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Title: The complete aquarium book; the care and breeding of goldfish and tropical fishes
Identifier: completeaquarium00inne (find matches)
Year: 1936 (1930s)
Authors: Innes, William T. (William Thornton), 1874-1969
Subjects: Aquariums; Goldfish
Publisher: New York, Halcyon house
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library

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AQUARIUM APPLIANCES 121 When the forceps are otherwise completed, flatten out the ends by ham- mering on an iron vise or other firm surface. The jaws of the forceps automatically remain open. Pressure on the loop closes them. They will be found useful in adjusting plants, lifting out snails, stones or other small objects. \- Fig. 99. Planting Stick Planting Sticks. To secure the roots of plants in sand would seem a very simple matter, but when the aquarium is filled it is most difficult to set them without the help of one or two planting sticks. These are as simple as they are useful, being merely thin sticks with a dull notch in the end. About three-eighths of an inch is a suitable size diameter for the sticks. The notch should be slightly rounded on the edges to avoid cutting the roots as they are forced into the sand. Two sticks are better than one. Plants like Giant Sagittaria should be pressed down from two sides. After the plant is placed to the proper depth, it should be held with one stick while the other is used to push sand over the roots and to press down straggling roots which have not been covered. Aquaria should not be planted while filled, but sometimes a few plants ride loose on the first filling, or some are added later. For such occasions planting sticks are needed. A pair of rulers will do in an emergency. Make sticks about 6 inches longer than the depth of aquarium water.
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Fig. 100. Aquarium Scissors Scissors. A pair of scissors with a 15-inch rod securely wrapped to each handle is used for trimming dead leaves from plants. With this tool plants can be reached without disturbing anything, and one can get a better view of what is to be done than when working elbow-deep in the water. Live-bearing Traps. With most varieties of viviparous (live-bear- ing) fishes it is desirable to promptly separate the mother and other fish from the young in order that they will not be eaten. One simple method is to take a glass funnel about six inches across the top, file a nick where funnel joins stem, break off tube and place a small piece of U-shaped wire in the opening, so that the wire divides the hole in half. The funnel is then placed in a cylindrical jar or other aquarium of a size that will suspend it by the edge; bring the water as high as possible in funnel,

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