Pond Boss Forums AERATION Systems questions Pond filter for 1/4 acre pond?

Basic summary is a pond without a flow through is a big bathtub with no drain; a toilet with no flusher. What gets in or is put in stays in. If that stuff decomposes it releases nutrients. Ponds collect nutrients in many ways to grow more, usually more plants of some sort. How are those nutrients supposed to get out of the pond?. Answer - something that grew in the pond has to be harvested out be it plants, fish, animals or organic materials that blew in or rinsed in, or bottom sludge that has nutrients. Ponds are collection basins that become more enriched each day and year. Nature by a process called aquatic succession works to fill the pond back to a swamp and then dry land.