You'll need to measure it top to bottom. Look at the Fish Kill thread by Charlie B. He found a place that rented DO meters. They are pretty expensive for a casual pond owner to buy. This is something that you need accurate repeatable readings. I'd look into renting one, getting the readings with the different run times, making a chart, then returning it. A good meter will cost.......

http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=344715#Post344715

O.K. I looked up the company that he rented it from, and did more digging. Here's what I came up with. This is the unit that I use, and here is their rental fees: http://www.fieldenvironmental.com/ysi-55...arch_highlight1

I don't know how it'd work if you can't physically go into one of their stores, as I've never used them, but this seems to be a viable alternative to buying one. This is the first place that I've seen that rents them!

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