Waterfall

[ronaldhanko]

I am not sure that I am posting this in the right place, nor am I sure that Orchid Board is the place to get help with my project, but we seem to have members here who know something about everything, so here goes....

I am working on a display for our next show and want to do a small waterfall as part of the display. The pump will have to work over a distance of about 5 feet and the waterfall will be very low volume, i.e., it can be anything from a dripping edge to a continuous trickle. Since I've never done anything like this before, I need information:

(1) the best place to get equipment - I need a pump, tubing and an upper and lower reservoirs especially. I've found a place that sells pumps but do not know where to get reservoirs that are suitable and at least look somewhat natural;

(2) advice on setting this up, especially on problems to avoid. I've already discovered that the pump has to deal with a lot more volume than I would have expected, but want to avoid other problems as well;

(3) if there are websites that have information on this kind of thing, I would be delighted to know about them. I know there are sites that deal with terrariums, vivariums, etc., but what about this?

Any help, advice, etc., is appreciated.