Hey thanks everyone for the info and replys.
Cecil,
Yeah I don't have eveything together just yet. And yes I have read all the stuff on start up in this section. I think i read it all twice

thanks for asking though. My pond is so old I plan on doing the 15 minutes, and then the 30 minutes and 1 hour, 2 hour thing as best that I can. I don't live at my pond but I am going to take a couple of days off with a weekend to get it going right.
Thanks everyone!