In a New Pond???? - 07/10/04 04:04 AM
First I want to say this is a great forum and web site that I’ve bought three books from. Now I’ll tell you about our pond. It's almost an acre right now. It is the typical triangle shaped bowl with steep sides and is mostly 10-12' deep. It is spring feed and very little organic matter in it's watershed area right now, but that will change in a few years after out 500 hardwood seedling we planted around it get bigger. (I know what everybody’s thinking, but the trees where a must and any response in getting rid of them will be ignored.) In Indiana we have good fertile soil and I already have a nice light green tint to the water. Right now we have stocked bluegill, red ear, channel cat, and fat head minnows. The end of this month our large mouth bass will be here. I’ve put some PVC structures in it. I have a small feeder that I use to put out a small amount of feed twice a day. We are going to add a nice size 3-4’ pea gravel shelf next month. I am also planting some arrowheads and irises along the damn and some potted lily plants on sunken pellets. I also have a Geothermal HVAC loop for my house in my pond. I want to use an air diffuser system when I start aerating.
Question:
1. When should I start aerating?
2. Because of the geothermal loop I do not want to change the water temperature at the bottom to much in the summer or winter. Can you run an aerator in cycles or something to keep from doing that?
Question:
1. When should I start aerating?
2. Because of the geothermal loop I do not want to change the water temperature at the bottom to much in the summer or winter. Can you run an aerator in cycles or something to keep from doing that?