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October 2025

Plants hunting water-fleas

2025-10-01T17:55:24+01:00

There are rootless aquatic plants living in clean waters called Utricularia. They are distributed worldwide, and two species also exist in Portugal. The plant's green structure is a very thin stem with leaves reduced to filaments. On these thin branches, we can find the utricles. These are round structures about a millimeter in diameter [...]

Plants hunting water-fleas2025-10-01T17:55:24+01:00

September 2025

Home automation

2025-09-01T11:00:04+01:00

Everything is possible, nothing is mandatory – that's our viewpoint regarding the use of home automation in biological pools. There are many reasons to automate as much equipment as possible in a home, and biological pools are no exception. In a vacation home with a biological pool, for example, where no one is present [...]

Home automation2025-09-01T11:00:04+01:00

View points

2025-09-01T10:59:27+01:00

We are not birds, but human beings. We don't have wings, but we invented drones. Normally, standing up, we observe the water of a biological pool from a side perspective. This is our usual view, the everyday perspective of the water mirror. With a drone, we can gain another perspective and see the beauty [...]

View points2025-09-01T10:59:27+01:00

Piscina biológica 2.0

2025-09-01T10:59:07+01:00

Our biological pool design business has spanned three decades, and over that time, many projects have emerged and continue to emerge. In addition to new construction, we also renovate older biological pools. Our construction team is frequently called upon to work on these older pools. Sometimes, these are minor improvements, such as renovating a [...]

Piscina biológica 2.02025-09-01T10:59:07+01:00

August 2025

Water flea

2025-08-02T16:26:59+01:00

This microscopic animal that cleans the water in biological pools, captured in the photo above, is a water flea, or rather, a cladoceran, a species of small freshwater crustacean. As the image demonstrates, its digestive system is full due to the bioactivity of this animal. This happens because the water flea feeds on microalgae [...]

Water flea2025-08-02T16:26:59+01:00

A colorful and elusive bird

2025-08-02T16:26:23+01:00

The kingfisher is a bird many people know, but few have had the chance to see. In various wetland habitats—from streams and lake shores to biological pools—this multicolored bird can be spotted by those who know one of its most revealing habits: its distinctive call. The kingfisher has a habit of calling out while [...]

A colorful and elusive bird2025-08-02T16:26:23+01:00

Happy holiday!

2025-08-02T16:26:07+01:00

August is vacation month. Hot days! To cool off, everyone is looking for places by the sea. The seaside, the riverside. Or the biopoolside? Everyone has their own preferences. What matters is the presence of water, to take a dip and escape the heat, refresh body and soul, and rest in the cool water [...]

Happy holiday!2025-08-02T16:26:07+01:00

July 2025

Water beetle

2025-07-01T09:21:14+01:00

Water beetles of the genus Hydrophilus are the largest insects that live underwater. Although they are rare, if a pond or biological pool offers good water quality and plenty of underwater vegetation, you may be lucky enough to encounter this impressive animal. At 5 cm long, it is the largest water beetle in Europe. [...]

Water beetle2025-07-01T09:21:14+01:00

Holiday with swimming pond!

2025-07-01T09:20:32+01:00

Holidays with a biological pool or swimming pond are an option that many have not yet tried. It would be worth it! In Portugal, there are already more than 60 tourist developments, from North to South, that offer this experience to their guests. And the range of possibilities is wide, from country houses, local [...]

Holiday with swimming pond!2025-07-01T09:20:32+01:00

Lively nights

2025-07-01T09:20:17+01:00

We imagine a silent night, like in the photo, with a calm water surface and mirroring the stars reflected in it. We imagine ourselves alone in the universe, in front of the water mirror under the dome of stars, because all this conveys a feeling of silence. Suddenly, a cry, an animal, a sound [...]

Lively nights2025-07-01T09:20:17+01:00
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