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[Di]

I've once moded them into every level-forming stone. Was quite challenging though very repetitive.
They provide more water and less fps impact than rivers or lakes.
If you can't get it from a wiki, just dig channels, pump water from them and build walls down there. Eventually, you'll find right way.

[Jenniretta]

Friend, once you've dealt with them a few times piercing them without drowning your population isn't really a problem anymore, so you have a source of water, power, drowning-trap fuel, mist, etc. all safely underground away from goblin bowmen and such.

[King DZA]

I hate them. I really do.

[daggaz]

Honestly, I have a hard time seeing why not just turn off aquifiers, find an embark with a river (super easy), and go to town.   Unless you really, really want a LOT of waterfalls and dont want to build pumps.. 

[zilpin]

I love partial aquifer embarks.

The first time I pierced 4 level aquifer with only 1 level of dry dirt above it, challenging but not much fun.
Piercing multi level aquifer using nothing but ice in freezing biome, very *fun* but and challenge was no deaths.
Piercing multi level aquifer using magma from a volcano it was fun, but no challenge.

Since then, breaking through is just tedious.

Partial aquifer embarks give the benefits without the drawbacks.
When available.

[Mapleguy555]

Friend if you're on Sol of Loud Whisper's Cookbook challenge.
Foe if you're on a sky pillar.

[MisterLich]

I need some help regarding the cave-in method, I'm not sure I did it correctly on an aquifer.

What I did was channel into an aquifer by a 3x3 channel, then directly above it dropped a 3x3 layer of cave onto the aquifer.  I never really felt like I was doing it right though, I did kill a miner dwarf though.

[MasterMorality]

Avoid them altogether.
I can't be arsed with them, especially if they spew infinite water per tile, I feel like I'm restricted and it's just in the way.

[bombzero]

does smoothing the stone stop them from making more water? if so you could build a fortress inside a aquifer. just for the dwarfiness of it.

[Loud Whispers]

Aquifer water source ftw.

Aquifer fortress flooding ftw.

No stone?

DERP DERP DERP

[Inspiration]

Does anyone have an OCD- friendly breaching method? I get the feeling it'd be a fairly messy affair, and that would bother me.

[ZzarkLinux]

This link taught me how to use aquifers.
(Page 2 first post with pictures)

Now I demand aquifers at my embarks.

[krenshala]

Last time I messed with aquifers, I used two pumps and about 8 wooden logs (to make temporary walls), and slowly worked my way down a 4x4 block.  I believe I had to make walls for at least the first level (it was a two level aquifer) as it was soil, not porous stone, but with a bit of thought, a ramp to get in, and patience/micromanagement of cancel spam and it was relatively easily done (if time consuming to me, not the game).

[FearfulJesuit]

One thing I've always wanted to do is to use an aquifer as an infinite source of water to make a giant, multi-Z level tower filled just with water.

...Presumably, You would then Seal Your Fort off, and use a Sacrifice to Pop it open like a Cork, and see how much You screw up the World?

I imagine the FPS drop would be massive. Still, it has the makings of a good story... the goblins rule the entire world, except for a bunch of dwarves in a 100 Z-level high, 16 embark-square clay jar of water.

I've always wanted to make a giant clay tower that is a maze on every level from 0 to 99. Giant project.

[Oaktree]

Avoided them initially.  Have done partial aquifer embarks since and like them.  Secure water source, can be used for power and also for mist cleaners for entry tunnels.