So I made the trek to my land this morning, bringing what I thought I needed to get my bulldozer and excavator running. Bulldozer to clear the ~24" of snow out of the 700ft long driveway, and my excavator to drive up to the edge of the pond to use the bucket to clear an open water area as near to the diffuser as I could get.

When I approached the ponds I was happy to see an open water spot above the diffuser in the large pond, no hole in the smaller pond. One windmill feeds two ponds and I have a flow control valve to meter the air to the small pond. I opened that up a bit and hopefully there will be some open water on that pond soon.

There must have been some more wind the last few days, I'm amazed the aeration was able to cut through that thick ice. It's nice to have an "easy fix" once in a while... I'm glad because tomorrow's high temp is -2 deg F.