I love your videos. This one is very helpful. I have been planning a natural swimming pool/swimming pond for the past four years. I watched a friend build one, so I learned a little bit from his experience. Your swimmteichs are absolutely the lowest maintenance of any natural swimming pool. I, however, love aquatic plants and want to include them in my design and filtration, so I have incorporated some other peoples ideas into my design as well. The gravel available in my area contains high levels of calcium, which makes keeping phosphates at a minimum even more important. So the methods you shared in this video will help me with cleaning the gravel that I get. And making sure I get the cleanest available. I’m also only incorporating low nutrient dependent plants and ones that are the least Messy that I can find. Meaning, not dropping pollen and leaf matter into the water or very little. Thank you and the Teich Doctor for sharing your research and your experience. And thank you for providing high quality videos in English! I’m a big fan and a swim pond enthusiast. Greetings from Pennsylvania USA.
Thanks a lot for your comment!! - And we understand very well that you want to integrate some plants. We are happy we could inspire you! - If you want an advise: We would recommend that you plan deep enough. It's such an advantage if your swimming pond has a certain depth! - The cool part helps to keep the water in balance and makes sure it does not get to warm in summer. In addition, the detritus remains in that deeper part and does not get raised by swimmers.... Enjoy planning! Best regards, Ines von Teichswimmer
I should be getting started on it in 2 months from now. I studied the book “how to build a natural swimming pool” by Wolfram Kircher and Andreas Thon, which has 10 year case studies on many natural swimming ponds and pools. I highly recommend it! And I watched many other RUclips videos to finalize my designs.
Nice ! So the gravel acts as a medium for the biofilm that will form on rocks, and eat any nutrients available with the help of sun if i understood well ?
Yes, more or less correct. The gravel also gives them a good surrounding to survive. If they do not have darkness (under the gravel), microorganisms that clean the water cannot survive.....
Yes, you can use both sizes. It does not influence the function. - Christian and I discussed it for a while..... It's quite difficult to decide which of the two options is the better one. 11/22 is quite small, nice to work with, nice to walk on. But it has the disadvantage that these small pebbles trickle more easily into the depths. 20/60 is okay, but it is not so easy to get smooth levels (to set stepping stones on). And the pebbles/rocks are not as nice to walk on as on the smaller ones. So these are the criteria that can help you decide. May we ask where you are located?
I love your videos. This one is very helpful. I have been planning a natural swimming pool/swimming pond for the past four years. I watched a friend build one, so I learned a little bit from his experience. Your swimmteichs are absolutely the lowest maintenance of any natural swimming pool. I, however, love aquatic plants and want to include them in my design and filtration, so I have incorporated some other peoples ideas into my design as well. The gravel available in my area contains high levels of calcium, which makes keeping phosphates at a minimum even more important. So the methods you shared in this video will help me with cleaning the gravel that I get. And making sure I get the cleanest available. I’m also only incorporating low nutrient dependent plants and ones that are the least Messy that I can find. Meaning, not dropping pollen and leaf matter into the water or very little. Thank you and the Teich Doctor for sharing your research and your experience. And thank you for providing high quality videos in English! I’m a big fan and a swim pond enthusiast. Greetings from Pennsylvania USA.
Thanks a lot for your comment!! - And we understand very well that you want to integrate some plants. We are happy we could inspire you! - If you want an advise: We would recommend that you plan deep enough. It's such an advantage if your swimming pond has a certain depth! - The cool part helps to keep the water in balance and makes sure it does not get to warm in summer. In addition, the detritus remains in that deeper part and does not get raised by swimmers....
Enjoy planning! Best regards, Ines von Teichswimmer
That means you wouldn't recommend the use of a pond aerator to move the water? @@teichswimmer6746
Did you end up building one? I'm curious what this would look like with the incorporation of plants.
I should be getting started on it in 2 months from now. I studied the book “how to build a natural swimming pool” by Wolfram Kircher and Andreas Thon, which has 10 year case studies on many natural swimming ponds and pools. I highly recommend it! And I watched many other RUclips videos to finalize my designs.
@@Travgrieder will do. I’m on the same timeline as you. Going to try and build a small model this month to ensure that things work well in Texas.
Nice ! So the gravel acts as a medium for the biofilm that will form on rocks, and eat any nutrients available with the help of sun if i understood well ?
Yes, more or less correct. The gravel also gives them a good surrounding to survive. If they do not have darkness (under the gravel), microorganisms that clean the water cannot survive.....
A deeper regeneration zone would be better than a wider one? @@teichswimmer6746
I cannot find 16/32 , can I use 20/60 or 11/22 ?
Yes, you can use both sizes. It does not influence the function. - Christian and I discussed it for a while..... It's quite difficult to decide which of the two options is the better one.
11/22 is quite small, nice to work with, nice to walk on. But it has the disadvantage that these small pebbles trickle more easily into the depths.
20/60 is okay, but it is not so easy to get smooth levels (to set stepping stones on). And the pebbles/rocks are not as nice to walk on as on the smaller ones.
So these are the criteria that can help you decide.
May we ask where you are located?
@@teichswimmer6746 I am located in south of France.