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    Wow, a lot of work but it came out great.

    I gave up on water features a while back after I fought with one and finally when it was working great, the pump started humming loud enough to hear downstairs. That was enough for me :-)
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    Yeah, that's kind of what was happening to me Don. I woke up one morning and it was so loud...after that, the waterfall never worked properly again. If it fails now, I'll siphon out the water and fill it in with substrate and add more plants. With 4 frogs, it's just kind of nice to have 2 different water holes.
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    it looks great! I know water features can be a pain, but most good things you have to work for so...

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    Irish, I will most definitely be trying your idea for my next build, it looks like a really good idea!
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    Its (the running stream) been running for months now and I've never had a clog, not one. With the waterfall one it clogged all the time till I switched it and now no problems at all

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