Pond Boss Forums AERATION Should I aerate? Aeration conundrum.........

Not sure how I keep missing these Brook Trout replies!!! Especially since I LOVE Brook Trout!! Guess I was slacking terribly.

Mebob - why did you quit aerating through the Winter? I have Brook Trout as well and I aerate all year long. When trout die MOST of them sink to the bottom and leave no evidence of a fish kill at all. Did you ever see if your Brookies had reproduced or not?

Have you cleaned off your diffuser discs? That needs to be done once or twice a year. If mine go a year they seem to get very grown over with living stuff.

With Brookies and the temps you are seeing I would STRONGLY suggest aerating at night to keep the water temps down.

Joe Q - have you ever seen a spawning box for Brook Trout??

Tim - 89 degrees is almost like a hot tub!!!!