I have a client that has a couple of those windmill aerators, plus a couple of their electric cabinet aerators.

He also has a pond that only has a windmill aerator on it. It winterkilled last year.

I know that winterkill isn't a problem for you but just letting you know what happened because of the weather conditons. We had fog and heavy overcast for almost 2 weeks straight, and very little wind.

He also has a windmill going to another pond, with an electric diffuser in the pond as well. The diffuser that is run via the windmill has an open hole during the winter that is 50% or less of the electric diffuser. Same diffuser is at the end of the hose on the windmill as on the end of the hose from the electric compressor. He also pushes air 900' to one of the ponds via windmill.

I'd trench in the 1" air line and go electric if it was my pond.

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