Atlantic FB2400 24" Oasis Fountain Basin

The accompanying review video is a fountain based on the twenty-four inch Atlantic Water Gardens Oasis Fountain Basin. The basin only supports two-hundred pounds, including water and vase weight, so a light fiberglass vase of sufficient height should be used. This vase is a Garden Treasures twenty-one inch high sand fiberglass indoor/outdoor vase available at Lowe's for $25.This particular design, using low water flow with ground submersion and river-rock covering, goes forty-eight hours requiring less than three quarts to top-off the reservoir--And this during 98-100 degree high Oklahoma heat.Because the basin design does not have a direct bottom feed, tubing must be used from the pump to a flat-bottom stem-feed at the bottom of the vase. Therefore, pump head pressure is increased. I recommend a minimum of a five hundred gallon per hour submersible pump to achieve the flow rate shown here. Some examples are Beckett G535AG20 535 GPH Submersible Pump and Danner 02525 500 GPH Pond Pump With 18-Foot Cord. Higher flow rates will increase water evaporation.It is important to level the basin front-to-back and left-to-right prior to adding water. This will insure a level vase and even water flow out of the vase.FORTES*Cost*Construction Quality*SizeFOIBLES*Indirect Feed