Rainman,

There is no noticeable odors in the 6' water I have the diffusers right now. The 11' slip on the original setup was aweful and I am staying far clear of that for now. We excavated everything out to about 8' last year just to strip the muck and debris. Everything beyond that point I think it pretty nasty and I plan to stay away from until next spring when I will run a full startup again a little deeper.

If I had followed a normal startup how would I know it is then safe to run dusk to dawn or is it just considered safe because the startup was followed ? It would seem there has to be some type of conditions to look for or lack of conditions that would imply it is safe to run dusk to dawn at that point .

As most would say " it all depends " but the startup had to be developed at some point when someone somewhere determined ok... " now " it's safe for me to run dusk to dawn.

I'm not asking for guarantees or anything like that but with me already having run it for an hour yesterday and approx 1.5 hours so far today is there a point where I can start to feel fairly safe to run in the wee morning hours unattended ? My anxiety is rooting from a nice cold front we had roll in yesterday morning, Our high temps today did not go over 70 and I'm trying to capatilize a little on that and help bring the water temps down some.

I forgot to mention I am also now throwing about 100 gpm in the air at night drawing it up from about 3' of water with an additional 2 hp pump. My thoughts behind this is it would help to eliminate some of the nasty gases being emited from the aerator .. if that makes any sense.

I'm not trying to ignore or belittle any one's advice, It is greatly appreciated. I am simply trying to speed up the process in a safe way to capitilize on the cooler weather while I can. Low's tonight are suppose to be in the mid 50's and I would really like to get a piece of that. I guess the new fountain sprayer will grab some of that but the aerator is much more efficient and less costly. The cold front is suppose to run most of the week before going back up to the mid 80's.

Thanks again, I really appreciate your thoughts and comments.

Last edited by Attica Farmer; 08/22/10 06:51 PM.


1/2 acre 14' Deep. LMB, WE, YP, HBG, BG, Rainbows.