Pond Boss Forums AERATION Systems questions How much turn over is too much?

Here's my take on it Tom.

Our systems are similar in turnover rate and our run times are exactly the same.

It's not an issue of how many times you excessively turn the pond over unless you experience a drastic and sudden temperature drop on the surface (cold rain for example). That sudden drop throughout once the pump comes on would be detrimental to your fish.

The biggest gain from over circulation would be in the reduction of muck as it's cycled out thru dissolved gases. The more you move it the faster it gets gone.

In summer, warm water holds less DO, so the more you can suppliment thru aeration, the better. In winter, DO isnt usually an issue as water can hold more of it unless you freeze over, then it's not so much a DO issue as it is all the other gases trapped under the ice. So you run shallow to keep a patch of ice open.

That's my understanding of it anyway.