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April 2024

Lighting

2024-03-31T10:58:43+01:00

Biological pools fit into the landscape in a harmonious and harmless way. Suitable outdoor lighting is more decent and the reflection of light on the water creates a much more romantic appearance. Therefore, it is the most suitable way of lighting and allows the lighting to stay on all night, if necessary. Generally speaking, [...]

Lighting2024-03-31T10:58:43+01:00

Rewilding

2024-03-31T11:00:49+01:00

Rewilding means a form of nature restoration that aims to focus on nature's self-capacity to return to relative ecological balance and complexity of biodiversity on a given site. Rewilding is the activity of restoring nature for its own sake. March 20th is World Rewilding Day. That day we released a short video in English [...]

Rewilding2024-03-31T11:00:49+01:00

March 2024

Water is life

2024-03-06T10:26:03+00:00

"Water is life" is a campaign that aims to alert the population to the need to take good care of the most precious asset we have in life, water. With subtitles such as "don't waste it", "every drop counts" or "reduce your consumption" the aim is to alert the population of the Algarve to [...]

Water is life2024-03-06T10:26:03+00:00

World Wildlife Day

2024-03-02T17:04:34+00:00

The United Nations (UN) proclaimed March 3rd as World Wildlife Day. The date coincides with the day on which, in 1973, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was signed. Therefore, this date aims to raise awareness about the world's wild animals and plants, celebrating the beauty, [...]

World Wildlife Day2024-03-02T17:04:34+00:00

Heating

2024-03-02T16:48:52+00:00

Heat the water in a biological pool? It is common in biological pools in Central Europe but is rare in the mild climate of Portugal. This is due to the fact that the water has temperatures close to 20 ºC from Easter onwards and continues like this almost until São Martinho. But also in [...]

Heating2024-03-02T16:48:52+00:00

February 2024

A well-equipped swimming pond

2024-02-05T17:32:46+00:00

The final design of a biological pool is a mix of elements, selected by the client based on our proposals in the first planning phase. Together with the clients, the design of the biological pool is defined. Obviously, some of the elements proposed in the ideas phase are left out of the game. It [...]

A well-equipped swimming pond2024-02-05T17:32:46+00:00

Puddles

2024-02-05T17:33:10+00:00

February 2nd was International Wetlands Day. Reason to talk about biological pools. But today it's more important to put our feet in the puddle. Because puddles are also wetlands, especially those that last for many weeks, even months, without losing their water. There we find living beings highly adapted to life in aquatic environment, [...]

Puddles2024-02-05T17:33:10+00:00

Cold bath

2024-02-05T17:31:12+00:00

It has been known since ancient times that cold baths, regularly practiced, strengthen the immune system. There are always more fans of the so-called "cold bath", also among our customers, and biological pools are ideal equipments for this practice. For a cold bath, the water temperature should be below 11 ºC, which is really [...]

Cold bath2024-02-05T17:31:12+00:00

December 2023

The allure of clear water

2023-12-01T10:28:27+00:00

With some regularity we receive contacts to beautify or improve artificial ponds in urban parks. What at first glance seems like a good idea quickly reaches its limits. Because many times an improvement through biofiltration or plant beautification, which would make the pond water clearer and the scenery more beautiful, is not viable. For [...]

The allure of clear water2023-12-01T10:28:27+00:00

End of the season

2023-12-01T10:04:22+00:00

This year, Saint Martins summer offered us a very warm and long bathing season. Thus, excellent conditions to say goodbye to our biological pool in full action. And in the coming weeks, as we spend more time in the house, the biological pool becomes a sleeping beauty. Yes, it looks beautiful even with fewer [...]

End of the season2023-12-01T10:04:22+00:00
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