I've been looking for videos of the mixing effects and ran across this which may be enlightening. Not sure if it applies 100% but it was surprising how fast things mixed.
https://youtu.be/FE9VbiVbZFM?t=60It's not a direct comparison due to the difference in the aerator design but still interesting.
I'm now thinking of adding some pond blue to my deep aerator airline to see what happens.