MNFISH
What do you think would happen to a floating unit once the ice began to form? Could ice get a hold of it and tear it up? I guess it would have to do with how it is built.
I only built systems that were proof of concept and affixed to the pond bottom. So I can't honestly answer that. There would be more development work on the blower system as well. At your pond, what would be the coldest day of the winter (ballpark)? What is the thickest your ice gets in a winter? (again ballpark)
This brings up another concept that we were not able to completely test but wanted to explore more. With remote location ponds, big bodies of water, that were highly Eutropic, was there a way to create "O2 safe zones" for the fish. To sustain an entire larger pond above lower lethal would be very very expensive with direct solar drive units.
