Pond Boss Forums AERATION Systems questions Trying to decide on system

This sounds like a great discussion! Can folks from Clean-Flo explain their claim of billions of bubbles? How about Sue from Vertex, do your membranes do millions or billions?

There has to be a way to double check the advertising!

There is a finite number of holes in the membrane placed there by (machines?) by the factory at time of manufacture isn't there? can we measure holes per inch under magnification and extrapolate?

I notice the size of hole (and the bubbles) seems to change depending on how much flex is on the rubber membrane. SO it would seem that if you are running higher CPM and the rubber is flexed upwards more you might get bigger bubbles? Or do the smaller bubbles coalesce with other smaller bubbles on the way up to the surface and become bigger bubbles?

Finally, do smaller bubbles lift more water or bigger ones? Thanks to PB forum I've learned that the aerators don't necessarily add 'air' to the water but provide lift to the water to add 'current'...