I have read a lot here about aeration and just wanted a thumbs up on weather this is the correct procedure for me on my bottom bubbler over the winter.

I moved the bubbler from the middle of the 1 acre pond where it is around 12.5' deep into shore by the dock where its about 5' deep. I have run the aerator 24/7 since I put it in in march. This is my first year with pond/aerator.

Now that it is in 5' of water, do I continue the 24 hour operation? Thanks all!

Personally would have set it closer to 4 feet (1/3rd max depth of pond) but 1 foot deeper probably wouldn't be that big a deal.

You're not actually running it now are you? I don't crank mine up until ice up. A waste of electricity until ice up IMHO.

Okay I will drag it into 4' of water and it sounds like I should shut it off until I need to use it to keep a hole in the ice. Thanks Cecil

Anybody else have advice for Todd?

As Cecil mentioned, aerating primarily only during ice and snow cover is okay to minimize chance of winter kill for most ponds at the Ohio River and farther south.

Since the pond is one acre I would leave the diffuser at 5 ft. My experience is that at 5ft deep it will do a slightly better job of circulating more of the entire pond. However if you have redears then it would probably be better to move the diffuser into 3-4ft of water because it could provide a slightly larger warm water refuge in the more remote areas of the pond for the RES who do not tolerate very well water that is 39F and below. The colder the pond water becomes in winter the more the RES will be thermally stressed.

Since you are in WVA, winter aeration is not as important or critical because your winters are not as severe on the pond biology as those ponds in more northern states where ice cover gets to 10"-20" with extended 3-4 months of snow cover.

Ceci, since ya opened the door I will give some advice to Todd
Todd. you just got advice from the two smartest boys here, Take heed !!!
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