Bill/Bob,

So it's probably going to take most of this summer to finish the upper pond to working conditions, so while I do that. I was going to take my pump and make a homemade fountain and have that out in the middle of the pond. To help aerate the water. Will this suffice?

Also, Bob, when you talk about a must of aerating, are you talking about all year round? So keeping the ice open in an area?