Originally Posted By: Tom M
It sounds like the "Aeration for Dummies" version could be
  • Make sure you don't super-heat (controlled by monitoring water temperatures and running at night during hot weather and may need to raise diffusers to keep a bit of a thermocline)
  • Make sure you don't super-cool (controlled by monitoring water temperatures and not running diffusers too deep during Winter in order to keep a thermocline)
  • Make sure you don't over-saturate (controlled by reducing the flow rates and/or hours run if DO levels rise to observable amounts - or - use a DO meter to measure levels)
Otherwise, run at whatever rate will turnover the pond volume at least 1 time per day.

Am I missing anything?


Nope....sounds about right....to me anyway!!


.10 surface acre pond, 10.5 foot deep. SW LA. The epitome of a mutt pond. BG, LMB, GSF, RES, BH, Warmouth, Longear Sunfish, Gambusia,Mud Minnows, Crappie, and now shiners!!...I subscribe!!