Dwight, I'm learning more and more.... First, I stand corrected, I have 1800' of pipe in my pond loops. I did go back to your picture post and i notice yours is in a slinky formation, mine is coiled. For one thing, coiled is Ok in the South, slinky/matt in the North, yours looks to be in the slinky formation. Aeration, from most reading I'm doing is bad for geo...are you running an aerator in your pond? Still working thru my geo problems with the installers...