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April 2020

May I use the pool?

2020-04-01T10:01:19+01:00

“May I use the biological pool?” That is the question that some owners of biological pools pose this spring. The answer is yes, but there is still a very low water temperature. But this can change quickly as Spring advances. People want to know what happens with the virus in the water, and it [...]

May I use the pool?2020-04-01T10:01:19+01:00

Partition walls

2020-04-01T10:00:42+01:00

In these days the newspapers showed photographs of the famous canals of Venice, but this time with crystal clear water with schools of fish clearly visible. It seems that the absence of traffic with motor boats, which permanently lift up sediments, made the water more transparent. That is, so much movement with boats keeps [...]

Partition walls2020-04-01T10:00:42+01:00

Carbon dioxide sink

2020-04-01T10:00:24+01:00

Over the course of a year, one hundred square meters of aquatic plants in a biological pool can assume about 100 kg CO2. In other words, each biological pool contributes to the fixation of carbon dioxide (because almost all of them have at least 100 m2 of area of ​​aquatic plants). But we have [...]

Carbon dioxide sink2020-04-01T10:00:24+01:00

March 2020

Water snails

2020-03-02T10:32:38+00:00

Water snails are a cleaning weapon in biological pools, and so welcome. Almost all species feed on the so-called biofilm, a living film of microbes, algae and fungi growing above any surface as long as there is enough water. Snails have a strong muscle, a kind of "treadmill", which serves to move them above [...]

Water snails2020-03-02T10:32:38+00:00

Sustainable development goals

2020-03-02T10:17:41+00:00

Biological pools are easily included in the UN Agenda 2030 and their sustainable development goals (SDGs), which Portugal also signed. The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development consists of 17 SDGs and was approved in September 2015 by 193 members, resulting from the joint work of governments and citizens around the world to [...]

Sustainable development goals2020-03-02T10:17:41+00:00

Tree frogs

2020-03-02T11:33:11+00:00

If we would do a survey among the owners of biological pools asking what are the most loved animals in their biological pool, the winner would be certainly the tree frog. Tree frogs are small frogs capable climbing in vegetation. Portugal has the privilege of hosting two different species of tree frog, the Mediterranean tree [...]

Tree frogs2020-03-02T11:33:11+00:00

February 2020

Springtime, time for cleaning

2020-02-02T10:47:24+00:00

The first three months of the year are the most indicated time when basic cleaning of each biological pool must be done. After months of disuse, deposits, such as dust and leaves, naturally accumulate on the bottom of the swimming area. These must be removed before starting into the new swimming season. In biological [...]

Springtime, time for cleaning2020-02-02T10:47:24+00:00

Ask for a quote

2020-02-02T12:01:59+00:00

We thought our site is well known, but it looks like that not all know that it is on this site where the way to have an own swimming pond starts. At the site there is a button “quote” which opens a questionnaire. The answers will give us a basic information to elaborate a proposal. One [...]

Ask for a quote2020-02-02T12:01:59+00:00

Night at the biological pool

2020-02-02T11:52:41+00:00

It is now, even now, on these slightly rainy nights, but not cold, when it is worth visiting the biological pool. It is not for bathing, the water must be little more than 13 ºC! Get ready with a lamp! This visit is to find out who lives in the biological pool. There are [...]

Night at the biological pool2020-02-02T11:52:41+00:00

December 2019

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