I recently added an aeration setup to our lake. I use an 80cfm air pump connected to two 50' weighted hoses which in turn are coupled to 25' soaker hoses. I zip tied the soaker hose to the weighted hose so I have two 25' long lines of aeration. The bubbles are very fine and in only a month or so of use I have seen fantastic results. The fish activity has gone way up and the water is more clear.
@@robertriedinger6657 Yes. It runs 24/7 but the pump draws very little power. The water is tannic and is very dark so after it gets over 2' deep you can't see the bottom. But I have been checking and the muck at the bottom of the lake around my dock has pretty much disappeared. It has amazed me how large an area this has positively affected.
So I've made some changes. For a while instead of 50ft. of hose, I pared it back to 25ft. and moved the pump a lot, (75'+-) closer to the lake to lessen the load. Then I found out about diffusers. I bought the ds2 model on a recommendation. Check them out. Two, 10 inch disc's about 6 inches apart sitting out billions of tiny little champagne sized bubbles. To swim in a spring feed lake getting a bubble massage is pretty sweet. But I ran into a problem one day when an alligator swam up, like what she felt and sank to the bottom and tore one of the rubber membranes with her claw. So I made a screen guard. If it happens again I'm going back to the soaker hoses. They're a lot easier to move around and if you coil them up I can still get a nice bubble massage. Probably the best change I made was connecting my alexa to the pump. On or off from anywhere in the world in seconds. That still blows my mind.
I would make sure the metal hooks are stainless or they will rust out. Also the pipe clamps you will use to connect the air hose to the bubbler. Most the time those clamps say stainless and while the band is stainless the screw inside the band is a cheap mild steel that rust out quick. I would recommend using a Stainless steel wire and making your own clamp. Just recommendations. I like your video and your bubbler. I've just installed a direct solar driven aerator on one of my ponds and have two more to build out. I'll try and shoot a video so you can see the staineless steel wire clamps I'm talking about.
Sources for supplies used in this video include Webb's Water Gardens, 123Ponds, Ebay and Amazon. If you are not a DIYer then a similar bubble aerator can be purchase from Webb's or 123Ponds or possibly your local pond supply store.
I’m assuming that the compressor is powered by an electric motor? This is a nice set-up but would it work on a windmill powered compressor such as found on the Koenders?
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I recently added an aeration setup to our lake. I use an 80cfm air pump connected to two 50' weighted hoses which in turn are coupled to 25' soaker hoses. I zip tied the soaker hose to the weighted hose so I have two 25' long lines of aeration. The bubbles are very fine and in only a month or so of use I have seen fantastic results. The fish activity has gone way up and the water is more clear.
So your pump (compressor) runs constant?
@@robertriedinger6657 Yes. It runs 24/7 but the pump draws very little power.
The water is tannic and is very dark so after it gets over 2' deep you can't see the bottom. But I have been checking and the muck at the bottom of the lake around my dock has pretty much disappeared. It has amazed me how large an area this has positively affected.
You should pull it up and make a video of your set up i would like to see it.
I'm very interested in this.. please could you do a step bit step diagram.. and what did you use for weighted hoses? Ta.I'm in Australia!
So I've made some changes.
For a while instead of 50ft. of hose, I pared it back to 25ft. and moved the pump a lot, (75'+-) closer to the lake to lessen the load. Then I found out about diffusers. I bought the ds2 model on a recommendation. Check them out. Two, 10 inch disc's about 6 inches apart sitting out billions of tiny little champagne sized bubbles. To swim in a spring feed lake getting a bubble massage is pretty sweet.
But I ran into a problem one day when an alligator swam up, like what she felt and sank to the bottom and tore one of the rubber membranes with her claw. So I made a screen guard.
If it happens again I'm going back to the soaker hoses. They're a lot easier to move around and if you coil them up I can still get a nice bubble massage.
Probably the best change I made was connecting my alexa to the pump. On or off from anywhere in the world in seconds.
That still blows my mind.
I would make sure the metal hooks are stainless or they will rust out. Also the pipe clamps you will use to connect the air hose to the bubbler. Most the time those clamps say stainless and while the band is stainless the screw inside the band is a cheap mild steel that rust out quick. I would recommend using a Stainless steel wire and making your own clamp. Just recommendations. I like your video and your bubbler. I've just installed a direct solar driven aerator on one of my ponds and have two more to build out. I'll try and shoot a video so you can see the staineless steel wire clamps I'm talking about.
Thanks for the advice...I replaced the hooks by using large plastic zip ties to hold the ballast to the bubbler.
Great video. Thank you!
Great video! Where exactly did you find threaded bubblers?
Did u ever find the bubblers used in the video
What size bubblers amd where did you get them
Where did you get your bubbler’s membranes?
Sources for supplies used in this video include Webb's Water Gardens, 123Ponds, Ebay and Amazon. If you are not a DIYer then a similar bubble aerator can be purchase from Webb's or 123Ponds or possibly your local pond supply store.
Useful stuff
I’m assuming that the compressor is powered by an electric motor? This is a nice set-up but would it work on a windmill powered compressor such as found on the Koenders?
I use this set up with a solar powered DC battery.
I appreciate this video...
Thank you
Can this remove co2??
increasing aeration not only increases pond oxygenation but helps with eliminating other gases like CO2
Increasing bubbling in the water not only increases the oxygen movement into the water but it also aids in movement of CO2 out of the water
Plenty of good information but no evidence or imagery to suggest it would work effectively.
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