Dendrobates Tinctorius

 

Discus aquarium - an Amazon Blackwater biotope

After an accident I changed the Angelfish in my Amazon aquarium with Discus. They are F3 Cuipeau ? Curipera Discus.

Here they are in the first month in the aquarium:

 

After some time I decided to turn the root upside down in order to look more realistic.

 

Unfortunately it turned out that the fish fad parasites, so now I am curing them.

New spring - the pond in one year

Most of the plants have survived the winter and are strating to grow again.

Мenyanthes trifoliata:

Mentha aquatica:

The goldfish:

The plants in my pond

Here are the plants of my pond. Soon after planting and some weeks later:

Houttuynia cordata:

After planting:                                                                            2 weeks later:

Menyanthes trifoliata:


Caltha palustris:

Marsilea quadrifolia:

After planting:                                                                            2 weeks later:

Lysimachia nummularia:

 

Juncus inflexus (or effusus):                                              

Cyperus alternifolius:

Cyperus longus: 

Typha minima:                                                                 Typha gracillis:

                 

Alisma plantago-aquatica:

Iris versicolor:

   

Water lilly:

My Goldfish

Today I bought some sarasa and shubunkin goldfish for the pond. I really like them:

Another sarasa comet and my first koi:

The fish in the pond:

 

Goldfish pond

I have been planing for some time to build a small pond/watergarden at our villa.

Here is the basis of the pond filtration system:

I was allowed a just small part of the garden by my father.
So here I started:





A week later the hole was dug:

After another week the pipes for the filtration system was ready:

The next week I secured the walls and layered the bottom:

And covered it with underlayment and pond liner:

Then I fixed the bottom drain, skimmer and TPRs and painted them black.

I found river rocks and decorated the pond border and waterfall.

  

Some weeks later water was added, though the filtration system was not turned on. The result - pea soup water. I planted the first plants. But I still need to hide the liner.

With more plants and working filtration. Still some details need to be fixed.

August 2013 - It is close to finished: