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-Regeneration area with water and bog plants and plants with floating leaves, with a partition wall to separate it from the swimming area, but to allow the water to flow between the two areas.+_Regeneration area with water and bog plants and plants with floating leaves, with a partition wall to separate it from the swimming area, but to allow the water to flow between the two areas._
  
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-Two very different methods of digging the hole for your pool.+_Two very different methods of digging the hole for your pool._
  
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-Bird's-eye view of a natural pool.+_Bird's-eye view of a natural pool._
  
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-Nothing better than plunging into a freshwater pool on a hot summer day - for humans and non-humans.+_Nothing better than plunging into a freshwater pool on a hot summer day - for humans and non-humans._
  
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-Unrolling the pool EPDM liner.+_Unrolling the pool EPDM liner._
  
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-This is a conversion from a conventional pool - chlorine out, plants in.+_This is a conversion from a conventional pool - chlorine out, plants in._
  
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-After you've built your pond, you may start to get a build-up of algae, but soon daphnia (above) will arrive to eat it; and after that, other pond life will turn up to eat the daphnia, and an ecosystem will develop.+_After you've built your pond, you may start to get a build-up of algae, but soon daphnia (above) will arrive to eat it; and after that, other pond life will turn up to eat the daphnia, and an ecosystem will develop._
  
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-Constructing a gravel bed for a 'biofilm' filter (type 4 pool, see above).+_Constructing a gravel bed for a 'biofilm' filter (type 4 pool, see above)._
  
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-Yellow flag irises love wet conditions and will add beauty to your pool, as well as helping to keep the water clean.+_Yellow flag irises love wet conditions and will add beauty to your pool, as well as helping to keep the water clean._
  
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-## Specialists+## Related topics 
 + 
 +- [[pond:Ponds]] 
 +- [[wisw:Wild swimming]] 
 +- [[wiga:Wildlife gardening]] 
 +- [[ntaw:Nature awareness]] 
 +- [[reed:Reed beds]] 
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 +## Specialist curators of this topic
  
  
  
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