ProPond® / NEO Index®

Feed your animals throughout the year with the natural, balanced JBL ProPond fish food, to keep them healthy and active for the long-term. All ProPond products of the the physiological-nutritional concept contain high-quality ingredients in accordance with the NEO Index®.

ProScan

JBL has revolutionized water testing and can turn your smartphone into your personal water test center by means of a free app. All test results will be directly displayed in numerical values and additionally evaluated (good, medium, poor). There’s no quicker and more accurate way to analyse the water, get to the bottom of problems or just check whether the fish and plants are in their comfort zone.

Online Hospital

Do you have ill fish and you don’t know what disease it is and how to treat it? Here you can diagnose diseases using photos or identification keys and you can find out where they come from and how to treat them. By showing you over 500 photos to identify and cure fish diseases, we enable you to find a diagnosis and solution.

Pond laboratory / calculator

This worldwide unique pond laboratory gives you dedicated support to combat problems with algae and cloudiness in your pond.

ProScape dosage calculator

Here you can calculate the optimal supply for your aquarium with the JBL ProScape fertilizers. In order to supply the aquatic plants with exactly the right amount of fertilizer, we recommend dosing in two steps.

Aquarium

A great help for your hobby - a 200 page reference book. Here you will find all aquatics-related issues with illustrations. Beginning with an outline of the subjects (aquarium types – size/shape – technical items – setting up – water – plants – animals – maintenance – problems), it leads you to the chapters dealing with each main subject, which can contain up to 10 subsections. Without exception every aspiring or current aquarium owner will find the comprehensive information they are looking for.

Terrarium

Under ”Themeworld/Terrarium” you’ll find tips & ideas for the start and for the care of a natural habitat with turtles, tortoises, lizards or amphibians.

Pond

You don’t get a functioning, healthy and algae-free pond by magic! In “Themeworld” you will learn all about beautiful garden ponds and how to care for beautiful fish.

A deep gorge cuts through the middle of the tabletop mountains in Venezuela. The wind propels the rushing water and the fish play in the water currents flowing through the tiny crevices.

With this layout I wanted to display a Nature Style Aquarium featuring roots, which is both easy to implement and attractive.

When is the next workshop about aquarium technology, pond care or terrarium lighting taking place near you? What are the current trends?

The original idea behind my layout was a massive rock face, completely filled and raised from behind with soil substrate, so that it covers the background completely. You can use small plants and even ground-covers at the top and back of the layout.

The basic idea for this year's ADM was for the apprentices to try out the (currently very popular) technique of gluing wood and stones with superglue and cigarette filters.