Any aeration makes sense, whether you ascribe to Lake Merriman studies of 0.17 cfm/acre or Canadian studies at 60 watts/acre of solar diffused air or Boyd, Auburn Univ. studies showing only a 3 hrs of aeration in the early morning doing the job. 60 watts/ acre (3-5 ft deep) of diffused solar powered aeration works for a number of reasons including mixing and creating small safe havens during seasonal hypoxic conditions. At a cost under 2500, that pretty cheap for free energy for +20 year.
Fortunately for man, when the sun shines, the algae in an acre of water make much more breathable oxygen than the water can hold onto, so it flows into the sky.
Unfortunately for fish, when the sun refuses to shine, that same algae, very quickly uses up all that precious oxygen the water briefly held onto. The result is fishkills, the solution is a solar aerator. Not just any solar aerator, but one that mixes and stores and runs 24/7 whether the sun shines or not.
@noodors - actually my friend...any aerator will be better than no aerator. Solar or not. However when it's possible to use, and the key word is affordably, because solar just hasn't gotten that cheap yet for large ponds...then it would certainly be my first choice for energy savings.
Any aeration makes sense, whether you ascribe to Lake Merriman studies of 0.17 cfm/acre or Canadian studies at 60 watts/acre of solar diffused air or Boyd, Auburn Univ. studies showing only a 3 hrs of aeration in the early morning doing the job. 60 watts/ acre (3-5 ft deep) of diffused solar powered aeration works for a number of reasons including mixing and creating small safe havens during seasonal hypoxic conditions. At a cost under 2500, that pretty cheap for free energy for +20 year.
noodors 9 months ago
Fortunately for man, when the sun shines, the algae in an acre of water make much more breathable oxygen than the water can hold onto, so it flows into the sky.
Unfortunately for fish, when the sun refuses to shine, that same algae, very quickly uses up all that precious oxygen the water briefly held onto. The result is fishkills, the solution is a solar aerator. Not just any solar aerator, but one that mixes and stores and runs 24/7 whether the sun shines or not.
noodors 9 months ago
@noodors - actually my friend...any aerator will be better than no aerator. Solar or not. However when it's possible to use, and the key word is affordably, because solar just hasn't gotten that cheap yet for large ponds...then it would certainly be my first choice for energy savings.
klmgroupia 9 months ago