--- product_id: 10301344 title: "API 8PB Pond Breather Heated Aerator, 40 Watts" brand: "api" price: "25506CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: false reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/10301344-api-8pb-pond-breather-heated-aerator-40-watts store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # Power Usage Energy Efficient Ice Thickness API 8PB Pond Breather Heated Aerator, 40 Watts **Brand:** api **Price:** 25506CFA **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?** 25506CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/10301344-api-8pb-pond-breather-heated-aerator-40-watts) ## 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. Review: Works as advertised. Has lasted five years so far. - 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 Review: No problems so far - This will NOT keep a giant hole in your pond's ice, if you want that, you need to stick to the trough heaters. So far, even after the arctic blast most of the US faced (and I'm in CO), this has done quite well. Water continues to flow through the gas exchanger, and its faced -8 F nights and several days continuous well below freezing. I can still see my goldfish lazing about below the surface of my roughly 1500 gallon pond. So far no problems with clogging, although I placed it in my pond when I began to see ice form on the surface, so the water was probably a little cool for crazy algae growth at that point. I feel a lot more comfortable using this than the trough heaters (pretty much any other "pond heater") as it does not have exposed elements, and its energy use is much lower. It also aerates water, something a trough heater by itself will not do. I would knock half a star off for the somewhat loose fitting gray pipe that extends below the surface. I'll superglue it on for next year, so not a big deal. I'm a little surprised this isn't more popular given what it does and its price point. ## 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 | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B000HHM9U0 | | Best Sellers Rank | #1,646,237 in Patio, Lawn & Garden ( See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden ) #4,696 in Water Garden & Pond Pumps | | Brand Name | API | | Customer Reviews | 4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars (126) | | Global Trade Identification Number | 00022102811117 | | Item Weight | 4.5 Pounds | | Manufacturer | Allied Precision Industries | | Model Number | 8PB | | Power Source | Battery Powered,Ac/dc | | Product Style | Submersible | | UPC | 022102811117 | ## Product Details - **Brand:** API - **Global Trade Identification Number:** 00022102811117 - **Item Weight:** 4.5 Pounds - **Manufacturer:** Allied Precision Industries - **Power Source:** Battery Powered,Ac/dc - **Style:** Submersible - **UPC:** 022102811117 ## Images ![API 8PB Pond Breather Heated Aerator, 40 Watts - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61ou3fJwboL.jpg) ![API 8PB Pond Breather Heated Aerator, 40 Watts - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81-PfIPp6WL.jpg) ![API 8PB Pond Breather Heated Aerator, 40 Watts - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31-aPESc2sL.jpg) ![API 8PB Pond Breather Heated Aerator, 40 Watts - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61G79T66shL.jpg) ![API 8PB Pond Breather Heated Aerator, 40 Watts - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/419BwIIUTdL.jpg) ## 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 ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ No problems so far *by D***D on December 11, 2014* This will NOT keep a giant hole in your pond's ice, if you want that, you need to stick to the trough heaters. So far, even after the arctic blast most of the US faced (and I'm in CO), this has done quite well. Water continues to flow through the gas exchanger, and its faced -8 F nights and several days continuous well below freezing. I can still see my goldfish lazing about below the surface of my roughly 1500 gallon pond. So far no problems with clogging, although I placed it in my pond when I began to see ice form on the surface, so the water was probably a little cool for crazy algae growth at that point. I feel a lot more comfortable using this than the trough heaters (pretty much any other "pond heater") as it does not have exposed elements, and its energy use is much lower. It also aerates water, something a trough heater by itself will not do. I would knock half a star off for the somewhat loose fitting gray pipe that extends below the surface. I'll superglue it on for next year, so not a big deal. I'm a little surprised this isn't more popular given what it does and its price point. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Keeping pond aeriated *by J***N on November 24, 2020* I've been using it for a few weeks now in a shallow pond. The temperature has dropped down to 18F so there is a half inch of ice on the pond now. The gold fish seem happy swimming slowly under the clear ice. The unit is apparently circulating the water enough. I am a little concerned about electricity usage, but the 40 watts should be ok. We'll see how it does when the weather gets below zero. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sn/products/10301344-api-8pb-pond-breather-heated-aerator-40-watts](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/10301344-api-8pb-pond-breather-heated-aerator-40-watts) --- *Product available on Desertcart Senegal* *Store origin: SN* *Last updated: 2026-04-24*