Originally Posted by 1997pond
I may ultimately install a much smaller "stream" but you've made it clear that it is a very ineffcient way to circulate water.

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Do you have recommendations on solar powered bottm diffusion system? I can do a build-it-yourself but a complete bundle may also be worth it.

I have no recommendations, sorry. The solar systems that I would be comfortable with would need batteries large enough to run the system at night when O2 is needed the most. Most solar systems that I have seen cost 4-7 times as much as a comparable grid based system, so even if a person has to trench in airline underground a long ways, it's still more cost effective to go grid based. We have trenched in airline over 1/2 mile to get air to a pond.......

If there is no electric at the property, see how much it would cost to get it run, then do the price comparison between that and a solar system.

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