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Title: Aquatic life
Identifier: aquaticlife319171918baus (find matches)
Year: 1917-1918 (1910s)
Authors: Bausman, Joseph E
Subjects: Aquariums; Fish culture
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. E. Bausman
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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102 jglquattc mtt fourth thoroughly rotted cow manure or one quart of bone meal to each bushel of soil. If the manure is not thoroughly rotted it will ferment and foul the water. It is safer to use the bone meal. Cover the soil with an inch of sand to prevent discoloration of the water. For smaller receptacles choose varieties adapted to tub culture, and plant in large lily pots or suitable boxes. Use but one plant in each pot, and give as much soil as pos- sible. The charm of the water lily, to- gether with the fact that it provides necessary shade during the hot midsum- comnion use range from eighteen inches to three feet wide by from three to eight feet long, with an inside depth of twelve to fifteen inches. Preference is given to small sizes when the same volume of water can be obtained by using a larger number. Small tanks are less liable to leak, are easier to handle, permit closer sorting of the fish by size, with the re- sultant reduction of competition for food, permit checking of disease before it spreads. In making wooden tanks the sides are rabbeted to a depth of three-eighths of C // \V WATER BOTTOIA OP TANK C -^ mer, makes it the peer of outdoor plants for every aquarist. Catalogs and full cultural directions may be obtained from specialists. Henry A. Dreer, of Philadel- phia, and William Tricker, Arlington, N. J., are leaders in this line, and will gladly send their catalogs to those seriously in- terested. For rearing fine goldfish the successful breeder uses tubs or wooden tanks. These are placed out-of-doors in locations pro- tected from the hot sun, or shade is af- forded by water lilies or other means. Provision is made for running water. Wooden tanks of cypress, one and one- quarter or one and one-half inches thick, are best. The size may be varied to meet individual requirements, but those in
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an inch to receive the bottom and end boards, and the end boards are rabbeted to the same depth to receive the bottom. The groove or rabbet should be one and one-half inches from the outer edge of the board. If it is necessary to use more than one board in making the bottom, they should be tongued and grooved, or slip-tongued and grooved, the latter mak- ing a superior joint. Give all joints a coat of thin white lead, following it with another coat twenty-four hours later. In assembling slip the bottom into the grooves in the end boards, and then put the sides in place. Small tanks may be joined together with galvanized lag screws, using screws three by three- eighths for one and one-quarter inch

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