1. What is a MARS 3000 Aerator?
The MARS 3000 is the safest, most effective long-term solution to managing ponds. It works by oxygenating a pond, allowing natural bacteria to break them down so they do not become fertilizer for algae that ‘chokes’ your pond’s ecosystem. The MARS’s effectiveness stems from its patented Double Bubble Technology™, which gives it the ability to mix and aerate the nutrients present throughout your pond—and this helps to clear your pond better, faster, and for longer than any other product.
2. How does the MARS affect my property value?
It increases it! No one wants to live next to a pond that is covered in algae, has dead fish, is infested with mosquitoes, and smells horrible. These common problems often take away from the original benefit of living next to a pond. The MARS creates sustainable pond ecosystems that abate all of these problems for the long term. With more beautiful surroundings, your property value will surely increase—and, because of this, the MARS is equally as valuable as any other capital improvement to your property.
3. Why not use chemicals to treat the algae instead of Pro-biotic?
Because chemicals work against what we’re trying to do: rehabilitate your pond. In chemical-poisoned ponds, algae sink to the bottom and simply become fertilizer for the next algal bloom. Instead of contributing to the problem by adding more nutrient into the pond, the MARS treats the water by breaking down the food source that the algae need to survive. Triplepoint MARS Blend Pro-biotic works with the MARS—utilizing its efficient oxygenation and strong mixing to distribute and fuel nutrient digestion.
Bacteria require oxygen to digest the nutrients in your pond. If they are used in a pond without a MARS to add oxygen, the bacteria might use up all the oxygen in the pond and die. Not only would you be wasting Pro-biotic applying it to an oxygen depleted, unmixed environment, but you also risk suffocating the fish in your pond. The Triplepoint MARS Blend Pro-biotic works in synergy with the MARS, so they should not be used separately.
5. My pond doesn’t have algae problems, should I install a MARS?
It is actually better to put MARS units into healthier ponds because, instead of treating a smelly, algae packed, ‘dead’ body of water, you are preventing it. Many ponds common to residential areas are not a naturally sustained environment. As water flows into your ponds, so do nutrients which inevitably build up over time. Eventually, these contribute to severe, unsightly, and smelly algal blooms that devastate a pond’s ecosystem and lower the property value of all homes in the area. As the saying goes, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”—and this is never truer than when maintaining the value and beauty of your property.
6. What is the minimum depth that the MARS will operate?
We have different MARS units designed to work in most water depths. Standard MARS 1500 Aerators can operate in as little as 3 feet of water. For shallower depths, give us a call and we will tell you about our MARS models capable of operating as shallow as 18” deep.
7. How does the ‘Synergistic Venturii Effect’ (as created by the Patented Double Bubble Technology) work?
The venturii action is the process by which the air is entered into the static tube (large bubble) component of the MARS, creating a ‘vacuum’ effect that lifts bottom sediments through the tube towards the surface where they can be oxygenated by the millions of fine bubbles being emitted by the fine bubble differs. This synergy between the static tube aerator and the fine bubble diffusers is unique to the MARS and makes it the most efficient aerator of its kind.
8. What are the electrical requirements for the MARS?
The MARS Aeration diffuser itself does not require electricity; however, the 1/3 horsepower compressor that provides its air does. This compressor works with any typical residential 115V power hookup. Upon special request, we can include compressors capable of accepting 230V power.
9. Does the MARS run all day long?
The MARS runs all day, every day, all year because nutrients are constantly entering your pond. By maximizing treatment time, the MARS will rehabilitate and maintain your pond more efficiently and effectively.
10. How much power does the MARS use?
The MARS unit compressor consumes less power than running a coffee pot all year round—about $1.38 a day.
11.Have you ever had a pond that hasn’t cleared up?
No. Every client who stuck with the MARS and utilized MARS blend Pro-biotic now enjoys a cleaner, healthier pond ecosystem on their property.
12.What affects my pond’s ecosystem? Can I do anything to help?
Nutrients from fertilizers and landscaping wastes are the most common culprits of pond problems. Avoid fertilizing your lawn near the pond, and be sure that grass and tree clippings don’t end up in the water. Contact your landscaping service to make sure that they avoid this as well!
13.Why MARS? Why not leave our bubblers on for 12 months?
Bubblers are designed solely for water oxygenation. Effective oxygenation of the nutrients that are ‘choking’ your pond can only occur with both mixing and aerating. This is something that a ‘bubbler’ is not capable of achieving and, as a result, not only are additional chemical treatments required, they can never stop. The MARS, on the other hand, employs Patented Double Bubble Technologyä that can effectively mix and aerate, therefore, the MARS is not only designed to achieve water aeration, it is also able to pull up, mix and treat the nutrient-rich muck. Because of its Double Bubble Technologyä, the MARS is the only aerator capable of creating a sustainable pond ecosystem.
14. Why does there seem to be more bubbles from the MARS than from other bubblers that I’ve seen?
The MARS is different than traditional bubblers because it utilizes patented Double Bubble Technology™ that combines millions of small oxygenating bubbles with larger mixing bubbles. This combination has proven to be the most effective method of pond management.
15.What’s to keep the MARS from getting clogged?
The MARS diffusers are designed to sit above the muck lining the bottom of your pond, protecting them from clogging. Any other sediment that falls near the MARS is immediately blown away by the aeration turbulence. Rarely, if ever, should a MARS unit be clogged—but in these cases, the self-cleaning membranes will expel blockages on their own.
16. Does the MARS affect the fish in the pond?
Fish love the MARS! Its fine-bubble diffusers raise the dissolved oxygen level and its large bubble diffusers mix the oxygen-rich water throughout the pond. This provides the perfect habitat for fish to thrive! Moreover, the MARS will keep a small area of the pond’s surface from icing over in freezing climates—therefore preventing fish from being poisoned by trapped noxious gasses.
17. How does the MARS help limit mosquito breeding?
Mosquitoes love stagnant water. It is where they lay their eggs, and the more stagnant water you have, the more mosquitoes can thrive. The Patented Double Bubble Technologyä of the MARS disrupts their breeding environment by adding turbulence to the water via the bubbles that rise to the surface; the unique large-bubble component is especially effective in this regard. This limits mosquito reproduction and therefore the existence of mosquito’s around your pond. In addition, with well mixed and aerated water, fish can survive in more areas of the pond. Fish are natural predators of mosquitoes and their larvae, and will help to keep their population at bay. Consequently, not only are you limiting the nuisance but also the public health risk of mosquito borne diseases, like the West Nile Virus.
18.Can we us both the MARS and a pond fountain?
Yes, if you’d like to keep the fountain for aesthetic purposes, it will not inhibit MARS function. Otherwise, we recommend fountain removal, because it is an inefficient and expensive method of treating your pond. Your MARS units are more than sufficient for creating a sustainable environment for your pond.
19. Do you operate MARS units on all year around?
Yes. Your pond’s water can be treated all year round, even when algae and odor are not present. What’s more, oxygen transfer is more efficient in colder waters—so aerating over the winter fortifies your pond with oxygen before the warmer spring and summer months.
20. What is the life of the MARS unit?
With proper cleaning, your MARS unit should last fifteen to twenty years—or more. There are no moving parts, so it should last as long as you need it to.
21. Is there a warranty?
The compressor comes with a 1-year manufacturer’s warranty, but is designed to last significantly longer than that. The MARS diffuser unit has no moving parts and is made with the most robust materials available – indeed, we have never had to replace one. Nonetheless, our manufacturer’s warranty is 5 years.
22. What about the weighted air hose? How durable is it?
The weighted hose is made out of top-quality materials, and should last you as long as you have your MARS system installed.
23. How loud is it?
a. Not loud at all! The sound-resistant enclosure muffles the majority of the sound. At most, you’ll hear a mild motor ‘hum’ when in a twenty foot radius—quieter than most dishwashers at around 50 decibels. Beyond twenty feet, the noise of the general atmosphere typically drowns out the compressor (for a comparison—normal conversation is 70db and a quiet room/library is 40db).
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