Pond dreaming is over

[EddieWalker]

Great picture!!!! Love the windmill and of course, that seat looks very relaxing

Eddie

 

[philbuilt]

Yes the swing is great to just sit and let my mind go blank watching the fish feed.
I'm tring to add more pictures from my phone but the app just crashes. I'll try from the PC this weekend.

 

[philbuilt]

A few pictures of my frozen Pond. The wind mill keeps this area open year round. I will be adding a second air stone this summer.
Maybe a few ducks as well.

 

[EddieWalker]

When did you put the windmill in? Is it for looks or are you using it for something? I've thought about getting one for an air pump and adding oxygen to my pond, but it's kind of low on my priority list.

Eddie

 

[philbuilt]

Eddie,
It's for air. I installed it 2 years ago to help with the algae. Works great! Fish are healthy. And we love to watch it. I kind of like having a weather station in the yard. We have learned that if the fan blades are facing North we are going to have a dusie of a storm. This past December I added solar power white LED Christmas lights to the stand and it looks very cool.

 

[EddieWalker]

That's just what I was hoping you would say. Do you have the air coming out the end of the hose or does it have lots of holes along the hose like a drip system?

Eddie

 

[philbuilt]

I bought the windmill as a kit from Tractor Supply. It took about 6 hour to assemble. I assembled it in my garage and move it down to the pond with the tractor. The ground anchor kit include consist of driving a 2" galvanize pipe in the ground and U-bolt to the legs. It comes with a 100' of air hose and a 8" air stone.
The air hose that comes with it floats so I bought weighted hose. You can also get a air powered water pump to fill a water tank. Cool thing to have in the yard.

 

[Gem99ultra]

I bought the windmill as a kit from Tractor Supply. It took about 6 hour to assemble. I assembled it in my garage and move it down to the pond with the tractor. The ground anchor kit include consist of driving a 2" galvanize pipe in the ground and U-bolt to the legs. It comes with a 100' of air hose and a 8" air stone.
The air hose that comes with it floats so I bought weighted hose. You can also get a air powered water pump to fill a water tank. Cool thing to have in the yard.

I'd sure like to know more about the kit that you bought. That looks great and it's about the right size for my little pond as well. My TS listing only showed a real small windmill and it appeared to be for looks only, not functional.

 

[philbuilt]

Gem99ultra,
Here's a link to the unit that I have.You are correct in that I couldn't find it on TS website.Maybe they no longer sell them.

Koenders Windmills - free air windmills for water aeration
Here's a link to the ones sold at Northern tool. It seems to be the same but with more stuff than what mine came with.
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200495586_200495586

 

[Gem99ultra]

Thanks philbuilt! Yours looks so great. I'm absolutely going to have to check into one of these further.

Jim