Pond Boss Forums AERATION Systems questions Solar Aeration and LPM Calculation

Before you get too wrapped up in the system, figure out now many gallons of water is in your pond. Then look at the diffuser design and depth that it/they will be placed. Get the numbers from the mfg on how many GPM of water they will move at the depth that they will be placed at and at the LPM that your compressor will supply. If not enough pressure or LPM, move on to a different compressor.

You need to move at least the whole water volume of the pond to the surface once per day, twice in a 24 hr period would be better.

So, a DIY system, if it's done correctly takes a lot of learning about the systems. That's why the purchased turn-key systems are more $$ - there's a lot of engineering that goes into designing a system correctly for a pond.