DIY Transformation to Organic Pool in 5 minutes 

It’s hard to believe they did all that, in 5 minutes

My pool that I left half full is looking pretty organic at the moment as well 😂

"Dude whens the last time you cleaned your pool??" "Uhhm.... Its organic?"

Would be nice to see more pools go this route. A couple of beautiful koi would be stunning. I swim with mine in the warmer months.

David, Ohio fish Rescue converted their indoor pool into a massive fish pond using the same techniques as an organic pool. Of course they needed a higher flow rate and filter bed ( livestock produce waste ) but they've succeeded beautifully with very low nitrate and no algae. They used pumps and the entire floor of the pool (gravelled 60 cm deep) as the bacteria bed + plants beds like these to take up phosphate, nitrate etc, also a waterfall for aeration. An added problem was that some of these giant fish are herbivores so no plants in the pool. ( Unfortunately the pet industry keeps selling fish that , when adult, grow to 2, 4, even 10 feet in length. So these guys rescue, home and rehome aquarium fish species that have outgrown their owners tanks.)

This is such amazing idea! I have done tons of research on making organic swimming pools from scratch. It never even crossed my mind to do what you guys have done. I really wish there was a timeline on the process, just out of curiosity. ✌️

Dpb, thanks for adding another video. It's great to see how a standard swimming pool can be converted to a more naturalised swimming pond. I know a few people who have had swimming pools installed, only for them to complain about the cost of heating and running them, and that they take up so much of their gardens. Worst of all, when they're not in use, they don't benefit anyone or anything.

You, sir, are an absolute legend. Maximum respect.

Such a unique, relaxing, and organic video. I did not search for an organic pool but I really want one now.

Green water reminds me of alligators which I’m not living for it

Everyone watching: YEAH pool employees: that was a long 5 minutes.

This has to be the cleanest one ive seen well done on the right path where others get it wrong 👍

Looks so beautiful, I’m sure I’d get over the green algae appearance. I’m just used to seeing pools that fake blue color.

Beautiful workmanship. Beautiful pool.

Wish I had something like this in my backyard, well maybe that this big but yea definitely an organic pool is awesome.

My friend's father made a giant pond with a sand and gravel Creek that float around it to a waterfall which aerated it for the crappies and the fish they decided to grow in there the bottom was lined with sand and gravel it was beautiful and it was always crystal clear with an aerator going in the winter time no special filters just ground water being pumped through the sand and gravel the water was recirculated through the man-made circular sand and gravel Creek it is beautiful

my goodness this is amazing

Happy New Year, Looking forward to more stories...

Looks awesome and love that it's natural and clean. A tip, there's non-toxic, organic blue dye you can use to achieve the clean blue look.

awesome, can you share more information about cost and system?

Remind me of my old childhood home, man i loved that place

I love the idea of an organic pool, and they're beautiful. I couldn't handle the thought of a brain eating amoeba with a 99% fatality rate, though. AFAIK any temperate freshwater environment is fair game for them. If there's some reason that such amoebas can't exist in a pool like this, please let me know because I'd really love to build one of these and forgo the toxic pool chemicals.

Lovely transformation👍🏻

Awesome conversion!!!

Magnifique et très judicieux pour avoir changé la piscine . Bravo

Beautiful work!!

That's stunning. 💞 x

Such a wonderful project...

Wow! This is the pool of my dreams.

Honestly looks really good with the plants

Liked for the soundtrack, one of my favorites

Spectacular!!!

Beautiful, congratulations..

Looks amazing 👍

This is very different but beautiful ❤️😍

I am following your channel from long time...... Awesome video

Вы молодцы, ребята. 👍

Awesome job guys

Utterly gorgeous 😍

Wow so beautiful

Sehr, sehr schön 😍♥️

Interesting. I wonder how they deal with algal blooms during extended periods of sunny days.

Fantastic how beautiful

these comments are insane,... the water is visibly clear and circulating through different draining systems, a green tint to water doesnt make it gross

extraordinario!! todo un ejemplo para todos nosotros,,,

Beautiful

Stunning 🙂

Sweet video

Wow amazing 👍

Amazing!

Love this.

you did a great job.

I can't stop watching this video

These pools can be dangerous if done improperly. This pool was done perfectly!👍

This is the perfect swimming pool.

I love it!

Hi- love this it's so beautiful. Would appreciate if you could take some time to share any difficulties you had with the water? Any outbreaks of algae when starting? Did it flocculate at all? Watching videos like these, I don't see many people sharing the trials they went through while building, which i find to be extremely helpful to those building/having just built our own. Thanks :)

Why do I feel like this is heaven for mosquito and larvae

amazing!!!

Ok....so explain to more about this pool it WONDERFUL why green water.🥰

So beautiful. What do you seal the concrete with?

Brilliant

I love this

This is amazing! .. may I know what kind of drainage pipe you use in that regeneration / gravelled area for filtering? If you can give a link where I can purchase it.

Sensational best pool ever

Super 👌

Nice 🌱

Looks much more inviting than the ugly square thing that was there before.

Hermosaaa me fascina 🥰🥰🥰

would love more detail on filtration and sealant..

I'm wondering if painting the walls yellow causes to to appear more green. I saw a video of a natural pool with white walls and the water had a naturally blue color (reflecting the sky maybe?) Blue and yellow do make green so it would stand to reason.

This is an amaising nature pool so beautiful wish you all the best in the World.great work. 👍🙏

So I’m a little confused. Does the pool stay clean because of the plants? I see you can swim in it like a pond. Can fish be added? Will they affect the pond water quality. I’d love to do it to my pool. I really hate that thing.

Hi, we got a wimming pool and I really wish to convert it to a natural pool, We wanted to do it ourselves but what we really thinking was the liner, i can't see you guys put a liner on, looks like your just painted it???? If you painted it what paint do we need? Does it really work better than the chlorinated one?

Fantastique !

At least when longhaired people swim in that their hair isnt crunchy by the time they're done swimming.

Is it just concrete holding the water or did u use any plastic liners?

Would this work were it hard freezes? Basically would it kick back on in the spring?

Nice, the same music as Foo The FlowerHorn uses in his vids. I like it. I have seen ur old vids on how to make sure no dirt or fallen debris remains get into ur pond. I think it was a nice solution, but you can also just buy some stainless steel beerfilters on amazon which u can put onto the rainpipes so that the water is filtered before going into ur ponds. I love ur work. :)

Another excellent pool, David. Congratulations! I remember seeing pictures of this one before. As James commented below, why did these clients choose a beige sealant (?) as opposed to a darker color to reflect the light to warm the pool?

Cool and all, but did you use free range water?

How do they deal with eutrophication/runoff? Even with the waterfall and plants I wonder if that’s enough. Beautiful concept though.

At 3:33 I like this video because of his diving 👏

Very beautiful! Do you guys have issues with mosquitos?

Beautiful! Is that cement you use or some sort of clay?

What will they do when it gets SUPER green?

You could probably add some fish. Nice modification 👍👍👍👍👍

@davidpaganbutler Is the pool sealed with epoxy?

I am back on your Channel ❣️it feels Good 🌀

How long was the pool drained of water? How did you prevent original pool from popping out of ground while it was empty?

What did you use to paint over the concrete?

what kind of filtration you install ?

Do you fill it with fluoridated chlorinated town water?

Great Job!!!😄😆😄😄😆😄😆😄😆😀

Love how the new pool is speechless

I’m moving to a home with a pool. Do you mind me asking the approximate costs for a conversion to a natural pool?

Talk about living. Wow

The green water reminded me of the Reno 9-11 gator episode 😅 but that is a beautiful pool 👍👍

How do you cover/winterize and reopen?

I wonder what they'll do after the base under the fiberglass shifts and the gunite crushes a crack in the shell?