Another pond and lake season is coming up soon, I hope. Hopefully this snow will let go and warmer temperatures are on their way. Middle of March and we are still 10 degrees this morning, ugh. At the time of this writing our winter season has given us close to 200” of snow so that’s […]
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Bottom aeration is the best tool for pond management. The bottom of the pond is where most of our problems come from so why not start there to help bring the pond back to life or at least keep out newer pond from the eventual problems. Yes there are ponds that don’t have a problem
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It has been a crazy year so far, at least weather wise. It seemed like it took forever for summer to get here but when it did it came on strong and hot trying to make up for the cold rainy weather we had through almost all of July. So with our goofy weather pattern
The answer is yes and no. Let me explain my goofy answer. The pond in question is a pond 100 x 300 and five feet deep. Currently has one diffuser in the middle of the pond and a 4.6 cfm compressor. And the specific question was about adding a larger compressor producing 11 cfm. The
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Pond Cleaning is not an overnight fix. It took years for the pond to get into the condition it is now and will take time and patience to bring it back to life again. One of the first options that come to mind is to dredge the pond, get all that muck out of the
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Winter is still holding on, although the snow has gone the ice still stands. As we do every year we keep a diffuser running near the dock and pier to protect them from heaving in the ice and more important with the open water area we allow toxic gasses that build up under the ice
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First and the most important is saving our pond and fish during the summer months when thermal stratification occurs, aeration keeps the zone broken and the toxic gasses out of the pond while replacing the gasses with oxygen allowing more fish to use the entire pond since the oxygen is deeper in the pond. Winter
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What is a rubber membrane diffuser? (video below) The diffuser part of the phrase is when a volume of air is broken down into smaller volumes of air. Sort of like a watering vase. There is the main storage area holding water and when poured out the spout it reaches small holes diffusing the water
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I have a pond approx 3/4 of an acre and about 10 ft deep. It started to get a lot of grass in it this year so I put a sump pump down in it and made a fountain head for it. It seems to be helping to clean the top 12 to 18 inches
How to prevent a Winter fish kill It’s never a good day when we walk to the pond only to see the fish gasping for air in the open water. Or worse yet is getting to the pond to see them all floating or already on the shoreline. Why does a winter fish kill happen?