I purchased and installed a PondLyfe 2 system 19 months ago and it's been working well with no issues since. This morning, I came out to an unusual "lily pad" at the edge of my pond and some gurgly ruckus in the center of the water surface. Come to find out (and I have no idea why), the membrane pad on one of the diffusers snapped at the mounting threads. Has anyone ever seen this happen before to a pad that has been undisturbed at the bottom of a pond? (ie. no humans, livestock, etc could have stepped on it)
The pond is between 7.5 and 8 feet deep at the deepest part and where these pads were sitting. They were placed before the pond was filled, so it couldn't have been damage during install. Best I can figure is there was some sort of tiny crack or defect from the get go and it took a year and a half of running air through it for it to grow and eventually snap. Thoughts and ideas?
I love that Vertex system and I can't wait to get this pad back online.
Cheers!
Clayton
