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Further to Water treatment
Winter
Winter
Oxygen determines not only our life, but also the life of your pond dwellers and even that of the pollutant degrading beneficial
bacteria – but this only applies when there is enough oxygen available.
The right oxygen supply for your pond
To determine the current oxygen content and as a result indicate whether measures to increase the O2 content need to
be taken
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In the cold season the animals gather at the pond bottom which is the warmest place (about 4 °C). If you now mix the water
layers using a pump, air stones etc. the pond can continue to freeze and cause problems. An ice cover hinders the gas exchange
at the surface. To avoid this an ice preventer in combination with an aeration device is paramount ( JBL PondOxi-Set )!
Oxygen saturation depending on the water temperature
°C mg/l
4 12.7
6 12.1
8 11.5
10 10.9
11 10.7
12 10.4
13 10.2
14 10
15 9.8
16 9.56
17 9.37
18 9.18
19 9
20 8.84
21 8.68
22 8.53
23 8.38
24 8.25
25 8.11
26 7.99
27 7.86
28 7.75
29 7.64
30 7.53
31 7.42
32 7.32