Pond Aerator // It's Improving the Water in the Backyard Pond

Ryan Hoelke
Ryan Hoelke
27,418
0
Published 2023-06-18
The solar powered pond aerator is doing a great job clearing up the algae colored water from last summer. This year I use blue pond dye and some water column clarifier which is a beneficial bacteria that fixes nitrogen and binds phosphorous. With the pond dye and water clarifier used with the pond aerator, the pond has started the year off with some great water clarity and color. The best in years! We can see down over 4 feet in the pond, whereas last year we couldn't see down 12 inches and the awful green color is gone. The fish, minnows and bait have been loving the new clear water as well as we get some video of some fish. The solar powered pond aerator is a solar cell panel that is powered by the sun. No batteries or wires, just the air hose that connects the pumps on the back of the panel to the air stone diffuser that is lying on the bottom of the pond. The rising air bubbles from the diffuser cause a current and circulation of water to form in the pond, bringing the oxygen depleted water from the bottom up to the top and mixing it with added oxygen. After a while the pond water is mixed and the water now near the bottom of the pond is now rich in oxygen which is needed for organic matter breakdown which will remove the volume of mud and muck at the bottom of ponds.

The pond dye is used to block and reflect the suns rays so that the sun can't penetrate as deep into the pond. Without sunlight, algae and pond weeds cannot grow and reproduce. The pond dye floats in the top 6 feet of the water column and is safe to the environment and to the fish and minnows. Packets of pond dye are thrown into the pond for the initial treatment, then as the color fades, another packet is added throughout the summer, with the goal being nice, healthy, clean pond water.

This is a follow-up video to the first Pond Aeration System video that can be found here:    • Pond Aeration System  

Thanks for watching.
Music by www.davidcuttermusic.com
All Comments (21)
  • @danmartin9558
    Enjoy the videos going threw some same stuff with my pond.
  • @markcairney1755
    Good video.
    You can swim in the pond with the dye and won't come out looking like a surf 😊
  • @kukolino
    Hey Ryan ! It would be great if you could put links of the products you you used in the description !
  • @JM-iy6wm
    Where did you buy your pond aerator and clearifier,dye jim
  • @user-zt7hv4ci6i
    De icers can work well in the winter as long as it’s not on solar.
  • @randylawley6776
    Where did you get the areator at? The whole set up that is?
  • @suesun7072
    Pond dye... Such an American thing to do! 😂 Nice effect, but won't therapy the cause. Same for this clarifier stuff. Sure, they said it helps and they will keep selling it to you if you don't change anything in your pond. With this rain water flooding sediments in your pond, you got a load of minerals and nitrate into the water. In short, you dumped a ton of fertilizer in your pond. But when you look at the pond, there is nothing which might use the good stuff other than the algae. No plants rival for it. Happy algea! Add water lilies and other underwater plants which carpet the bare graven of your pond which will use up most of the nitrate and minerals the algae had all for itself before. When this plants got established, you will see a boost in your water quality, because this water is alive and balanced! Nice to look at and a healthy ecosystem. You might even find the pond developing a balanced fauna to feed your fish.
  • @chrissugs8913
    I have a 3 acre pond that would get tons of Aglae around the edges and tons of duckweed. we had a huge rain and I ended up getting two carp that came down a creek into my pond and I have never had algae or duckweed since. I feed them daily to supplement their diet so they don't eat any resources that the bass need.
  • @maalat
    Can you explain what the benefit of the die does besides making the water blue. The one that binds the phosphate… can you explain it more?
  • @vacowboy75
    Good update. I’m getting mine dug out as we speak. What are the names of the products you used?
  • @curtmorehouse1
    Do you Reel mow your lawn? Would love to hear about that.
  • @andrewtinberg4868
    Can you share the details about the specific aeration unit used here? How we might get one??
  • @user-nz4kh4km8l
    What is the name of your aerator kit. I cant seem to find it and I like the setup.
  • @rickie178
    Do you have to weight your trees down to get them to sink to the bottom?
  • @penandpike
    I lost my dog because of an aerator like this He fell in the initial hole that the aerator made and couldn't get out because of the slippery ice and drowned. I was not at home at the time to save him. Be extremely cautious if you don't want to kill any domesticated or wild animal.