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It is easier to pump air into the water . than it is to pump water into the air !     Water movement is what is important.

 The Problem... A great need for oxygen exists at the bottom of a eutrophic (nutrient rich) pond or lake. Oxygen is absorbed at the surface but fails to reach the pond or lake bottom due to thermal stratification and poor circulation. During the summer months when the water is warm, oxygen can be consumed faster than it can be replenished, adding stress to aquatic life.

Without oxygen, a lake or pond's self-purification capability is not only reduced, it's reversed. Nutrients that would normally be unavailable or "locked" in the sediment are recycled into the water column. These excess nutrients are just as harmful to the waterbody as those which come from the surrounding watershed. Fertilizers, animal droppings, septic tank seepage, all increase a pond or lake's need for AIR and WATER MOVEMENT .

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a SWIMING POOL is about 30 foot by 60 foot and you would be proud to own that !
So designing a swimming/fishing pond that flows with the nature of your land scape , planing it with the idea that placing certaind trees and hedges around the pond will give the ILLUSION that your lake goes on for ever off into the woods ... the idea is not to be able to see the whoe BANK the circumferance of the pond in 1 eye's view . the view of the pond is broken up by trees and plants . YOU ACHIEVE a illusion .
you want to create a beach ares ...that is 30 foot by 60 foot , mainly shallow water about 0 to 3 foot this is the KIDS AREA ... this bottom is trucked in SAND contained with rifge under water or concrete filled sand bags . This sand can be vaccumed like a pool is to maintain it Clean ABOUT TWICE A YEAR , USING A DIRTY WATER PUMP ( link to nothern tool pumps )  the water ,sand and leaves etc go thru a strainer the sand returns to the BEACh area yet the NITOGEN RICH  leaves etc get strained out
this same pump you use to like MOW THE LAWN twice a year .. but this time you are vacuuming up the nitrogen rich debri that naturally flows into your lake. BUT you only do this twice a year .
THIS ALONG  with proper water movement will leave your pond clear like an aquarium , YOU CONTROL THE  nutrients flow for the fish populations you want . REMEMBER THIS IS FOR RECREATIONAL USE ...NOT FOR ..PROFIT .
Wit a smaller fish population density you can easly maintain water wuailtiy to make this like a very very very CLEAN natural spring! Swimming hole and have a private fishing hole that you can even enjoy seeing the fish that are biting your bait . GREAT EXCITEMENT.
Balence the ECO-System , with prey speicies like shiners and bluegill , make sure their are populations of bottome feeders like catfish and CRAYFISH  ( your own fresh water lobster supply ) abd then Sport fish like LARGE MOUTH BASS , Hyrid Strippers and crappie.  


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In the Southeast, the following stocking quantities
are recommended as a general rule: 
Hybrid Striped Bass  -  200/acre
Largemouth Bass  -  100/acre
Bream  -  1,000/acre
Catfish  -  200/acre
Grass Carp (Sterile)  -  20/acre

An acre pond is considered one surface acre of water four (4') foot deep on average

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Solar Water heating for swimming and wintering
Click the Foto above to get a better description on how to build this heater .... running a layering of 1 inch CPVC thru the box and depending of CONVENTION princlples for water movement ,,,, then connecting to funny pipe system under the floor of your pond ... one circuit for swiming area heating ... another for general winterizing .  
Thsi will enhance your pond ownership experince greatly increasing the season of swiming use . Plus enhancing the growth of food fish during the winter seasons.


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