Wait until you see the comparison from Esshup on using air vs. your pump. I think you'll change your mind. Air can move a lot of water much, much more efficiently than a pump can. That's why it's being used to destratify ponds.
We're talking up to about 3000 gallons per minute of water movement with for example a vertex air station at 1 cfm at a depth of 12 feet, which comes to to 4 million gallons of water turnover per day per diffuser. Try doing that with a pump!
And no I'm not in anyway plugging Vertex and have no dog in the hunt but used that as an example.
Our European counterparts are moving up to 66 gallons a minute using a linear air pump that uses only 10 watts of electricity in their koi ponds!
Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 01/21/14 12:43 AM.
