Once the suspended nutrients are absorbed by the plankton, they increase their population, turning the water green and blue in warm seasons.

[3][4] In the site, which was declared a protected natural area on March 14, 2003, and a Ramsar Site on February 2, 2009, there are different species of flora, for example: Nogalillo, palo esopeta, flame coral tree, cazahuate, copal, white sapote, ceiba, white capulín, red logwood, chinquapin oak, white oak, bonpland willow, tropical ash, smooth mesquite, ahuehuete, huisache, carricillo, eucalyptus, chicastle, nopals, pink grass, wild pistachio, yellow trumpetbush, etc.

[5][6] Within the existing fauna in the protected area there are species such as: Charales, blackfin goodea, bulldog goodeid, yellow shiner, eurasian carp, inca dove, lesser roadrunner, red-tailed hawk, gray fox, hooded skunk, bobcat, gophers, mexican cottontail, common opossum, etc.

After the Spanish conquest, the friars used this site to baptize the natives, which caused the anger of Tiripeme, who produced eddies in the water that dragged into its interior the women who were bathing or washing their clothes on the shore.

Fray Jacobo Daciano, after hearing these stories, decided that the only way to put an end to that "demon" was to baptize the pool, so on October 15, 1550, the Franciscan friar climbed to the top of the volcano, raised his cross and He began to sprinkle holy water on the lake, immediately afterwards, from the body of water in the crater, a great whirlpool emerged with a lot of wind and a frightening noise, this being the "demon" that fled frightened.