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I just spent the last 2 months expanding an existing 1 acre pond. The original pond was built with a team of mules by my great granddad. It leaked like a sieve and was pretty beat up, but was still holding all things considering. The pond is now 3 acres and filling fast. The people i had build it are very well know for building quality pond in this area. They build a 30ft tall dam with a drain pipe at 10ft off the bottom with a trickle tube on the back side of the pond. Emergency spillway is 3 feet above a second overflow pipe.
My question is. will i need to have a diffuser in the 30ft area? I have a 60 ft surface aerator, will that be enough?
most of the pond is about 10ft deep. It only gets really deep in the middle by the dam and drain pipe.
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Any time you can keep the bottom water in the pond oxygenated, you will slow down the eutrophication process.
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What was the thought process behind the 60 foot surface aerator? Did you have it already? Was it in the original 1 acre pond? What did you see while running it in terms of water quality etc?
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