Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Aeration "Supercooling"

I got my airstone moved to shallow (3' or 4') water today for the Winter, for the first time. I should have done it last weekend; we had 1" of ice on the pond the day after Thanksgiving, which fortunately had almost all melted today. Water temps were 40.0 deg F at the surface and 39.6 deg F on the bottom.

My wife assisted from shore and came up with the great idea of floating the 5 gallon bucket with gravel and the airstone using (swimming pool) noodles. I could fit 3 noodles through the handle on the bucket which provided plenty of floatation, making the job much, much nicer to accomplish from a canoe.