A Pump is Fundamental to a Tabletop Fountain

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  Without a small pump designed especially for small fountains, the water in a tabletop fountain could not flow--which would mean a bunch of rocks at the bottom of a bowl. Definitely not a soothing vision, which is what many hope for when purchasing or building a tabletop fountain.
  
  

Tubing Gets Water Where You Want it to Go

• Plastic tubing moves water from point A to point B.
  
  About a foot's worth of 1/2-inch wide plastic tubing is all that is necessary to move the water from the pump over the rocks and back again.
  
  

Stones and Ornaments

• Now your fountain is ready to soothe.
  
  A selection of stones, ornaments and sometimes even plants are placed inside the bowl to give the tabletop fountain its outdoorsy appeal and complete the fountain's look.