Table Fountain

My pet fountain finally died and I didn't want to pay at least $30 for a new one, so I figured out how to do it myself.

Total cost= $16

Since it's my cat who loves the running water, and she spends much of her time on or near my computer desk, I decided to make a table fountain that she and I could both enjoy.

Step 1 Parts

First I found an inexpensive submersible pump at the pet store. It's actually a submersible filter (http://www.aquariumguys.com/duetto.html) and costs $13 at full cost.

Make sure whatever pump you get has a way to modify the water outflow. This pump lets you take off the "Aqua-Sweep" outlet and add tubing. That's crucial to my design.

Then I got a glass bowl from Goodwill, some rocks, and some air line tubing (not the small kind!)

Comments

[container_gardener]

Very nice. Kitty is beautiful!

[sideways]

Hey! You stole my idea (just kidding). I made one just like this ten years ago. Long before I had ever heard of Instructables. Like you, I realized a fountain pump was just an overpriced aquarium pump.

[incorrigible packrat]

I made a similar fountain a while ago. I drilled a hole that comes out the top of my big rock, the pump pipe enters the back of the rock and blurbles water out the hole. Our cats also love it. Clever Tom has discovered that covering the hole with his paw shoots water all over the place.

[jongscx]

I'm not sure how well it works for clear plastic pipe, but one thing that I've seen done is filling the pipe with sand before you warm it and bend it so that it keeps its inner volume without kinking... Also, a heat-gun or maybe a hair-drying set on high heat low air might even work.

[pocketlama]

Nice... Good ideas!

[capricorn]

I wanted to do something like that for quiet a while. I'm off searching for some rocks ^_ Way to go dude

[pocketlama]

Cool! Glad I could help motivate you!

[RaisedByRobots]

How quiet is the pump?

[pocketlama]

I'm sitting right next to it and I can't hear a thing. I only hear the water trickling down the rock.