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Title: The care of home aquaria
Identifier: careofhomeaquari00osbu (find matches)
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Osburn, Raymond Carroll, 1872-
Subjects: Aquariums
Publisher: New York, The New York Zoological Society
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries

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THE CARE OF HOME AQUARIA 47
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J.% YOUNG TAUTOG OR BLACKFISH. A very hardy and interesting- fish for the marine aquarium. stocking renders the salt-water aquarium impracticable for the person of average means who lives at a distance from the sea. To one who is within reach of the shore, however, the ma- rine aquarium offers a never-ending and ever-varied field for Ftudy and investigation. Animals and plants may be obtained the year round, and many of them live well within the restricted limits of the aquarium. The many species of hydroids and sea- anemones, marine worms, small starfishes, bryozoans, mollusks of many kinds, crabs, shrimps and other crustaceans and sea squirts or ascidians, as well as fishes, are to be obtained. These give a variety to the miniature scene which cannot be paralleled in the fresh water aquarium. Some of the small salt-water aquaria at the New York Aquarium have been maintained in a balanced condition for sev- eral years one for as long as twelve years. Of course, both animals and plants have been added to the stock occasionally, but the balance has not been interfered with during that time. Fresh water in small quantities must be added to the marine aquarium occasionally to replace that which evaporates. The addition of sea water would, in the course of time, cause the salinity to become too great, since the salts do not evaporate.

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