Pond Boss Forums AERATION Systems questions 1/10 Acre Pond - DIY Aeration options

I can tell you what I am doing with my 1/10th acre sediment pond.

I'm using a Pondmaster AP100 and splitting the air. One line goes to the 1/10th acre sediment pond and the other line goes to a 1/20th acre forage pond. The single pump supplies air to both ponds. Each pond has a single Matala 9" round membrane diffuser. I use a water hydrant splitter as a manifold valve to shut down part of the air to the smaller pond so the larger one gets more air.

There appears to me to be plenty of air for both ponds. The AP100 is a 100 liter per minute pump (at zero back pressure, falls off to zero cfm somewhere around 6 psi with about 2 cfm at 4.5 psi). Both ponds are around 8' deep.

I would think the pump you are considering should be plenty adequate, but I'm no expert.

It appears my AP100's will last about 9-12 months of continuous running before needing a rebuild kit. I have 5 of these pumps and run 4 continuous (one for a spare) and so far have had to rebuild 2 of them. Kits to rebuild are about $15 and takes me about 30 minutes. If a person was proficient at it it should take about 15 minutes.

I think the Eco5 might be about the same size pump.

Edit: The Ecoplus 5 is an 80 watt pump and the AP100 is 100 watt, so the Ecoplus 5 is probably smaller. I still think it would be adequate though. You will be asking about all you should from a linear diaphragm pump at a 10' depth though. That will be pretty well maxing out its capability. The AP100's I'm running in my 3 acre pond are operating at 9-10' depths. One 9" diffuser is plenty in my 1/10th acre pond.