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Comment by Jim Fisk on June 23, 2014 at 4:27pm

Agreed, although the pond my dad made us was stream fed and did have fish and was amazing for swimming but it was also about 3 times this size. Flow certainly makes a big difference. These ponds would not work well with fish. Smaller critters, yes.

Comment by Averan on June 23, 2014 at 10:44am

The key to these is low to no nutrients. Notice that these aren't fish ponds, so there isn't any significant source of nitrogen/phosphorus for algae to go wild on.

Comment by Jim Fisk on June 21, 2014 at 4:10pm

Hi Pat, I don't think combining the 2 would work all that well I would consider the pool to be a pool. I am personally building one that is stream fed. It would be mighty hard to convert a conventional pool to one of these. I grew up with a pond along these lines and we loved it. No maintenance!

Comment by Pat James on June 21, 2014 at 2:21pm

Love the idea, but it hasn't worked for me. My fish enjoy the pool but it is a little too dark and full of algae for my tastes....

Comment by Jim Fisk on June 21, 2014 at 9:13am

This should appeal to all you Aquapons out there.