EdHall
Posts : 50 Reputation : 0 Join date : 2009-08-14 Age : 53 Location : Sandringham, JHB
| Subject: Swim Pond - the best of both worlds!! Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:09 pm | |
| Hi everyone I'm not sure if this has been a topic before. I found this very interesting. If you click on the link below: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]This guy from Costa Rica built a swimming pond. A swiming pool with fish in it. It's a long thread, but if you fast forward right to the end, you'll see the finished thing. Amazing! Here is another link for a UK company that does this kind of thing, but I don't think they encourage putting fish in their swim ponds. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]This is very interesting and can you imagine how great it would be to swim with your fish! |
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cam0
Posts : 200 Reputation : 0 Join date : 2009-03-06
| Subject: Re: Swim Pond - the best of both worlds!! Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:26 am | |
| I had a look.
It seems he wants a pond with no algae.. that he can swim in..
Those stones will become so slippery..
Well it looks good but I think he must deside what he wants to achieve.
Cleaning that with a vacuum weekly is insane. |
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wayneb Admin
Posts : 1681 Reputation : 29 Join date : 2007-12-08 Age : 46 Location : Kraai Fontein, Cape Town Metropol
| Subject: Re: Swim Pond - the best of both worlds!! Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:44 am | |
| I prefer the 2nd link. Its like swimming in a river or lake. |
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Jack Bach
Posts : 136 Reputation : 0 Join date : 2009-06-17 Location : Montana, Pretoria
| Subject: Re: Swim Pond - the best of both worlds!! Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:43 pm | |
| I heard a talk on Radio 702 on this subject last year. See the websites: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] and [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]However, I don't like the idea of swimming with my koi...perhaps a beautiful mermaid would be nice. |
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cam0
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| Subject: Re: Swim Pond - the best of both worlds!! Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:53 pm | |
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EdHall
Posts : 50 Reputation : 0 Join date : 2009-08-14 Age : 53 Location : Sandringham, JHB
| Subject: Re: Swim Pond - the best of both worlds!! Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:39 pm | |
| At some point algae will grow on the sides and the bottom and then it won't be that nice in there anymore. He must also have a brilliant filtration system to keep that water clean - easily poison the kids if he is not careful! |
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Admin Admin
Posts : 2330 Reputation : 46 Join date : 2007-07-25 Age : 62 Location : Cape Town
| Subject: Re: Swim Pond - the best of both worlds!! Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:49 pm | |
| The pond in the second link is stunning: [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]The one in the first link will soon be just a pond. Julian from Houtbay has a nice setup with his 230 000 liter liner pond where his family and dogs apparently swim on a regular basis. He even had a little boat on there when I was there. Julian's pond: [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] |
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