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Pond Silt............ #402386 02/28/15 01:02 PM
Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 997 Likes: 57 Texas T Tbar OP
OP Tbar T Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 997 Likes: 57 Texas	Will aeration lift the bottom pond silt and put/keep it in suspension? If so how will that degrade the water quality. I am talking about sediment here.....not oxygen poor water.

Re: Pond Silt............ Tbar #402397 02/28/15 03:24 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 8,795 Likes: 68 Lincoln, NE teehjaeh57 Chairman, Pond Boss Legacy award; Moderator; field correspondent Lunker
teehjaeh57 Chairman, Pond Boss Legacy award; Moderator; field correspondent Lunker Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 8,795 Likes: 68 Lincoln, NE	Yo T I'm not an aeration expert, but I do not believe that's a concern. Diffusers push water upwards and create circulation introducing DO to the bottom of your water column - which allows aerobic bacteria to flourish and help decompose organic materials on pond bottom. Aeration experts probably have plenty to add to this answer. Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Re: Pond Silt............ Tbar #402406 02/28/15 05:30 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 7,099 Likes: 23 St Louis, MO area R Rainman Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame Lunker
Rainman Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame Lunker R Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 7,099 Likes: 23 St Louis, MO area	Tbar, if you do not support the diffuser 8-12" above the bottom, and usually using a flat "pad" type support over legs (which could sink in), it is very likely an aeration diffuser could lift silt. I have seen a couple home-made diffuser stands that tipped over on installation and bored holes into the pond bottom. Keep the diffuser around 6-12" off the bottom, and the lift/circulation flow created around it will not be strong enough to pick up the silt, while still allowing for complete, top to bottom water circulation..