"Keep in mind though that unchecked and left alone, a pond's whole goal in life is to become a grassy meadow."

This just crystalized for me in an instant the fact we are all making efforts to reverse or reengineer nature with pond management...thus various issues are bound to arise considering the nature of the work we're doing. Cary, this was a very illuminating point I personally consistently forget in my frustrations trying to tame or redirect the natural processes of maturation of my ponds.

I have yet to hear of an unsatisfied aerator customer on the forum until today. I always considered it a magic arrow for issues stated above. This gives me moment to pause...I'm about to throw $6k at a Vertex Air 7 and perhaps I need to rethink things....

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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