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This pond aerator is amazing! I have a small 7 x 10 Koi pond in my front yard. I have bought so many aerators that do pretty much nothing. This one is wonderful. It’s amazing. It’s like having four at one time. I’m thinking about buying another because it works so well.

I purchased this and another bubbler more expensive one at the same time. They both work well after a year. The other bubbler became brittle and the base cracked in the pond. This one has worked for a year the same as it was when new.

So far works as intended I’ll try and load a video. The directions say there’s no Max air pressure and I ran 150 pounds through it just to see what it would do and the water was lifting up about a foot above the surface and I had it on the bottom. Very impressed so far I turned it down low I have it hooked up to my big air compressor in the garage and it turns on every maybe five minutes but I have it turned low

Being a 25 year plus veteran, koi hobbiest, and trying all kinds of solutions for the best water quality, I love these things. They are so much better for moving the water and increasing the oxygenation within my ponds than the standard wands on a plate. I run these on the Koi Air 2 pumps, with weight hoselines. But.... In doing, my spring cleaning the outer plastic casing over the concrete base has cracked and fallen off. I kept finding these pieces of what looked like pvc pipe, on the bottom, and was wondering what they were from. Even though everything was functioning as I know it to. And in deep cleaning a pump, I had to move the Rootscape aerator, and saw the plastic gone from the concrete weight, that the aeration hoses attach to. I am hoping the hose barbed, connection, (as it is part of this housing) doesn't let go as well, making it non-functioning. As I am not sure of the complete design of these things. Sitting on the bottom of my pond, at around 30 " deep, freezing is not an issue, as I run a pond heater to keep them open all winter. So I am not sure this fairly heavy plastic is necessary, but just shocked after it's great performance, it has stability issues in this housing. As it seems to be working fine without this encasement/housing so far. Maybe it is just an esthetic thing.??? I guess if the top loop part, of the plastic covering/housing pops off, then you don't have the retrieval loop to attach a line to it. I use the heavy weighted air hoses, so I did not connect a line to my Rootscape aerator. I did notice these same plastic pieces in a second pond as well. So it is a plastic, composit quality, manufacturing issue, with the quality of this housing. Maybe it needs more of a pvc, quality housing, as I have never had any plumbing issues with any of the pvc, that is exposed to the same water conditions. The ones with housing issues were installed last October 2025. So they did not make it a year before their housing issues. I am hoping they continue to give the great aeration I have grown to love, for the health of my ponds. I run two aeration pumps with these in my larger pond and one in the second pond. I just changed out my second aeration plate and sticks yesterday 6-28-2026 evening late when it arrived, for a second Rootscape aeration octopus looking thingy. The difference in the amount of bubbling, and water movement, you get from these, verses the plate and wands/sticks combo, even when the plate and wands are new, is very noticeable. And help to keep my ponds in much better condition with the added oxygenation. The extra aeration, helps in breaking down the contaminates, and koi poo, in the enviroment for my beloved koi. I feel these are lasting longer for the amount of aeration still being put out, than the plates and sticks so far. As the wands need changed out, every year, to 18 months, due to them breaking down, and then the air holes clog. It hasn't been a year so far for the first ones, but I still love these, the best of everything I have tried. Thank-you Rootscape for trying to give, koi hobbiest, a better alternative for a healthier pond, for our beloved koi.

I have a pretty small pond, about 20 x 20 feet with the deepest spot about 4ft. My Koi's are having lots and lots of babies and I want to make sure there's plenty of oxygen in the water. I also wanted aeration during the winter so my pond doesn't completely freeze. I've been running an Ecoplus 793 GPH pump with a 6 inch air stone. It's worked great but I wanted something a bit bigger. So I decided to try this Rootscap aerator. First, this thing is big. Much bigger than in the picture. The base is about 5 inches round and almost 3 inches thick. There's a 3/8 barbed connector at the base. Protruding out of the base are 4 13 inch long perforated rubber tubes, about 1.5 inches in diabmeter. Connecting it to the pump is easy, I just used a 3/8 ID sinking tube, connect it to the barbed connector and secure with a hose clampl. Tossed it in and, as advertised, it landed right side up. In use, I'm very happy. The bubbles are a bit larger than an airstone, but still pretty small. Nothing like an open hose. I think there's less resistance as well. I don't have an apple to apple comparison, but looking at the picture below, the large bubble are from the Rootscape. The small are from the airstone. The Rootscap is about 1ft deeper as well in this part of the pond. The pump for the Rootscape is a 1030 GPH pump, the airstone is 793 GPH. The output from the Rootscape is more than what would come out of 4 airstones. There's definitely less flow resistance from the Rootscape due to larger pores. Overall, I like it. 3 year update...holding up great. I run these alone with the Matablo round disc aerators....the round disc aerators clog up over time....decreasing air output and putting more work load on the air pump. These don't clog...even when I turn off the air for months...They put out great air all the time. I've replace all my round disc aerators with these and are much happier.

This purchase was a disappointment. The aerator, even though fairly heavy and substantial, is fragile where the individual pieces meet. It lasted in my pond for 30 seconds. The little aerating hoses are attached to the base with tiny and weak zip-ties. One of them came off just by touching it. One of the blue threaded connectors broke off the moment I tossed the aerator into my pond for the first time. The second connector broke off when I pulled the aerator out of my pond (right away because of the first connector). It's all made of plastic, including the hose connector and all threaded parts. Except for the white base, the overall construction is very weak. Overall, it is very expensive for what this is. I'm not sure how one might aerate anything bigger than a koi pond with it. It feels like air pressure needed to move enough air to aerate a pond will destroy this aerator. But I was unable to verify this, because it broke before my air pump could do anything.

I LOVE this pond air diffuser!! It works am amazingly as the video with it shows. We have a 9000 gallon koi pond that needed more aeration than the spillway provided. This has done the trick. It's heavy so it sank right down to the bottom, it was super easy to connect, and an excellent value for our money. I'll for sure buy from this brand again should we decide on a different setup.

Really nice for putting air into my koi pond. Fish love to swim through the bubbles. Well weighted which makes it easy to maneuver around the pond.

I replaced both my 7" air-stone bubblers with the Rootscape Large Pond Aerator. What a difference ! They produce strong aeration bubbles, very small, and way more than the typical air stones did. Also, they apparently require no maintenance to keep clean, but time will tell. (I didn't like having to soak the air stones in muriatic acid to clean them every year or so). I am very impressed with these aerators and the pond is getting way more oxygen now, with increased water movement and small air bubbles. My pictures show bubbles with the Rootscape Aerator, with the existing air-stone bubbler, the old air-stone and my HiBlow HAP120 aerator, and finally the Rootscape Aerator as it looks unpacked.

Made a pole and holder for it, sunk to the bottom, just off the bottom. Never an issue.

These are 3d printed garbage, the nipple fitting is plastic and broke very easily, this should be a brass fitting. The main housing is starting to crack as well. Do yourself a favour and make your own - dont waste your money on these.

The plastic ends on the hoses were all broke, due to the small window of time I had, I didn't have time to send it back, so I used it anyways. A warning to all "DO NOT BUY THIS PIECE OF JUNK"

The box looked fine but the bottom of the unit was broken and chipped. I will test to see if it is in a spot to leak air and update my review after. I may return the item in any case.