Pond Boss Forums AERATION Should I aerate? Aeration

Not all oxygen producing water plants are big enough to get tangled on your fish hook. Most oxygen production in pond/lake by plant photosynthesis is primarily by microalgae that is basically invisible as single plants suspended in the water column. Usually tens to hundreds of thousands of them PER OUNCE of water! Each making oxygen during daylight. Collectively they can impart a color or hue to the water; usually, but not always, some shade of green, ie. green water. Heavily vegeatated underwater areas/beds when present can also produce lots of DO into the water.