Pond Boss Forums AERATION Systems questions Horizontal aeration

All I know is when I'm all out and I see all those empty cans or bottles I say to myself, "There is no way I drank all that!"

I love the 'rush' from a dew, but occasionally will accidently grab a diet dew, and it makes me gag. The sugar and caffeine keeps me going on a road trip.

Bruce, do you have CC, or will you have them? or will the Yellow perch be the predator?

Does CC mean Crown and Coke? I prefer Jack...

Won't need a predator! It'll have male Condello strain bluegill, female yellow perch and male redears. :p

Sounds fascinating! I want some of their F1's.

I like Jack. Have you tried the single barrel?
Too good.

That is a tuff crowd of predators !! Those RES better sharpen their pharyngeal crushers.

Ewest, the Doc. will probably order in a few bushels of Cherrystone clams from Cheasapeake Bay, crack and hand feed them.

G'day guys. Interesting thread. I've been planning to install an aeration system on my own pond. Now, having seen this thread I am considering using the irrigation pump already installed at the edge of the water (used to water my animals and lawn areas arround the property). If I install a T-section and stop-cock from the main line complete with an electric solenoid timer and run this line back into the circular pond (weighted to the bottom and angled either verticularly or at 45degrees)WILL/SHOULD it aerate the pond and prevent stratification????? Would 8hrs per day be enough? How can I test DO levels? Pond is 1/4 acre and 15feet deep.

Hey Aussie. Your situation is very similar to mine. My pond is a little smaller but about the same depth. I angled my sweeper nozzle down about 1 or 2 degrees. Just enough to keep it from wasting some of it's energy in splashing. Ask NEDOC...just that one nozzle would turn the water in the little pond. I tested DO a couple of times and it improved dramatically.

I think aeration is achieved in several different ways, acting in harmony. First of all, the pressure stirs the water, which increases the net surface area which is exposed to the atmosphere over time. Secondly, the cooler water in the well is heavier that the warm surface water in which it is discharged. This heavier water near the surface has to drop and this creates a subtle turnover effect. In addition to this, some ponds are so protected from wind that on calm or near calm nights you get a protein skim on the water's surface which limits gas transfer into the water column. Lastly, the pressure as the water enters the pond creates an atmospheric downdraft which literally puts thousand of bubbles into the water column. It worked immediately, and prevents me from having to run an aerator in this pond. I've done some research on the internet and found a couple of references to Thailand shrimp farms that use circulation instead of aeration and they are able to produce an unbelievable quantity of shrimp per acre. Just astounding!

If you didn't run it 24/7 I think that nighttime would give you the most benefit.

For those of you who don't get it yet.

The Jack Daniels Black Label bottles are the 8gpm sweeper nozzles. The Jack Daniels Single Barrel is the circulator, and the Diet Dew cans represent trophy sized female yellow perch.

Bruce :

Why is one sweeper nozzle empty , one sweeper nozzle half empty , the circulator mostly full and the YP standing on their tails while no one can get a handle (rope) on (near) them. You realize if you open that system up the YP will soon empty themselves into the pond and be mere shells of their former selves.

That is your greatest piece of work yet Bruce. Wish I could have come up Saturday to help with the 'circulator'. Haha, see you soon.

That much Mountain Dew could really be bad for your health. Be careful and take it in moderation.

WHY do you have more than one pair of jump ropes????

Don't even try to say that they belong to your daughters.

And please, please, please tell me that you're not using DMD as a mixer.

This is a cry for help, plain and simple.

Boy, entertainment must be real hard to come by in a Nebraska winter. I once knew a guy who tried mixing Dr. Pepper with nearly everything. But, even he knew about Black Jack. Talk about a wasted education. For shame, Bruce.

You gotta be kiddn', DD. SIX CANS bad for your health?

If six cans were bad for my health, I'd be dead. Every other day. :p

Friends, please ignore your taste buds, and try to have some consideration for your gastro-intestinal system, not to mention your liver and kidneys.

They don't like the Dew, diet or not.

Mine dew.

I like your idea and I'll have to check that out at Menards. I had to do it this way because I needed the aluminum frame for the float to be flexible, due to the fact that I knew I'd never get the support posts exactly parallel. Also, it was free!!

Theo,

The ability to culture luminescent bacteria in you mouth is nothing to be terribly proud of.

Because the construction of this particular visual aid dehydrated me.

The jump ropes belong to my girls....honest.

I would never use DMD to dilute my whiskey, nor would I use whiskey to dilute my DMD. :p

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Theo,

The ability to culture luminescent bacteria in you mouth is nothing to be terribly proud of.


ROTFLOL ---good one Bruce !!!

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Because the construction of this particular visual aid dehydrated me

If you consumed all of that I am suprised you could line up the ropes and Dew cans. Hmmmm.

:D

That's CYANO-luminescent bacteria, Mr. Part-Time Peridontal. :p

--- Mr. part-time ... who drinks out of a sweeper nozzle !!! :p