Our Pond Aeration Kits:

We offer a variety of diffused pond aeration kits that are specifically designed as total aeration kits for specific size ponds.  We create these kits based on the pressure or CFM (called cubic feet per minute) of the air compressor, the size and length of tubing and the type of air diffuser that will provide optimal aeration.
 

Components of our Diffused Pond Aerators:

Our Diffused Pond Aerators consists of:

• one or more diffuser(s) (air bubbler) that sit on the bottom of the pond

• an air hose (either weighted tubing which is more expensive but sinks to the bottom of the pond or poly tubing, which is less expensive but floats)

• an air compressor  which requires electricity (mostly all available in 110 volt while some available in 220 volts).

The air compressor needs to sit on the shoreline or away from the pond's edge in a nearby shed, garage or anywhere it is protected from the weather (ie; rain, snow, wind blowing debris in it, etc.).

How to Choose the Right Pond Aerator:

To chose the correct size of pond aerator, simple look for your size of pond within our aerator descriptions on our website (regarding your pond's size and depth) and choose the corresponding aerator that fits your pond's details.

How to Install our Diffused Pond Aerator:

The aeration systems are super easy to install. It's almost as easy as connecting a garden hose to your outside spigot and attaching a hand trigger to the other end. This is how our aeration kits are installed:

Pond Aerator Installation:

1. First, do yourself a favor and get a little sandwich baggie or a piece of tape and tape over the end of one of the hoses. This is so nothing gets inside the hose while you're working on it. What you don't want is sand or debris getting inside the hose while you're working on the other end. This will only clog up the diffuser and you'll have a mess on your hands.

2. After you've taped up one end of the hose, you'll want to put the hose clamp over the tubing and attach the air diffuser(s) (also called, 'air bubbler') to the end of the weighted or poly hose/tubing. 

HINT:  If you get an aerator that comes with a poly hose which is basically, thick plastic, you may need to soak the hose for a few minutes in a cup of hot water to make it more pliable for it to fit onto the barbed nipple on  the end diffuser.  After you've attached the hose to the tubing, tighten the hose clamp so it securely attaches the hose to the nipple of the diffuser. There; now that's done. Follow this step for each diffuser you have. (Some of the larger units comes with multiple diffusers.)

3.  If you have a large pond aerator that has multiple diffusers, the diffuser base or underlayment will need to be filled with sand.  This is so the diffuser doesn't float.  You will need to fill each air diffuser base with sand at this point.  It's easy to do.  Simply open up the diffuser base, pour sand in and then close up the base.

4.  You will now want to place your air diffusers in the pond with the tubing attached.  To take the diffusers out in the pond, you may need to take it/them out a row boat and row out into the pond to place them.

PLACEMENT OF POND AERATORS

NOTE - PLACEMENT OF POND AERATOR DIFFUSERS:  If you have a pond aeration system with just 1 diffuser, the most ideal area of the pond to place the air diffuser is near the deepest but not in the totally deepest part of your pond. For example, if your pond is 12' deep, then place the air diffuser near the most centrally located area that is about 10' deep. The very deepest section of the pond should be left undisturbed for the fish. (Why, you ask? Because the silt and debris that gets stirred up in the bottom of the pond is stressful to the fish and the fine sediments can get sucked into their gills and cause problems with them breathing, etc. Besides that, it's just not nice. Picture yourself riding a motorcycle going through a million mosquitoes or bugs. Not fun, is it? That's what it's like with all the sediments stirred up in the bottom of the pond. It's not very pleasant for your fish yet it's the very place in your pond (typically the deepest) where they like to go because the temperatures are the most consistent. So, do them and yourself a favor and place the aerator diffuser(s) near the deepest part of the pond but not the very deepest.

HINT:  Once you're out in the pond and ready to place the diffuser, you may want to consider lowering the diffuser down into the water instead of throwing it. The hose can get twisted and weird things can happen if you just throw it in. An idea is to get some nylon rope and loop it once or twice around the weighted diffuser (not tie it, just loop it) so you have both ends of the rope in your hand. Then, lower it down into the pond. When it's reached the bottom, you can release one end of the rope and pull on the other end and the rope should come up free so you can use it again for the next aerator diffuser (if applicable).

5. After the aerator diffusers are placed in the pond, you'll then want to attach the other end of the tubing to the compressor at the edge of the pond. Again, it's a simple attachment with a hose clamp and attaching it to the nipple end of the diffuser. Tighten the hose clamp and plug the unit in. That's it! You're all done!

HINT:  For pond aerators that have multiple diffusers, you can adjust the flow of air to each diffuser by simply turning the handle/valve to each air tubing that is attached to the compressor. 

IMPORTANT NOTE:  Make sure the air compressors are protected from the elements/weather. An ideal way to protect them is to have the compressor located in a nearby shed, in one of our lockable steel cabinets, under one of our fake rocks or even a bucket if you want, as long as the unit can still breathe while being protected from the elements.

That's about it. Our pond aerators are super easy to install and can provide many years of total aeration to your pond.

How Often to Operate Your Pond Aerator:

The pond aerators should ideally run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for 365 days a year for optimal aeration for your pond.

The correct size of pond aerator can be great to use for winter aeration, thereby keeping an area of the top of your pond from freezing over solid. This 'hole' in the ice allows a place for oxygen to enter the pond and at the same time, provides an 'exit hole' for toxic gases to escape.

Pond Aerator Maintenance


 All of our motors are designed for continuous duty operation and are oil-less for low maintenance. Periodic cleaning of air filter and replacement of diaphragm and gasket every few years is all that is necessary. Air stones can be cleaned (if necessary) in muriatic acid to restore like-new performance.

Our Pond Aerator Kits include everything needed for installation and operation except for tubing weights for aerator kits that come with poly tubing. Poly tubing is buoyant and requires a 5# weight every 6-8' to sink.  You can simply attach a fire brick (the kind with holes in it) and zip tie the bricks to the poly tubing every 6-8'.  Another option, is to get one of our pond aerator kits that come with weighted tubing which will naturally sink to the bottom of the pond by itself.