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

WINTER IS COMING, but .......so far so good this year. I am trying to get my buddy up to measure temp and DO. I THINK raising the diffusers has led to warmer water temps than same time periods in the past. Warmer water temps is holding ice off a little longer. Need him to get water temps to verify, but pics so far back it up.

It may not seem like much of a difference, but I am thinking every single additional week without ice cover is a huge advantage. For example, if I can get two extra weeks without ice on the front end of winter and two extra weeks without ice on the back end of winter that is one month less of ice cover. That seems substantial to me. Keep in mind we usually stay under ice from late October until mid May.


Here are some pics for comparison:

First ice up 2019 was October 24th


First ice up 2020 was October 27th


So far for 2021 we have not iced up. Here we are as of 11.01.2021. 14" of snow has already come and almost gone.