AERATION RESOURCES
Pond Aeration is the main source for a healthy pond. An effective pond aeration system will
provide a wide range of benefits to the ecosystem of your pond, helping it thrive! Below, we
have questions past customers have asked, blogs, and videos on specific topics regarding
aeration!
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The main benefits of Aeration are your fish stay healthy, eliminates excessive algae, improves pond water quality, helps with the overall destratification of your pond, reduces mosquito activity, removes foul pond smells, reduces bottom sediment, and more!
The four key components when buying an aerator are pond depth, pond size, and pond shape. Once you know what aerator to buy you must determine your power source and storage of the pump. This may seem overwhelming but we offer free consultation on this and have categories on our website to help with this!
The pump is not very noisy, think of hearing a box fan turned on high. If you cover the compressor with one of our cabinets that can be muffled even further. In fact if you are really concerned about the sound I recommend getting our deluxe kit and selecting the sound proofing upgrade.
Aerators cost an average of $0.50 per day and that consumption is if you ran them 24/7.
No that is not necessary unless the area near your pond is prone to flash flooding. A pedestal is not necessary but you will definitely want to find some type of enclosure to protect it from the elements.
In general, You can run up to 1000' feet with no problem. It has plenty of PSI to make the run. You probably will want to consider buying a larger diameter tubing. We usually would recommend 1/2" Weighted tubing for a 500+ foot run.
Yes they do run hot and they are hot to the touch, I would not recommend touching one that has been running for awhile.
Only about 3 foot long. If you need to go further we recommend running more airline as opposed to using an extension cord
No, it is not waterproof. We recommend our deluxe unit if you do not have an enclosure for the compressor.
