Pond Boss Forums AERATION Systems questions 8 acre pond at 10,000' - lots of aeration ?s

So got back from a CO trip about two weeks ago. I installed solar panels and poured a concrete slab for solar shed at my place. Helped my son install his new battery. It's a Yixiang MB56 628kwh battery. It's one "small" cube that weighs 650lbs! Has it's own BMS and all that. The thing is pretty dang sweet. Pumps fired right back up with minimal issues. Son and a buddy got out on the boat and fished up all the diffusers. The duck decoy floats had all sunk and it seems the ice disrupting pipes I put in in 2020/2021 had all fallen over. They put new decoys on and cleaned off the diffusers. His best day for power production that I saw over the week I was there was over 18kwh. Not too bad for just over 3,000W of panels!

It did SEEM like there were less fatheads and scuds in the pond than in the years before. I am assuming aeration being off for couple/few years hurt their numbers, but also assuming they will come back FAST!

Son has a list of things to get done by the fall. Koenders windmill is SHOT! Rebuild kit is already on site so he's gonna knock that out. Ice pipes fell over so he's gonna install new longer pipes and drive them deeper. in Sept/Oct he's gonna suspend diffusers 12"-18" deep from the new pipes. We disconnected his wind turbine as it NEVER produced any usable power. He is going to take that charge controller and try to add another 1,800W of solar panels to his system so he can REALLY run the pumps this winter. I am sure other things will come up, but for now if he gets all this done I think success this Winter is all but guaranteed!

I am headed back out for two weeks to work on my place and help him as needed! I'm building the new solar shed, installing all components and hopefully turning off the generator for good! I know y'all like pics so here you go! 14 of 16 solar panels mounted, concrete poured and a bunch of trees down with more to go!