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I’m building a new trophy bass pond. About 2.5 acres. I have electric close by. What would be the best aeration setup? I’ve included plans for the new build.

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You will need a ventilated enclosure for your compressor. It will make some noise - and my wife hates "white noise" when she is trying to enjoy the peace and quiet of the great outdoors (interesting animal sounds excluded).

Is there a good place for you to set your enclosure away from the places where people sleep, eat with family, or just relax? If so, I would set the enclosure near an easy electrical connection that is handy for you to check in your normal routine, but away from "people". Running a few extra feet of polyethylene air pipeline is pretty darn cheap at current prices.

P.S. I believe esshup sells compressor systems and has installed many systems for his pond clients. I would definitely listen to his advice on this topic.

There are "sound kits" that are available from different mfg's for their enclosures to knock down the compressor noise. Vertex Aquatic Solutions has done dB testing on their systems with and without the sound kits installed. That's the only aeration mfg that I know of that has done that. The other thing about Vertex is that 99.9% of their products are made here in the USA.

My "ventilated enclosure" is a 6'x8' pole barn construction shed, with forced air cooling (from the North side of the shed) for the compressor as well as storage for fishing gear, canoe paddles, and more. The noise outside is much reduced compared to a naked compressor (and more so since I have insulated the shed. If you might want an "oarhouse" next to your pond, it is an option to consider.

Based on the bottom structural configurations. Uneven deviations from the basic bottom bowl shape will tend to restrict the affects of the aeration water patterns. This I think means more bottom based aerator diffusers will be needed to get effective circulations to all areas of the deeper pond basin. To my thinking I would have at least 4 bottom diffusers and better to have 6 or 7. The cross ridge hump side should have 3 maybe 4 diffusers. Then put 3 of the other side of the pond. A 3/4 hp rotary vane with 10 cfm open flow will operate 6-8 diffusers. Done right with strong circulations IMO you would only need to run the compressor 6-8 hrs per day to adequately circulate deep water areas (7ft & deeper) to the surface. I tested my minnow pond (10ft deep) that has no aerator yesterday. Water was mixing with wind circulation and good oxygenation down to 7 ft deep. Water clarity this year so far 2-2.5ft.

Is aeration needed? What is the benefit? Does it reduce or eliminate algae?
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