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[Oggie]

My wife was watching Better Homes and Gardens last night, where they showed how to turn your unused swimming pool into a pond, and she mentioned that we should do the same with our pool. They basically said just switch off the pool filter and let it sit. When you start to see mosquito larvae (wrigglers), then introduce fish to it. Of course, they also suggest you add water lillies, etc, but no filtration or anything else.

Is it really as simple as this?

[seriavo]

My wife was watching Better Homes and Gardens last night, where they showed how to turn your unused swimming pool into a pond, and she mentioned that we should do the same with our pool. They basically said just switch off the pool filter and let it sit. When you start to see mosquito larvae (wrigglers), then introduce fish to it. Of course, they also suggest you add water lillies, etc, but no filtration or anything else.

Is it really as simple as this?

From memory (18 yeas ago)........our high school (Eastern Hills) had a swimming pool put in a garden area
I dont recall any filtration system on it..........i gues it relies on the large volume of water and nature to keep things going

Cheers,

Brad

[Fox]

I use a Fluval FX5 on my pool / pond 2500ltrs, it works a treat for my fish.
Not sure on the no filter part though. If you were putting fish other than goldies in there, I dont know if I'd risk it.

AZ

[werdna]

They didnt have a lot of fish in there, so probably wouldnt need a filter.

Personally if I was converting a salt water pool I would just drain it, remove the chlorinator completely, use the pool filter and fill it back up

[Oggie]

They didnt have a lot of fish in there, so probably wouldnt need a filter.

Personally if I was converting a salt water pool I would just drain it, remove the chlorinator completely, use the pool filter and fill it back up

As our pool isn't salt water, we wouldn't have that issue. We haven't chlorinated it in a while and the pump isn't working, so the pool is a little green, but not as bad as it could be. In fact it isn't that bad at all, other than a bit of leaf litter in the bottom.

[Adam]

You just need to remember the basics. Oxygenation and Waste Product processing.

If you have a small amount of stock you will not have a problem. Otherwise you will need to take steps to address the basics. Draw water from the bottom, oxygenate it as it is returned to the pool. If you stock heavily or just want to be lazy (more time between work) then modify/install a filter system.

Adam

[Oggie]

We're thinking of adding a few small Koi to start with and see how they go. Thanks all for the advice.