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I am going to areate my pond but I have heard if you do it in the winter you will kill the fish any truth to this? They say they will get to cold because you pull the warm water off the bottom and take away the thermocline. Any suggestions on winter and summer spring or fall. 365 days a year or just part of the time?

BC,

Do a search on winter aeration and you'll find alot of reading on the subject. Here is one recent post that should interest you;

Winter Aeration

Russ

note my recent post-postbeetle

Here in the Catskills of New York I shut the aerator down over the winter and bring it back on line slowly as the ice melts. You want to do it slowly as there will be some nasty smelling water down below that could overwhelm the upper layers of water and reduce the disolved oxygen to levels that may harm the fish. Once the smell goes away we run it 24X7 until winter sets in the next season. Have not had a fish kill using this method.