DIY Transformation to Organic Pool in 5 minutes

[@quentin818]

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

[@tarcoles]

I can pee in a pool too

[@jeanlaikan8400]

I think 5 minutes is the duration of the video. They showed all the process in a 5 minutes video

[@hannahs8018]

Jean Lai Kan r/wooooooooooosh

[@twtwtravellingwiththewind5201]

Load of fast people in you tube...

[@GemmaRotgerMoll]

@@jeanlaikan8400 it is called sarcasm

[@CapeFearKoi]

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.

[@alexotte6982]

Cape Fear Koi that's exactly what I was thinking! Adding fish would make it even more beutiful!

[@WhiskeyToro]

In theory, yes..but then you're swimming in fish urine and shit. Regardless of the filter, you're taking mouthfuls of it. It's good as is.

[@TetleyTV]

Mike V wait until you hear about the ocean and rivers and lakes

[@WhiskeyToro]

@@TetleyTV wait, there's fish in the ocean, rivers, and lakes?! Tell me more!

[@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443]

#fancycarp

[@ChaotiX1]

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

[@Rabidavid]

Let's hope they don't have a well meaning neighbour, when they're away who tries to clean it with artificial detergents. A cold water pleci' might do the trick, although they'd be better off waiting for the nutrients to be taken up by the plants, and possibly using some water lilies to reduce the light levels to the internal surfaces of the pool - which I'd prefer over filling the pool with inflatables

[@nicoleearley7464]

ChaotiX Its a pond. :0

[@WhiskeyToro]

@@Rabidavid Not sure where you live where neighbors just feel the urge to climb over into your backyard, but where I come from it's called trespassing and would warrant an ass kicking from myself, or an ass chewing from my German shepherd. So, that neighbor better be a relative. Even then, they'd be responsible for paying for the damages,lol.

[@courtneyjames8223]

It looks gross

[@WhiskeyToro]

@@courtneyjames8223 that's because you're acclimated to what you think is "normal", which is chlorinated "blue" swimming water... super unhealthy. This is natural and, balanced and clean.

[@Andrew85or]

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

[@PedramBastan]

Then your halfway there.

[@victor-lf5wd]

You are lucky atleast you have a pool😅😅😅

[@Babylon2060]

😆

[@Rabidavid]

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.

[@sarahconnor2259]

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

[@graphite2786]

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.)

[@alexotte6982]

graphite love Ohio rescue. It would be a dream to go visit and swim witch monster fish!

[@miguelsoliz772]

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. ✌️

[@WegrennerX]

Miguel Soliz 5 mins obviously[

[@nandortanczos4956]

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

[@y.m.i.n.6538]

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

[@zoolskim]

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

[@stephvincent296]

I know you posted this comment a year ago lol but this video straight away reminded me of "cycling" a fish tank. The levels of rock and plants provide detoxification of ammonia that would build then get "cycled" by the biological filter in the substrate. You might get some alge but that biological filter will stop any sort of nasties that are bad for you (or fish) building up. I can only assume that green plastic thing in the filter outtake (maybe even the inlet too??) and that's where all the nasty brown stuff is ending up, like in the filter of a fish tank. After it is pumped down the rock. Idk I just thought this method was so interesting I wanted to comment 😃😃

[@bobjob3632]

Organic pools are exempted from taxes in France. They are considered as decorative pools.

[@goba9064]

우와 줄스님

[@Diamondusa7]

It has water in it.

[@ac158]

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

[@NonSequitur404]

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

[@grahamegavin421]

If the gravel filters are big enough they could handle it.

[@hetcer]

i think how it works is if the plants they installed use up all the nutrients, then there is no left over nutrients to allow the algae to grow.

[@Bansheekilr]

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.

[@D1dayzz]

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

[@WhiskeyToro]

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.

[@andreasm2882]

Beautiful workmanship. Beautiful pool.

[@Per1per]

Magnifique et très judicieux pour avoir changé la piscine . Bravo

[@Itsajourneything]

my goodness this is amazing

[@victoriac6635]

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

[@buteobuteo]

Liked for the soundtrack, one of my favorites

[@ParadigmUnkn0wn]

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.

[@mitchr85]

It depends on where you live, it looks like. The CDC has a page about this subject and it looks like they don’t do well in cold temperatures. www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria/pathogen.html

[@johnmason1239]

Glad I read this, likely it would have to be a badly filtered pool to run that risk, looks like the pool on this video needs its water replaced. Another natural pool with the same benefits& less- risk of brain eaters is a salt water pool

[@toriam15]

Wow! This is the pool of my dreams.

[@MARCOZR1]

Would love to know how filtration works

[@releventhurt]

Same here hisenberg probably a book about it in the library just like on methlamine

[@Rabidavid]

See dpb's previous videos

[@MoeSpice]

Honestly looks really good with the plants

[@michellebyrom6551]

It doesn't work without the plants and gravel. Its a whole ecosystem.

[@mlnfish]

would love more detail on filtration and sealant..

[@jocaire]

me too!

[@Rabidavid]

You'd best check out dpb's previous videos. The floating filtration unit you saw at the beginning is his Olive powered by compressed air. The filtration used on this system is pretty standard to all his ponds using gravel filter beds interplanted with plants to take out the nutrients from the pool / swimming pond, using air stones to uplift water from the planted beds, so recycling water through them and aerating the water. It's just a shame they haven't integrated a few fish to feed off the algae in the pool, altho I suspect that this could cause a greater amount of waste that would need to be siphoned off the bottom of the pool, as fish waste often sinks.

[@pedrootaviomaiagarcia9701]

@@Rabidavid The fish eat the daphnia, which eats the algae away, plus they generate more nutrients for the algae, thus causing the collapsing of the system if you don't use more expensive filtration systems. His system don't use fish to be kept relatively cheap.

[@HomesteadAtLast]

I think they used stucco to seal the pool in the beginning. Maybe

[@HomesteadAtLast]

Or a lime plaster

[@Nitromudder]

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

[@jeijeiskiwalker7295]

No flocculant used to remmove the fine solids that were mucking up the water at the beginning?

[@user-yu2vy4es1k]

Very nice. Does the pump need to be on 247? Can you share some information on the pump setup?

[@lunark2440]

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 :)

[@shinigamilee5915]

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

[@TheOriginalJenafire]

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.

[@weareorigin]

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

[@scottloutner5253]

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

[@waynejohnston4648]

How do you controll mosquitos?

[@dugalreid8933]

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

[@beautyfrye562]

This is very different but beautiful ❤️😍

[@o_mar_ci_to8256]

What is that beige coating applied to the pool?

[@willthelucky9582]

This is the perfect swimming pool.

[@lisabeardslee6631]

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

[@MySecretJourney]

What will they do when it gets SUPER green?

[@Joedirt5]

I can't stop watching this video

[@aleechaadams2691]

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

[@asbjrn1151]

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. :)

[@TristanMorrow]

No ferts!

[@asbjrn1151]

@@TristanMorrow Sure, no dirt/ferts/nutrition LoL

[@TalLeGal]

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

[@justalurkr]

So, how do users test water quality?

[@JeremyJackson-m9z]

what type of paint did you use?

[@rwksummit]

Awesome job guys

[@MrTidjon]

was wondering what's the floating skimmer name/brand/model.... very interesting - If anyone could help with that, would be lovely. Cheers

[@Carlos-ek8fo]

what kind of filtration you install ?

[@marciamariabressanelli7853]

Beautiful, congratulations..

[@foyezali969]

Such a wonderful project...

[@georgeharvey3062]

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.

[@vivianatobar5206]

do yo use only air pump? No water pump for the filtration?

[@JeremyJackson-e4u]

I'm beginning a similar project in Kentucky, USA. What did you use to paint and seal the pool?

[@jeremymariagabriel9439]

I always heard that using cement in a pool without a liner causes problems with alkalinity in the water that then requires ph buffering. How was this concern addressed in this build, was the cement sealed or treated in some way? Thanks!

[@caewalker9276]

All the plant's can help lower Ph

[@brbubba]

At one point you can see them applying a sealant. If david could expand on what type of cement and sealant were used it would be appreciated.

[@jeremymariagabriel9439]

brian sullivan yes exactly my question. They seem to be applying it with a roller which means if it is a pool paint, the pool will need to be periodically drained and re-painted which is more maintenance than a liner would require and a problem if you end up with leaks in the planted zones since they would need to be emptied and cleaned to re-paint. I have a cement pool that I am planning to add a liner to but it would be simpler to not do that if there is a solution that has the same benefits as a liner that can be applied directly to the cement. But I always believed that the alkalinity problems inherent to cement products was a problem in maintaining ph even with plenty of plants and a paint doesn’t seem like a good long-term solution. Thanks!

[@alexiswilliams4769]

Jeremy Maria Gabriel did you line your pool? I’m doing the same thing and trying to figure it out..

[@НиколайЧитак]

Вы молодцы, ребята. 👍

[@lillibethswan8533]

Beautiful work!!

[@carlosnestorarmanthceballo9068]

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

[@benpaynter]

Awesome conversion!!!

[@rafaelhernandez5963]

Wow so beautiful

[@veervenkat9273]

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

[@mariagaffud1156]

How big is the pool, and the pump they used

[@pedroalejandrogonzalezmurg3621]

That the floating object that appears at minute 1:47???

[@pilkyish]

Lovely transformation👍🏻

[@tamara8908]

I absolutely love this but I question, do mosquitoes breed in it? Maybe some fish would keep it more balanced.

[@grosjeanmarie764]

I was wondering the same

[@madamogee9041]

Mosquitoes usually need stagnant water to breed.

[@tamara8908]

@@madamogee9041 Well, I had a small barrel pond that I usually kept goldfish in. It had water plants and a water pump circulating the water. One year my goldies didn't make it through the winter and some frogs made it their love den. I thought it was cool. Soon after it became the frog, polliwogs and mosquito hatchery. That's why I asked.

[@yvonnecyrus6332]

What is that name of the song?

[@aquagardening5803]

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

[@sanidhyatrivedi4689]

Can someone help me explain how did the water turn green??

[@getfit628]

Will the green color water go away

[@bigchiefmsu]

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?

[@Bansheekilr]

Good point

[@lipaydipay9006]

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?

[@2ne14eva9]

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

[@sanchaxi3987]

Haha does that mean you would rather swim with sharks? ✌😁

[@efburhg]

blackjacks rise

[@pharmerd6094]

Curious how the filtration works. Seems mostly from the surface with the couple of planted beds.

[@brbubba]

Similar to some fish tanks, it's all through the gravel beds. There's a network of piping through the gravel. He uses an air lift pump to circulate water, very low electric use. The novelty of his systems is the air lift pumps, most other systems I've seen use commercial pumps.

[@Joedirt5]

@@brbubba is there a diagram on how ro do a gravel filtration system?

[@Joedirt5]

@@brbubba do the bacteria in gravel consume all the nitrates? Because i thought the plants did that?

[@pharmerd6094]

Correct. Usually he has them coming from lower in the pool. This one seems to be just surface water. No deep inlets for gravel filtration. I was curious on how this particular pool was being filtered. Looks like maybe 3 beds?

[@brbubba]

@@Joedirt5 David has website and build guide that he provides free of charge. www.organicpools.co.uk/

[@traceyralph1537]

Fantastic how beautiful

[@Mrsstick07]

That's stunning. 💞 x

[@vivianatobar5206]

which stone are using?

[@psteven1458]

Utterly gorgeous 😍

[@Bettinasisrg]

It would be nice to know where this is. You don't have to say exactly but what state or part of the country in the world.

[@ESwift-Arts]

I had no idea this was an option for pools.. kind of like a giant aquarium, minus the fish. I’m assuming it’s not chlorinated??

[@kusnezoff8705]

it is the chlorine alternative.you just need a large air pump to pump the air into those tubes which draw the water throw the plant zone which cleans the water to crystal clear. This is the only way to go in this day and age. This technology although not so techy is very advanced. The engineering that went into this is great. It is simple but who thought of it before. This is the way I want to go if I build a pool

[@SouthernSteeler]

How do you cover/winterize and reopen?

[@waterandafter]

Love these pools. Can you please note the music in the description?

[@bigchiefmsu]

First musical piece was Erik Satie's Gymnopedie

[@waterandafter]

@@bigchiefmsu Thank you

[@sourabhdubey4465]

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

[@timredfern1282]

Looks amazing 👍

[@kevinjmellis]

So beautiful. What do you seal the concrete with?

[@allyyyyyyp]

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

[@gusuave007]

Is chlorine added to the water?

[@Satters]

Beautiful

[@meganbliss]

Do you fill it with fluoridated chlorinated town water?

[@jeffvanbuskirk3208]

Is it supposed to be green?

[@casagayatri6382]

Can you provide some information, please? I would like to do the same thing to my pool. The thing is that i don't know how to begin, i have a water loss.

[@Rabidavid]

See dpb's previous videos

[@8platypus]

A water wheel is a better way to aerate the water compared to a pump, and easy to clean too.

[@southurnstar]

Would have been nice to see you use those garden bed sections as a biological filter. You could have added a void space to the plant section with. Small pump to draw the water in and through the gravel and up out where the plants are. But I'm biased. If I ever get a house that has a pool I totally want to convert it to a swim pond with fish.

[@agplay2290]

Spectacular!!!

[@ericbourdieu8668]

How long it takes ?

[@nicoleinman5563]

How big was the pool to start with? 12'x25'?

[@alexanderholzman3256]

The pool is still green is that okay? Otherwise looks great!

[@sunflower62100]

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

[@kylelewis9377]

I’m curious if there’s enough circulation to prevent their egg laying?

[@DanielMGarcia69]

yea I was thinking about doing my own organic pool then I remembered I live in a tropical area and cannot forget about mosquito larvae issues. Hopefully, there will be someone that can confirm this.

[@mr.t2993]

Overtime there will be insects in the pool who will eat those mosquito larvae. And having more surface agitation at the beginning will help as well.

[@urwholefamilydied]

agreed... a small running pond where it's always circulating is one thing. This just seems like a pool without chlorine that has a very slow circulation. Add plants and call it "organic".

[@seanfyodorovich5230]

@@urwholefamilydied He addresses the mosquito issue in other videos. The circulation is actually more than it looks.

[@manojkumar-be2wl]

Super 👌

[@douglasgoldstein8990]

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