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Pond with 14 ft depth and 3+" of snow cover will hold dissolved oxygen(DO) for around 4 to 6 weeks depending on age of the pond and amount or depth of bottom muck. More bottom muck consumes more DO quicker. DO loss starts from the bottom and gradually over time DO loss moves toward the ice cover to the top.
Water clarity also plays a role in how deep sunlight penetrates through ice cover. You want sunlight penetrating the ice cover. Clearer ice allows more sunlight into the pond for phytoplankton DO production. If you regularly remove some snow for ice skateing you should not need to aerate the pond during winter. If you do aerate in winter, in Fall you can pull the diffuser into 3-4ft of water to keep a open ice hole from the shoreline outward for sunlight penetration. Then run diffuser daily enough (few to several hours) to remelt and reopen an ice free area. When the open hole refreezes with clear ice and no snow on top you should not need to remelt the ice free area.