Aeration is the introduction of oxygen into a pond or lake to help meet the oxygen requirements of the fish, plants and organisms living in the water. Our Keeton Industries Aerators are quiet, reliable and energy efficient, providing your pond with maximum aeration and water circulation at a low cost.
You can help build a healthy pond environment without the use of harmful chemicals by using aeration and beneficial bacteria. To restore or improve the health of your pond or lake, subsurface, lake bed aeration increases the dissolved oxygen levels, reduces algae growth, destratifies the water column, reduces nutrient levels and promotes fish production and capacity. Next, microbial aids, such as Aquatron™ improve water quality and clarity by reducing phosphorus, nitrogen and accumulated organic particles.

Lake deterioration begins when the oxygen requirements of the lake cannot be met. The water becomes stratified, organic debris and sludge begin to accumulate on the bottom producing poisonous gases and fish become vulnerable to disease or death. Aeration can alleviate these problems by introducing oxygen into all levels of the lake, eliminating stratification and helping to meet the oxygen requirements of the lake and its ecosystem.
In an oxygen deprived pond, fish are normally restricted to the upper layer created by stratification, where the oxygen levels are sufficient to survive. Lake trout and deep water fish are killed off easily by low levels of oxygen in the other two levels of a stratified lake.
The summer months are notorious for encouraging the growth of algae blooms in pond water. These unicellular blooms help shade out sunlight to deeper levels, cutting back on desirable vascular plant growth. They produce oxygen during the day and consume oxygen at night. As a result, the upper surface of the pond becomes supersaturated with oxygen while the bottom becomes devoid of oxygen.

To restore a lake to health, it is essential to get oxygen down to the lake bottom. Lake bed aeration does just that. Once the entire lake is full of oxygen, new insect larvae, snails and other fish food can begin to live on the bottom.

In the aeration process, compressed air is pumped into the lake bottom. As the air bubbles rise, they force water to the surface where it can exchange harmful gases for more oxygen. With oxygen present at the lake bottom, organisms will not die prematurely and accumulate. Instead, they will quickly be consumed by aerobic bacteria, thus providing for a healthy lake environment.