Pond Boss Forums AERATION Systems questions Keeping Ice Off My Dock

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I would have gone 1/8" to 1/4" right out of the pump. Making the lines the same length won't matter. You will still need to balance out the lines using the valves going to each airstone and restricting the air flow to the shallower ones. The difference in the water depth will require balancing the lines

When we install a remote valve box for an aeration system in a pond, the threaded fitting coming out of the compressors are either 1/4" or 3/8". It's immediately jumped up to 1/2" and if we are using a remote valve box (remote manifold) that is a distance from the compressor, we jump up to 1" black poly tubing and neck it back down to 1/2" or 5/8" at the remote manifold, and run that size weighted tubing in the pond to the diffusers.

The bigger the line ID the less restriction on the system and the more cfm the compressor will move, plus there is less strain on the compressor over time.