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Title: Aquatic life
Identifier: aquaticlife419181919baus (find matches)
Year: 1918-1919 (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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aquatic JLitt 69 terest. His usual station is five or six inches above the nest or immediately by. Occasionally he has dashed quickly to the bottom, which merely seemed to stir up the humus. The infrequency of these dashes inclines me to regard them as caused by the fancied presence of an enemy in the nest. From the last spawning I was able to remove a small number of the eggs which Kichigoro Akiyama Last month, figuratively speaking, we visited Australia and looked with wonder at the beautiful aquarian conservatory of Mr. Albert Gale, wherein plants and and birds vie with fishes, for Mr. Gale finds everything in nature worth while and interesting. Homeward bound we will visit the Orient and become ac- quainted with Mr. Kichigora Akiyama,
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The Goldfish Breeding Plant of Kichigoro Akiyama were entangled in the Algae Drawings are given made one hour and twelve hours after fertilization. At thirty-six hours all the remaining eggs had been destroyed by fungus. I am unable to ex- plain the pecular process shown encircle- ing the eggs at the first period. Six were examined and it was present on all; at the second period it had disappeared. The loss of the eggs effectually preclud- ed the possibility of determining the period of incubation. The eggs are very transparent and measure approximately one millimeter. the largest goldfish breeder in Japan. Perhaps this qualification is inapt. What we really mean is that Mr. Akiyama has the largest breeding establishment in Japan, both in area and in number of fishes bred. More than 25 acres of ponds are in service, all devoted to the fancy or toy breeds, so we may further say that this is the largest fancy goldfish hatchery in the world. It is to be regretted that a single photograph cannot show all the interesting features of the farm. Some of the devices in use are quite r-imitive. A well-sweep will be noted

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