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I thought I was doing things right until I joined this post and started reading. Now I think I am totally screwing up! My pond is small, about 1/8 acre with an average depth of 4' supplied by run off. I knew when I built that this little hole could become septic real quick and have winter kill unless I aerate. I searched the net and everywhere else for a aeration system but could not bring myself to spend the kind of $ they are, more than I spent to put the pond in. My little brain said I could build one out of a pump, some hose, and a home built venturi which sucks in ambient air and injects it into the water stream. The same way a carburetor works on your standard combustion engine. Here are the spec's on the system:
1/3hp 50 gpm @5'head cont. duty pump, 1 1/2 ID hose connected to a "T" style aerator made from 1 1/2" pvc pipe, the jet stream is reduced to 3/4" at the venturi which creates the vacuum to draw in the air. Pumps alot of water and injects alot of air. Total system cost was $160.00.
I run the pump maybe 24-48hrs on and 24-48hrs off, I do not know any better. At 3000 gals a hour I am probably turning this entire body of water over every every 24-48hrs.
My question is this...am I over doing it and what about temp. fish stress in the winter?? Is this system even really doing anything for my DO?
Dumb novice needs advise.
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Anyone have comments and advise on this ?
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