Hey David and Sarah greetings from Copenhagen! keep it up! Think it could be nice to also know how you can promote any specific type of algae also I would really like a thorough video on how the airpump filtration works for the ponds. like how all the plumping works so far I've seen you put in a pipe for the main airstone that goes all the way down in the swimming zone this pipe also leads into the regeneration zone all the way around the swimming zone in which it has outlets with airstones on as well. am I far off? btw I think the organic pools can become a big hit in Denmark, definitely going to build one when I buy me a piece of land
I have clear water, but also quite a bit of algae. Different types. Both in the planted zone and the swimming zone. I can get some out with a big net, but would like fairly clean walls in the swimming zone. I suppose that the plants will "overtale" the algae at some point or is that unrealistic?
Great stuff! I ended up this year with green soup algae and some kind of algae that covered everything, rocks, liner, plants, etc. What kind of algae is that? Got some pond bacteria from a local Canadian company and water is crystal clear again! Thanks for these videos!
Hi Derek. Periphytic algae grows on surfaces. It usually appears in spring and then dies off in clumps floating on the surface. It usually clears as the plants grow in the pool. I have not used bacteria products so I can't say if they help in the long term.
@@organicpools-davidpaganbutler so far so good. My one neighbour with a natural spring pond uses it and recommended it, cleared up his algae. Never had the water as clear as right now except just in spring when the plants are first growing. It's a 5 type dry dissolvable packet (smells like some types of yeast?) one from Pro Pond here in Canada. Seems to do the trick and much better than chemicals or copper.
Thanks for the videos you making! Just made a pond according to your principles in the south part of Sweden. How would you suggest to keep algeas down in the start before plants has established themselves properly? Plant growth get seriously hampered by various algea, they completely don't like string algeas choking them. I know there is a variety of extracts, bacterias, etc, but are there any other approaches?
Emergent and marginal plants are most effective to compete with the algae. Otherwise, some have tried barley straw for a short term fix - but results are mixed.
Great vid thanks for the info. I watch all you videos here in Texas. I have a question not on Algae but on your design, I see some of your pools have the airlift bubbles in the rocks and sometime on the interior pool side why is this? I thought you always pulled the "flow" through the plants/rocks and flowed into the pool area?
Hello David, Sarah. I don't know why I have become very interested in anything organic pool related. I have a question about bullrushes. I've heard they have almost unparalleled filtration ability. Is that true? I don't see them around the pools you have made.
If you find the blanket weed (Cladophora) in your pond, don't remove all of it. Allow it to compete with the other more troublesome slimy forms of algae. If the Organic pool is made correctly, then the nutrient level should be low and any algae growth redistricted to the planted zone.
