Gareee wrote
Aerobic bacteria suck down oxygen like no tomorrow.
And, um, Aerobic means? .

Requiring oxygen
Went cruising google, my favorite activity when the dishes call and
found:
*Aerobic digestion of waste is the natural biological degradation and
purification process in which bacteria that thrive in oxygen-rich
environments break down and digest the waste.
During this oxidation process, pollutants are broken down into carbon
dioxide (CO2), water (H2O), nitrates, sulphates and biomass
(micro-organisms). By optimising the oxygen supply -with so-called
aerators- the process can be significantly accelerated*

So lots of oxygen in the water is a goooooooood thing, as Martha would
say.

kathy :-) www.blogfromthebog.com
this week ~ the rat-tail maggot!

Pond 101 page for new pond keepers ~
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

So lots of oxygen in the water is a goooooooood thing, as Martha would
say.

Yes.

In my current pond construction, I'm putting bubblers in the bog
filter's cleanout tube (which is otherwise sealed). I'm aerating the
bog. I have no bubblers in the main pond otherwise planned.

This is partly to keep a die off from happening in the even the
pump is shut down, partly to accelerate the aerobes.

C//

"Courageous" wrote in message
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So lots of oxygen in the water is a goooooooood thing, as Martha would

Well, I had shut the bubblers off in march or so, after the possibility of a
freeze over.

The pond is in full sun, and it's taken some time this year to get any major
kind of plant growth in the pond.. I have one large lilly, with over 40
pads, a smaller one with about 10 2 inch pads, and 3 large water hyacinths.

I had added 6 bunches of watercress, but the fish decided they proffered it
for lunch instead of shade. they've literally devoured it all now.

I recently added a bunch of water lettuce from one of the group members, but
it's too early to tell if it'll "take" or not.

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