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Title: The Aquarium bulletin
Identifier: aquariumbulletin1917broo (find matches)
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Brooklyn Aquarium Society, Inc
Subjects: Aquariums; Aquarium fishes
Publisher: Brooklyn, N. Y. : Brooklyn Aquarium Society, Inc.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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THE AQUARIUM BULLETIN 11 ported. Without doubt, the most exacting and particular fanciers and breeders will consider the Scalare as the peer of all aquarium fishes that have ever been introduced. They are known to attain a size of lU inches from tip of dorsal to tip of ventral fin and a body and tail length of 5^ and 2^2 inches respectively. The Scalare in general is so beautiful and attractive that even the most disin- terested layman must stand and gaze at it. The writer has successfully kept temperature of at least So degrees is required. The Scalare is a "nighthawk," that is it prefers to swim about during the early part of the evening. During the day they hide in one of the rear cor- ners of the aquarium, the edge of the tail pointed towards the front; it is very difficult to locate them at times for this reason. Very interesting indeed is the resting or sleeping position,—the eyes turned downward, the body resting on the bottom or on plants by the pectoral fins which
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specimens in his aquarium tor over two years. As the Amazon River lies near the equator the Scalare is naturally a tropical fish requiring warm temperatures, but it has done very well in temperatures as low as 62 degrees Fah. although it is advisable to keep them at about 75 degrees; the coloring will then be at its best. For breeding purposes a assume a position similar to the rockers of a chair. This occurs in the latter part of the night or early morning hours. By artificial light at night they swim about and chase each other in graceful movements, at first with the head upright, then in a down- ward directions, then with the body almost horizontal. In fact, it is a con- tinuous procession, up and down, back

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  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Brooklyn_Aquarium_Society_Inc
  • booksubject:Aquariums
  • booksubject:Aquarium_fishes
  • bookpublisher:Brooklyn_N_Y_Brooklyn_Aquarium_Society_Inc_
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
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  • bookleafnumber:11
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