Looking for an impressive fountain to be the feature of your lake or dam? Take a look at the below list—a countdown of our top 5 fountains for aesthetic water displays. It’s worth noting, not all of the fountains in the list are aerators, most provide a spectacular water display for aesthetic purposes only. If you’re seeking aeration as well as aesthetics, we recommend (#4) the Sonho Aerating Fountain for smaller dams or (#2) the Carnival Aerating Fountain for larger dams and lakes. Want to learn what makes a fountain an aerator? Read our article: Do Fountains Actually Aerate Water?
5. Matala Floating Fountain
An aesthetic fountain for ponds
Looking for a fountain for a pond or small dam? Take a look at the Matala Floating Fountain. The fountain is a high quality, entry-level fountain with a compact design that houses a powerful 180LPM (litre per minute) pump. The plug ‘n’ play design means you simply have to anchor the fountain and plug it in to get it going. Matala’s Floating Fountain can spray water up to 3.5m high, depending on the fountain head used—there are 4 to choose from. The nozzle that comes standard with the kit is the Type A: Fireworks nozzle (as seen in the video above). You can purchase the other nozzles separately.
Want to see your fountain at night? Add Matala’s LED light kit, specifically designed for the Matala Floating Fountain. The light kit features 3 x 10W (= 30W total) white spotlights which brightly illuminate the fountain. The 3 x LED lights come with a control box with dual-timer controller that automatically turns the lights on/off, a 20m/40m power cable and 2 x T-type connectors.
Highlights:
- Low cost to purchase, low cost to operate
- Light kit available
- 4 nozzles to choose from
Made in Taiwan
4. Sonho Aerating Fountain
An aerator-fountain for small dams
Have a small waterbody that needs aeration as well as a feature fountain? Look no further than Sonho’s Aerating Fountain, one of the only fountains on the market built to genuinely mix and aerate your water, encouraging bottom waters to the surface and gas exchange to occur. This 1.5hp portable, light-weight fountain pumps up to 1,000 litres of water per minute and can sufficiently aerate up to 1.5 million litres of water—transferring up to 0.8kg of oxygen into your water per hour. Made from high quality Taiwan-manufactured parts, the fountain is super easy to install (plug ‘n’ play) and delivers a smooth, reliable operation that’s guaranteed to last for years and years.
Highlights:
- Genuinely aerates and mixes water
- Low cost to purchase, low cost to operate
- Portable and lightweight; easy to install and maintain
Made in Taiwan
3. Air-O-Lator Centrifugal Fountain
A versatile fountain for mid- to large size dams
Looking for a larger display and don’t need the aeration? Take a look at Air-O-Lator’s Centrifugal Fountain. The fountain has five different nozzles to choose from: Galaxy, Diana, Northstar, Nova, Solace. You can choose which nozzle you would like with your kit, and if you want additional nozzle types, you can purchase these separately. The fountain also has an optional lighting kit.
A big advantage of Air-O-Lator’s Centrifugal Fountain is that it can very easily be turned into a Carnival Aerating Fountain (see below)—aka an aerating fountain—by purchasing a “changeover” kit. Basically, you can switch out one piece of the fountain end (exchanging the impeller with a propeller) to turn the Centrifugal Fountain into the Carnival Fountain. We also have changeover kits to go the other way, changing the Carnival Fountain into the Centrifugal Fountain. For instance, if you are a golf course that has a tournament day coming up, you could change your Carnival Fountain which usually aerates your lake into a Centrifugal Fountain just for the tournament day so it looks a bit speckier. And the next day you could switch it back so your waterbody continues to get aeration.
Highlights:
- Large, impressive water display
- Solar and mains-power options
- Light kit available
- 5 nozzles to choose from
- Easily converted into a Carnival Aerating Fountain (by purchasing a change-over kit)
Made in USA
2. Air-O-Lator Carnival Aerating Fountain
Aesthetics meets high-performance aeration
Looking for a powerful aerator and an impressive water display? Look no further than Air-O-Lator’s Carnival Aerating Fountain. There is a reason the Carnival Fountain is one of our bestselling surface aerators—these monstrous machines are about as powerful as aerating fountains get. A single unit can aerate up to 2.5 surface acre of water—pumping up to 5,000 litres of water per minute and transferring up to 1.6kg of oxygen into the water per hour. All the while, producing an highly impressive water display.
Want to see just how effective Air-O-Lator’s Carnival Aerating Fountain is at adding oxygen to water and eradicating pests such as algae and weeds? Watch the video below where we show the results of a Carnival Aerator used on its own (i.e. no additional chemicals or biologicals used) to eradicate an invasive algae bloom in just one month.
Highlights:
- Exceptional aerator—a single unit can aerate up to 2.5 surface acres
- Solar and mains-power options
- Light kit available
- Easily converted into a Air-O-Lator Centrifugal Fountain (by purchasing a change-over kit)
Made in USA
1. AquaMaster Fountains
The ultimate large-scale showpiece
Looking for a spectacular water feature that stops people in their tracks? Look no further than AquaMaster, the world’s premier manufacturer of large scale water fountains. Models range from ½hp to 25hp motors and there are more than 30 different spray patterns (nozzles) to choose from. If you want to change the spray patterns, simply switch the nozzle for a different type. Featuring some of the best lighting displays on the market, AquaMaster Fountains have a choice of LED light kits or RGBW light kits. The lights can be custom programmed in display and colour so you can create just about any water feature pattern to suit any type of event or mood, including many pre-programmed events/holiday themes.
Highlights:
- Unrivalled water displays, with motors up to 25hp
- 30+ nozzles to choose from
- Light displays like no other—huge selection of patterns and colours to choose from
Made in USA