Chris Barnes wrote:

The pond is not uniform in it's depth. One end is deep, the other is
shallower and has a small island (the depth from the bank to the island
is only 3.5' deep). I would assume that the best way to avoid the
stratification is to get the water to circulate, correct (or maybe not)?

So... would it be better to put the cold well water on the shallow end,
or the deep end? Or would it not really matter?

I think, technically, to put it in the shallow end, but I really have my
doubts that there's a point to it.

In the first place, I've seen arguments that you can't get any real
stratification in a small pond - I can't say, as I've never tried measuring
the temperature at different depths. Beyond that, I don't see
stratification as any kind of risk. When it's 95F outside, and you've got
60F well water coming into the pond, I bet you see your koi congregating
whereever the cold water comes in - whether that's at the surface or at the
lowest point.
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