Ok, since we are talking about the aerator, I have more questions. I moved here less than two years ago and my neighbor installed the aerator on the pond we share. He doesn't know any more about it than I do, so here I am. The model aerator is a Robust-Aire Aquatic Aeration System. He has had the unit running all winter. Is this bad? The pond never froze over but I was concerned about cycling in too much cold air from the outside during the dead of winter. On the flip side, after the fish kill last summer, he ran the aerator constantly -- never turning it off. So my question is should we be running the aerator 24/7/365? Is it hurting anything? Just wasting electricity?
Thanks.
