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product_id: 10301344
title: "API 8PB Pond Breather Heated Aerator, 40 Watts"
brand: "api"
price: "$119847"
currency: COP
in_stock: false
reviews_count: 6
url: https://www.desertcart.co/products/10301344-api-8pb-pond-breather-heated-aerator-40-watts
store_origin: CO
region: Colombia
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# Power Usage Energy Efficient Ice Thickness API 8PB Pond Breather Heated Aerator, 40 Watts

**Brand:** api
**Price:** $119847
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🌟 Keep Your Pond Thriving, Even in Winter!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** API 8PB Pond Breather Heated Aerator, 40 Watts by api
- **How much does it cost?** $119847 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Best For

- api enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted api brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Gentle Oxygen Flow:** Creates a gentle current to keep oxygen circulating throughout your pond.
- • **Submersible Design:** Lightweight at only 4.5 pounds, designed for easy installation and maintenance.
- • **Maximized Surface Area:** Exposes 4,000 to 10,000 more square feet of water than conventional heaters.
- • **Eco-Friendly Innovation:** Operates on just 40 watts, using 31 times less energy than traditional de-icers.
- • **Breathe Life into Your Pond:** Vents harmful gases from frozen ponds, ensuring a healthy aquatic environment.

## Overview

The API 8PB Pond Breather Heated Aerator is a cutting-edge solution for maintaining healthy pond ecosystems during winter. Operating at just 40 watts, it efficiently vents harmful gases from frozen ponds while exposing significantly more surface area than traditional de-icers. Its submersible design ensures easy setup, making it a must-have for eco-conscious pond owners.

## Description

Vent harmful gasses from your frozen pond with the Allied Precision Pond Breather. Harmful gasses from decomposing matter and accumulated fish waste can be trapped under the ice in your pond and can reach toxic levels, possibly harming your fish and plants if not allowed to escape. Rather than heating a hole in the ice, the revolutionary Pond Breather is designed to float in your pond, freeze into ice as thick as 15 inches, and move a steady stream of water above the ice layer where gas exchange can then occur. Operating on 120 volts and at an efficient 40 watts, the Pond Breather uses 31 times less energy than 1250 watt pond de-icers. Every 24 hours, the Pond Breather exposes 4,000 to 10,000 times more surface area of water than conventional heaters or de-icers. Supplying only enough heat to keep the water flow open, the Pond Breather creates a gentle current to move oxygen throughout your pond. Eliminate toxic gasses from your pond with the Allied Pond Breather.

## Features

- Vents harmful gasses from frozen ponds
- Floats in pond and freezes into ice up to 15 inches thick
- Energy efficient: Pond Breather operates on 120 volts, 40 watts, and uses 31 times less energy than 1250 watt de-icers
- Exposes 4,000 to 10,000 more surface area of water than conventional heaters and de-icers
- With a gentle current to move oxygen throughout the pond, Pond Breather uses just enough heat to keep water flow open

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Item Weight | 4.5 Pounds |
| Style Name | Submersible |
| Power Source | Battery Powered,Ac/dc |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** API
- **Style:** Submersible
- **Power Source:** Battery Powered,Ac/dc
- **Item Weight:** 4.5 Pounds
- **Voltage:** 1.2E+2 Volts (DC)
- **Global Trade Identification Number:** 00022102811117
- **Manufacturer:** Allied Precision Industries
- **UPC:** 022102811117

## Images

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: Is this not a deicer?  It seems it only keeps water circulating.  My concern is that we get ice on lakes up to 2 ft thick.  My pond is 2 feet deep.**
A: Not sure how well it would do on such a shallow pond, my ponds are  just over three feet deep. The heating coil is around the tube from the hanging pump that circulates the water up above the ice surface and back down the larger tube. The ice does freeze up to and around the red disc but it seems to work fine in my ponds and is a lot cheaper than the 1500 watt cattle heater I used to use. I now bring my koi inside for the winter because the ice quakes we get killed all my koi in my 5000 gal pond a couple of years ago but my the regular goldfish in my 800 gal don't seem to be affected by the quakes

**Q: Do you need to clean it and what is the best way during the season?**
A: Not an easy way to do so. I used it only for a year.
Save your money and instead go buy a deicer. No cleaning no worries after that.

**Q: Has anyone else had trouble attaching the ice guard to the gas exchanger? Does not want to go together without exerting force- don't want to break it.**
A: hold the gas exchanger in one hand and slide the red ring (float) up so the notches on the float allow the gas exchanger to pass through.Then slide the bottom (ice guard tube) up so the cap engages the bottom of the gas exchanger ,then rotate clockwise to lock it in place.

**Q: Does the heater shut off when the water gets above a certain temperature?**
A: No but I only put in when the water starts  to freeze it only keeps a 6” hole in the ice open

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works as advertised. Has lasted five years so far.
*by M***E on May 6, 2014*

This product worked as advertised during the harshest winter in decades here in Centreville MD. Ice on our 2500 gallon pond was 6-8 inches deep for weeks, but the koi survived the winter with no problems. It is a little hard to clean, but a bottle brush does the trick!.Update 4.27.2015 We had another unseasonble cold winter again, worse then last winter with sub-freezing temps for over a month. The pond breather worked great for a second season, even when it was totally covered in snow. All the fish survived again,and grew significantly larger in their dormant state. Be sure to clean it well before it is put away for the summer. Hopefully I can get a third winter from this product, but I am going to purchase another for a back up soon.Update 09/032017. Forgot to update in the spring. The product worked well last winter too, but the winter was fairly mild. The unit did clog with debris, but it was easy to see that it was clogged because the bubbler is in a clear acrylic tube. The unit had stopped bubbling. I could see this from my second story window. I simply removed the unit from the water, removed the pre filter and cleaned the pump. Then replaced the pre filter and put the unit back in the water. The unit does not freeze in the water because it has a small heater built into it.Oh, at the end of the season one of the acrylic tubes broke/ detached at a seam when I was cleaning it. I think it was my fault for being to rough with it. I simply glued it back on with gorilla super glue. Seemed to fix it fine.Update. It worked well over the 2019-2020 winter too. This think keeps going, just keep it clean and it will keep working.PS Other folks I know lost ALL their koi a few winters back. Be smart and get a heater like this that also aerates the pond

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Simple yet ingenious
*by M***S on February 1, 2013*

I debated quite a bit before making this purchase. I wasn't sure whether to go with the full-blown heater coil and aerator combination or pick up this other inexpensive solution. The good reviews I read on this Pond Breather pushed me to purchase this. Not only was it cheaper than the heater/aerator combo, it also ran on a fraction of the power (40 Watts vs. a 250 – 1000 Watt solution). I couldn’t be happier with this purchase.This simple solution was a much more efficient answer to the winter aeration and gas build-up problems and is a very smart design. Rather than providing heat to keep an 8 inch hole in the ice to allow for outgassing, it combined the pump and heater to provide both aeration and out-gassing in one step. By heating the water line only, it requires just a minimal amount of heat to keep the water flowing. By lifting the water up and out of the pond, and pumping it from a few feet below the surface, the water is aerated and the toxic gasses are able to escape.So far, this pump has worked flawlessly though several stretches of 0 degree days this Colorado winter. I finally had to shut the waterfall off due to ice reducing the water flow to my pond skimmer, but with the pond breather running, I still feel confident my fish are having their oxygen needs met. I won’t know absolutely about the success of the breather until spring, but if, for some reason, I end up with a lifeless pond, I’ll be back to modify my review…

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ API 8PB Pond Breather Heated Aerator, 40 Watts
*by M***O on October 26, 2017*

Was unsure about this aerator for awhile, especially re: the price, since when I put it into the water it kept wanting to tip over, even though it was floating freely. Moved it around several times, played with it for a few days and finally gave up, wondering if it would have to be returned. It was bubbling nicely, but that leaning bothered me. Well, lo and behold, after about a week I went down to the pond and the silly thing had decided to stand upright!Since the water is cold but not freezing, will have to wait until Spring until I have more input, but for right now the fish have adjusted to it being in the water and they seem to like the heat. I do have another of those round heaters, but it just barely keeps the ice open and doesn't aerate at all.Thanks to those who answered my question, and for those who find that their aerator is also leaning to one side, just give it a week or so :-)

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*Last updated: 2026-01-25*