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Posted in Aeration, Ponds, Uncategorized on Apr 16th, 2010
Any of you with a diffuser based pond aerator should take a look at this short article on the importance of maintaining your diffusers. May save you some money down the road. Diffuser Maintenance
For those of you with smaller fish ponds, you will be glad to hear that we are now offering a fish pond aerator for smaller fish ponds. These operate on the same diffuser technology as some of our other larger pond aerators, however just on a smaller scale. These aerators are extremely energy efficient and [...]
Posted in Aeration, Algae Control, Ponds on Jun 5th, 2009
As we sit today it is early June, schools are getting out and the weather is getting pretty warm…must mean summer is around the corner. The dog days of summer can be a sensitve time for a pond, particularly from an algae perspective. Algae problems are notoriously bad in the summer month due to a [...]
Posted in Aeration on May 18th, 2009
Trying to keep your pond clean, while being environmentally concious and cost minded? Well, a windmill pond aeration system may be the perfect option. Windmills have been around for hundreds of years, harnessing the power of wind to do all sorts of jobs. Windmills are now being seen more and more around ponds as tool [...]
Even though it is early in the season, it is never too early to think about aeration for your pond. If your pond experiences heavy algae growth, fish kills or foul/stagnant water in the summer, then an aeration unit could be a good long term solution. We carry a few different floating pond aerators and [...]
Posted in Aeration, Algae Control, Ponds on Aug 11th, 2008
Pond bacteria exists in all ponds, large or small. However, there is both good and bad pond bacteria. The good bacteria (aerobic bacteria) exists to efficiently keep organic waste such as fish waste, excess food, dead vegetation and even fertilizer run-off broken down before they can cause water quality problems. The bad bacteria (anaerobic bacteria) [...]
Dissolved oxygen (DO)is a the most important parameter to monitor in a pond or lake. Basically it is the amount of oxygen available in the pond water. A good rule of thumb for determining if your pond has enough DO is to measure it in ppm (parts per million). A DO level of 4 ppm [...]
