My Fantasy Tank, plausible or terrible terrible idea?

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You probably wouldn't want to swim in the pool...there is a reason why people heavily chlorinate the swimming pools. You might get skin infection...and if there are certain amoebas in the water, you might get an infection in the brain if you happen to get water in your nasal cavity.


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ecoli73 said:
You probably wouldn't want to swim in the pool...there is a reason why people heavily chlorinate the swimming pools. You might get skin infection...and if there are certain amoebas in the water, you might get an infection in the brain if you happen to get water in your nasal cavity.


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Why do people swim in lakes and rivers and oceans than? That seems like it would be much more risky than a domestic fish pond. Look at rivers like the Mississippi. Full of cow crap and fish poop and gasoline and people still swim in it, lol

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Warborg said:
Sounds like you want something like this

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?232218-New-Tropical-Pond
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Thank you for finding this! I spent hours last night reading that build.. His project was a TON harder than what I had in mind because he had to build the entire pool and went way farther than i would at least initially on all the rock work but man what a cool project. On the converse side.. I won't have a labor crew for weeks or months to get everything just so.. :)
 
ecoli73 said:
Free flowing river is fine. Ocean has salinity levels different from our body...but swim in warm stagnant fresh water lakes...watch out
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This is a good consideration, and one of the reasons I posted this question/thread. There is a very low instance of illness and infection and only then as you put it, where there is stagnant water (not circulating or filtered) but even in rivers and creeks there is absolutely microbes, parasites and bacteria that humans can contract.

My thoughts are along these lines, please tell me if my assumptions are wrong:

Yes, infection is possible but highly unlikely under the filtered/circulating conditions I am looking at. The old statistic of falling coconuts killing 8 times more people worldwide than sharks annually comes to mind, lightning strikes etc.. i.e. what is the severity vs probability and is it a real concern?

If fish water is really so bad, wouldn't there have been millions of aquarium owner die from aquarium diseases after getting splashed in eyes/nose/throat or starting their gravel vacuums with their mouth (You know it happens all the time) or even not washing hands after coming into contact with fishwater?

Also remember I want this to be pool clarity and well circulated and filtered, but minus the chemicals. Does anyone know if there are tests or labs you can send samples of pool or water to for microbiological evaluation?
 
Low chance yes. Frankly I'll be more worried about Fish TB and salmonella infections than this.

This particular bug needs water to be in the nasal chamber to have an effect; so even if the ameoba gets into the mouth and throat via sucking, it wouldn't have an effect...the last few cases of this actually didn't occur in pools but rather in people who rinses out their nasal cavities with unclean equipment and tap water.

Also, one can not compare a man made pool to naturally occurring lakes unless you are going to stock at a level equivalent of a natural lake(which is not so much fun)...

Again, I think it is a great idea for a tropical pool...I wish I live in an area that can support that; but I wouldn't be swimming in it :)
 
stockfool said:
I think you are looking at something similar to this: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?261937-Considering-a-Tropical-Pond
I don't want to get off topic, but this thread seems very similar to what you are asking, unless you do go heated.
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Not off topic at all. I scanned through that one and others previously, but all were slightly different than what I had in mind although that one down in costa rica is pretty darn close.

I am however getting a lot of good info from all on various filtering methods and ultimate outcomes. I do think if it's affordable I want to heat the pool and have it tropical. I also however want it to be more of a swimming pool with fish and less of a pond, but I'm certainly not looking to have giant lake monsters or anything that's going to eat me in there. I would prefer lots of small community fish vs a few bigger or ONE giant and I'm certainly not looking at a koi pond type arrangement.

Again, swimming in it and extremely clear water are absolute musts if this were to happen.

Thank everyone who has responded, bouncing ideas around is for me a good way to figure out feasibility.
 
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