PondFountain

Pond Fountain, What are they all about? A fountain sometimes is confused with a display aerator. Both shoot water out of the pond and have awesome displays, the display aerator uses a propeller and moves large amounts of water, the fountain uses a impeller that creates pressure shooting water higher but less amount of water and aeration. In the beginning they were used for decorative display patterns and now have evolved into an aeration systems while having the beautiful display patterns. Fountains are a great water feature to have in the pond hearing the sound of water splashing, very soothing and similar to watching a camp fire just staring at the stream of water shooting into the air and falling back to the ponds surface. Adding lights to the pond fountain extends the enjoyment late in to the evening.

Pond Fountain why use them ? From the paragraph above we see it is for our pleasure of sight and sound but what does it do for the pond, fish, creatures and pond water quality? These units add oxygen to the water for, fish, creatures and can cure the pond water quality.

A fountain should be able to add aeration/oxygen to the pond to avoid the problem pond. Not just the surface but to its depth’s as well to release the bad gasses and get more oxygen deeper in to the pond. Why oxygen is important at the pond depths is to allow the fish to use the rest of the ponds depths and for oxygen to reach the depth of the pond to break down the muck and nutrients that are building up. Some fountains are called surface aerators and they do just that, aerate the surface and at most 6” deep. But how does a fountain pull water from the depths of the pond? Can it be done?

Aqua Control has developed a way to aerate a pond or lake of any depth using their quality fountains and pumps from ½ hp to 40 hp. Aqua Control has been in the water feature business for over 35 years, committed to quality and setting the standards in the industry. Their latest evolution is a ½ horse fountain that runs in as little as 20” of water and can aerate up to a ½ acre at 134 GPM at an approximate 5 cents an hour, there is a light option as well. This small but powerful unit is called the Evolution Fountain.

So you see the part about 1/2 hp and 1/2 acre? This has been established as the standard to aerate ponds with a fountain by horse power, so 1 horse display aerator will aerate a 1 acre pond.

This is the way to help keep your pond beautiful and the water quality up. Not to mention fish health, size increase and the best way to keep algae at bay.

Be sure to check out the problem pond for more details about what is happening below the surface. For in depth details on curing your pond water quality sign up for the free videos at My Pond Aeration. Another great fountain source is from Aqua Master Fountains.