Pond Boss Forums AERATION Systems questions Vertex installed

I didn't take any pictures during the install but it was very simple. Ted Lea had me well equipped to do it myself, all I had to get was a little irrigation pipe and a trencher. The total install only took about 3 hrs. broken up over two days to let the PVC cement set up before sinking. I modified the base of the cabinet slightly by drilling two holes in it so the air lines could go staight down into the ground, giving it a cleaner look IMO. I ran 1/2" irrigation pipe from the flower bed to about 4' from the pond where I attached the self weighted air line. The self weighted stuff is very flexible and tough. Ted recommended that I use it before I get to the edge of the pond because it could take the heaving of ice and ground at that point much better than the irrigation pipe. I made all of the connections, glued and clamped with the stainless steel pipe bands that Ted provided. The pipe bands aren't absolutely necessary but provides some extra security. I turned on the system the next day to make sure everything worked and didn't leak, filled the air station bases with gravel and pulled them into the pond. Filled in the trench and built the flower bed wall back up and that was it.





You can see one of the two boils in the background. The little one likes the feel of the bubbles on her toes. There is so much water coming up at the boil that it's hard to keep her over it.