Biotop natural pools

[Sephina]

I just found this by chance and now I'm getting super interested in it. These are fully swimable pools, but they use no chemicals at all. Everything is filtered using plants, or natural filtering systems you would see in nature. That makes these pretty much hassle free. It's a really neat idea, and looks like a natural mermaid environment. The website is here:
http://www.biotop-natural-pool.com/index.html
There is no mention of cost on the website, it's likely in the catalogue that you have to send for, but what do you guys think?

[Nyx]

That's pretty awesome!

[Kanti]

Wow gorgeous!!!
I bet they're hard to keep clean, though. I remember looking at a site like this a while ago and reading
the cost and maintenance made me sad ):

[Mermaid Rillia]

^agreed^ however it is a clever idea. And wayy better for the environment id say. But thats just a guess.

[AniaR]

want.

[AniaR]

Sephina, let's buy a house together and get one of these

[Spindrift]

I wonder how they deal with bugs/insects? Are they just like swimmable ponds?
*reads*

[Sephina]

Raina Lets do it lol! I'd do pretty much anything to have my own pool, I've been thinking about saving up to get one of those huge ones you can get at wal-mart but I think that they wouldn't be long enough to get a proper swim in my tail.

[Bellasea]

I looked at the site and depeneding on which style you get it has a filtration system. So I guess it would work like a filterd pool. I think it is a really cool idea, but I would rather just have a pond in by backyard, than a pool filled with plants.

Sephina- They aren't, nor are the ever deep enough.

[Sephina]

I guess the filtration system on them is different, in a regular pool you need to shock it and add chemicals to get rid of algae and all that fun stuff, but with their filtration system you don't have to.

I am way more concerned about the length of it since right now I swim in a pool that is pretty shallow except for maybe 10 feet at the end of it.

[Bellasea]

The length, probably won't be long enough. Since, once you get going Bam! you hit the wall.

[AniaR]

I think the length depends on your budget- some of the pools wer ehuge, they're not all done the same ways either, gotta look through the types on the side

[SireniaSolaris]

That's so funny. My dad was just showing me these a few weeks ago. Apparently in Germany, now one out of every two pools is a natural pool like this. As far as length and depth - it all depends on how you build it. My dad showed me BUNCHES of different ones - some of which were enormous!! He is planning on building one on his property in Tennessee, and I'd like him to help me make one one day when I buy my own house :) I think it's fantastic!

[Merman Dan]

I have been looking at these pools for awhile. My current pool is a 26,000 gallon. 3'-4.5' deep, in-ground pool with a saltwater chlorinator. I would convert to a natural pool, but I doubt my wife would swim in any pool that had the chance of having anything alive in it. ;)

[Sephina]

I think there is a filtration system that doesn't use plants or living organisms, it's similar to how mountain water is purified.