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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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jaquattc Jiite 67 other accessories. A pair of long wood- en forceps is useful for removing dead leaves and snails, neither of which should be allowed to rot in the tank, or for rearranging the plants and stones. Cork or glass food rings confine the foods and prevent the particles from spreading indiscriminately over the sur- face of the water. For snipping off leaves a pair of scissors, with round ends, can be fitted with extension handles of wood. Any article may be regarded as useful that enables one to work in the tank without putting the hands in the water, for this should be done as little
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Anacharis Photo by Henry A. Dreer as possible, lest injurious substances be introduced. When it is necessary the hand should be clean and free from to- bacco. The health and growth of a fish de- pends largely upon its diet. This must be a well-balanced ration, consisting of all the elements needed for proper nour- ishment, and be fed in quantities such as our common sense will tell us is rieht. So much has been written of the ills of over-feeding that I often wonder that the novice has the courage to feed his fish at all. Give them as much as they care to eat and will consume within a period of ten to fifteen minutes, once a day and preferably during the early morning hours. For the basic diet any of the several foods advertised in Aquatic Life are good. By way of va- riety, feed raw oysters, shrimp and fish finely chopped. To goldfish don't feed raw scraped beef, liver or other parts of warm-blooded animals, except as a rare treat. Daphnia and Enchytrae are without equal, and should be used as much as possible. Well cooked, strained oatmeal is good, either alone or cooked with one-fourth part of finely ground dried shrimp. Another phase that must be given con- sideration is the fact that the fishes and plants appropriate salts and other min- eral matter from the water, so provision must be made for its replacement. To this end draw off a half or a third of the water each week and replace with new water of the same temperature. It will be better not to do this at one time, but rather take a little every other day or so. Once a week add a quarter of a tea- spoonful of ground sea salt and a tea- spoonful of epsom salt to each ten gal- lons of water in the tank. When conditions in the aquarium are favorable, sickness and death will be rare, but of course cannot be entirely eliminated. A diagnosis of the common ills of goldfish with their treatments will be considered in an article to appear in the next issue. Aquatic Life is indeed very interest- ing. I anxiously await its arrival each month.—Chas. F. Higgins, Nezv Hamp- shire.

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