#biotope

I was helping observe and tidy some biotopes in Shibuya yesterday and found this tiny fish. Even the tiniest little living things can be so strikingly beautiful, i was very moved by it.

Pond Retreat, Tasmanian, Hobart, Australia,

The spring at the bottom is still putting out about a litre a minute. This year I'm working on planting the extremely boggy soil around the perimeter.

The left side where you can see the ericaceous soil is about 30 cranberry dicisions, the store was selling them in fruit last year as Christmas decorations.

Far side is a fern that was growing in the canal that I tossed in (the amphipods are eating EVERYTHING in the water), and then variegated Acorus calumnus, variegated Typha latifolia, smaller cattail Typha orientalis, and Iris x louisiana "Black Gamecock".

The Petasites japonica on the right put itself there.