one stop aquatics, conversion guide for your pond project

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By necessity, we will find ourselves thinking in both litres and gallons as well as in metres and feet. All the information you need to choose your pump is here. If you talk metres, then all your measurements will be metric and we will use litres. If you use feet, then all your measurements will be in feet and we will use gallons. So, some basic facts:

There are 3.3 feet in 1 metre.
So to change metres to feet multiply by 3.3.
And to change feet into metres divide by 3.3.

1 Cubic Metre of water is 1000 Litres.
1 Cubic Foot of water is 61/4 Gallons.

To see how many litres or gallons you have, just multiply the length by the width by the average depth. Your answer will be in cubic metres if you used metres and cubic feet if you used feet.

Cubic metres x 1000 = Litres
Cubic feet x 61/4 = Gallons

'My pond's not rectangular', I hear you say. No problem. Just draw your pond on a piece of paper then draw a rectangle around the greatest measurements of length and width.

Now ask yourself, what percentage of the rectangle does your pond occupy. If you decide that your pond takes up, for example, 75% of the rectangle, then you should multiply your earlier volume by 0.75. Your answer will be pretty accurate.

In our Pumps section we give information on the cost per week to run your pump. This is calculated on 10p/unit of electricity.