take-u-away

I’d always wanted to go inside there, as i was passing by the place everytime i went to pet villa. So today, i finally stepped into Mainland Tropical Fishfarm. It’s located at Pasir Ris Farmway 1, which is very near the main road and some hdb flats, so it’s quite convenient actually, not like other farms, situated in ulu ulu places, haha.

It’s divided into 2 sections, to the right are many ponds under the shade of a light veil, where many people are standing around with their lovely children exploring the fishes. The right side is a sheltered area, holding many many tanks, mostly of goldfish. And also the office, and a shop selling aquarium equipments.

So i started exploring the ponds at the right side, most of which are koi ponds.

Watching the kois swimming happily in the water really clears my mind of all the unhappy thoughts. Then there are 2 ponds holding some super gigantic freshwater fishes.

As according to the signboard, this breed is known as “Arapaima”, they are the biggest freshwater fish in the world, reaching lengths of 6 feets or more. One of which i saw is even bigger than the st bernard! Wah, better be careful, i think it can eat me up if i accidentally dropped into the pond. :p

There are quite a lot of people there, sitting on the stone chairs provided, enjoying the scenery, while the children are playing around, looking at the fishes. There are fences around the fish ponds, so don’t worry, the kids are safe, haha.

There’s also a small lane with a long stretch of pond, filled with guppies, for people, especially children, to catch. Small pails and nets are provided. Saw many children squatting by the side, trying to catch the poor guppies. Yes, to fall in the hands of the innocent, but ignorant childrens, is really pathetic. There are a few dead guppies drifting by also, see!

There are 2 tanks by the side of the pond, i don’t know why they are placed there. One is over-populated with bala-sharks, the other is with oscars.

This one is not too bad, cos the oscars are not fully growned yet. The bala sharks are all quite big, so it seems a little bit too cramp for them.

I went to the other side, noticed a nice planted tank residing in a more enclosed compartment.

Argh! I didnt check the quality of my photo, the overview of the tank is too blur! Btw, the tank is filled with ferns, windelov, nana, and some other plants i’m not too familiar with. The plants are quite closely packed, with thin twigs jutting out sparingly. I like it!

Well, that’s all i have to say for this. The place doesn’t really have much variety of fish, and it seems to be more catered for people to visit and feed the kois. Haha, they are selling fish food $4 a pack to feed the kois, red-tailed catfish and the arapaima! Wah, so expensive! haha.