Been experimenting with agitaing the surface of my 1 acre natural
pond to break up surface film and debri. I have been using a 185 GPM
gas powered pump, and have to say that after 2 full days of continous
use the pond looks great........Since I am not really turing over any
water just basically moving the surface water around, do you think I
oculd get by on a smaller floating fountain tyupe deal. I have plans
in th works for a home brew, but buying and running a pump that equals
the output of my gas pump would be cost prohibitive, so what I am
looking at is usuing a submersible type pump of perhaps 60 to 70 GPH
and powering a floating type fountain to provide surface agitation
24/7.........MOst of the residential and small pond and lake up to 1
acre in size floating fountains I haveseen on th internet gave a 60
GPH flow rate.

Do these typical floating fountains do much in the line of breaking up
surface water film and aeration of a pond or am I trying to do a multi
dollar task on a shoestring budget?
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On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 16:30:17 GMT, (Roy) wrote:

Been experimenting with agitaing the surface of my 1 acre natural
pond to break up surface film and debri. I have been using a 185 GPM
gas powered pump, and have to say that after 2 full days of continous
use the pond looks great........ snip
.........MOst of the residential and small pond and lake up to 1
acre in size floating fountains I haveseen on th internet gave a 60
GPH flow rate.

60 gpH? I have a 35 gallon pond with a 60 gph pump, can't imagine it hardly
making a ripple in a 1 acre pond. ~ jan


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