless waterfall kit system is so easy to clean that anyone can do it! A clean pondless waterfall is simply more beautiful. Your pondless waterfalls will be a joy to own and be appreciated instead of being a dreaded maintenance nightmare.
The HydroChamber’s™ non-obtrusive lid resembles a typical round irrigation valve box found in landscapes everywhere. The HydroChamber™ becomes virtually “invisible” in the landscape away from your pondless waterfall while remaining easy to access. The HydroChamber™ “all-in-one” pump vault water storage tank can be installed anywhere you choose.
Strong and durable rotationally moldy HDPE direct burial water tank - shown easily supporting over 400 pounds of strong pond builder men! The HydroChamber™ All-in-One Pondless Pump Vault Water Storage Tank lets you install it anywhere in your landscape. Instead of bringing electrical power to where you want your pondless waterfall, the HydroChamber™ can be installed where you already have electrical power!
HydroChamber™ All-in-One Pondless Pump Vault Water Storage Tank provides you with complete pondless waterfall design freedom. The HydroChamber™ eliminates the requirement of having a large excavation with the pump and water storage in two separate devices contained within liner. It also provides you unlimited creativity for your pondless waterfall design.
Cleaning Ultimate Pondless Waterfall Kits
The HydroChamber™ pairs with the HydroSieve™ pondless pre-filter for ease of cleaning. All conventional pondless waterfall kits use rock and gravel as the pre-filter to the aqua blocks and slotted pump vaults. The force and weight of the falling and flowing water forces debris deep down into the rock and gravel, where it is virtually impossible to clean.
NOT SO with the Ultimate Pondless Waterfall! The water forces the debris into the Hydro Sieve™ pre-filter. All you have to do is remove the stainless steel basket from the Hydro Sieve™ and hose it out! Compare THAT to hand picking debris from the rock gravel reservoir basin!
Two Questions You Need to Ask BEFORE
Purchasing or Installing a Conventional Rock and Gravel Basin Pondless Waterfall Kit:
1. How do I clean the tree needles, flower blossoms, cottonwood tree and dandelion seeds, bird poop, along with dead bugs and worms from a conventional rock and gravel pondless waterfall basin?
2. What happens if I don’t clean it?
The answer to the first question is:
By Hand!
The only way to remove leaves, tree needles, mulch, grass clippings, flower blossoms, windblown seeds such as cottonwood and dandelions, bird poop, dead insects, dead worms, bird feathers, and other debris from a conventional pondless waterfall basin is … by hand!
The answer to the
second question is:
Algae, and lots of it!
Debris decaying down inside the rock and gravel of a conventional pondless waterfall reservoir basin smells terrible and grows algae like crazy! Algae will grow on waterfall rocks, rocks and gravel, and the basin rock itself. To control the algae, you’ll have to hand pick debris from the gravel basin, pay someone to do it for you, or apply large amounts of expensive algaecides regularly. This drastically adds to the cost of ownership of this type of pondless waterfall. Ultimate pondless waterfall kits save you these costs and lowers your cost of ownership!
The Problems with Conventional Rock and Gravel Basin Based Pondless Waterfall Kits
- Require Large Excavations
- One Design Option
- Virtually Impossible to Clean
- Grow Excessive Algae
- Become Maintenance Nightmares
- Become Eyesores
- Clog Over Time
- Eventually Need Total Replacement
- Higher Cost of Ownership
All conventional pondless waterfall kits require the slotted pump vault and gravel filled water storage reservoir basin to be at the foot of the pondless waterfall. They offer no creative pondless waterfall design options. You have no choice with your pondless waterfall design. The slotted pump vault and water storage basin must always be installed at the base of your pondless water feature. You have no other option.
No matter the pondless waterfall kit brand that feature rock and gravel reservoir basins: Aquascape, Easy Pro, Savio, Atlantic, Pond Builder, American Pond, Little Giant, Proline, Danner, and others …. they ALL utilize conventional rock and gravel filled reservoir basins. Some use gravel covered matrix blocks - and the results are the same - hard to clean so they grow excessive algae.
Conventional Pondless Waterfall Rock and Gravel Reservoir Basins
Are Difficult to Clean
Conventional pondless waterfall gravel basins are difficult, if not impossible clean. Water is a magnet for wind blown debris. Even if you don't have trees, plants, flowers, lawn, or any type of landscaping whatsoever near your pondless waterfall. The wind will blow all sorts of debris into your rock and gravel pondless waterfall reservoir basin from all over.
The ONLY way to clean rock and gravel pondless waterfall reservoir basins is BY HAND!!! We can not repeat that statement often enough. Look at this photo of us hand-picking debris from a rock and gravel pondless waterfall basin. This is the reason why we invented an easier way. We got tired of picking debris from the rocks and gravel, and you will too.
PONDLESS WATERFALLS CATCH WIND BLOWN DEBRIS!
The wind will blow tree needles, cottonwood seeds, blossoms, leaves, dust, mulch, and more into your pondless waterfall. Conventional pondless waterfall rock and gravel reservoir basins will do its job and capture all that debris, but then the force of the waterfalls will drive that debris deep down into the rock and gravel reservoir.
Debris trapped in the rock and gravel basin will decay and start to feed algae. Over time the rock and gravel reservoir basin will eventually become clogged. This will happen with all brands of conventional pondless waterfall kits that utilize rock and gravel reservoirs. Ultimate pondless waterfall kits let you easily remove debris BEFORE it can feed algae.
Conventional Rock and Gravel Type Pondless Waterfall Reservoir Basins
Require Large Excavations
Why would anyone want to dig a huge hole in the ground only to fill it back up with underlayment, liner, multiple pump vaults, water storage aqua blocks, and tons of rock and gravel?
The cost of the rock, gravel, pump vaults, aqua blocks, liner, underlayment …. AND the labor to dig the huge hole and to place all these things in it is much higher than a single HydroChamber™ All-in-One Pondless Pump Chamber Water Storage Tank.
The HydroChamber™ is designed to house up to two pumps, an automatic water fill valve, AND two aqua blocks worth of water storage in one single unit. It is also a direct burial tank so underlayment, liner, and rock is NOT required. Unlike the slotted pump vaults at the base of the water feature, the HydroChamber™ can be installed in a remote location away from the pondless water feature. Ultimate pondless waterfall kits give designers unlimited design options. Landscape architects appreciate the modular concept of our Ultimate Pondless Waterfall Kits.
With the combined pump vault and water storage tank configuration of the HydroChamber™, the pondless waterfall basin excavation can be significantly smaller than conventional pondless waterfall water storage basins. A smaller pondless basin requires less labor, saving you installation time and money.
With the “all-in-one” pump vault and water storage tank configuration of the HydroChamber™, the pondless waterfall basin can be significantly smaller than conventional pondless waterfall rock and gravel based reservoirs.
Conventional pondless waterfall kit basins consist of a slotted pump vault, water matrix blocks, liner, underlayment, rock, and gravel. The HydroSieve and HydroChamber replace all that in a smaller space. A smaller pondless basin requires less labor, saving you installation time and money.
As the two sayings go: ...
"You get what you pay for!"
and
"Pay me now .... or pay me later!"
What do you mean ... "Pay me later"?
Digging up and Replacing Conventional Pondless Waterfall Basins with a “Basin-Ectomy”
Over time, not even algaecides can solve the rock and gravel reservoir clogging problem. The river rock pre-filter required by all conventional pondless waterfall kits, no matter what they’re called – Pondless Waterfalls, Just-a-Falls, Pond-Free, No-Pond, Zero-Pond – they ALL become clogged over time.
When the rock and gravel reservoir gets clogged, water flow to the pump can become restricted. A clogged rock and gravel pondless reservoir will cause the pump to pump water out faster than it can return – causing the pump to run dry and burn out. The cost of repeatedly replacing a burned out pump significantly increases the cost of ownership of conventional pondless waterfalls.
The only remedy to this problem is the complete dismantling of the rock and gravel pondless waterfall reservoir basin. This is known as a Pondless “Basin-Ectomy”. It is the complete dismantling and removal of the clogged gravel, matrix blocks, slotted pump vault, basin liner, and basin underlayment and replacing them with Ultimate system equipment. Choose the Ultimate pondless waterfall kit system from Russell Professional Products and save time, effort, and money!
An Easy to Clean Pondless Waterfall is Much Less Expensive to Own
Long After a Cheap Price is Forgotten, Value, and Piece of Mind are Not
