My youngest cat, now a year old, loves drinking from moving water; from faucets, hoses, pumped water in the bird bath etc. So, I, having this quite large Oriental gazed pot I found years ago at a garage sale, decided to make him a fountain in it. The only thing I could find to plant in it was Spathiphyllum. I got the job done and the cat loves it but it is not too stable. The only thing I could find to stabliize the pump hose was to stand a wire cookie cooler rack upright in the pot and wire the hose to it in the position suitable for the cat to reach it. The pot is quite deep and the only way I could keep the plants up high enough was to put one of them in a vase and set it on top of a jar and have the water high enough so that the water would flow into/outof the vase. (This plant I had washed all the soil from the roots hoping to grow it without soil.) The other plant I placed pot and all in a suitable ceramic bowl and set it on a jar so that the rim would be above water level but will have to water it individualy for now. The reason I did this is I wanted to see how the soiless plant would do and if works OK, will wash the soil from the other one. Then I placed a rock with some holes all the way through and put the hose through it to let the water come out of the rock.
the problem is, I need a more stable way to to set it up. The cat loves it, It is quite pretty, the spath is blooig and none of the hardware shows as the plants are quite full but I would like it to be more stable. would so much appreciate some advise. thanks in advane.--lee