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Anabas scandens

Girardinus reticulatus

Platypoecilus species

Barbus conchonius

Haplochilus chaperi

Poecilia poecilioides

Barbus semi-fasciolatus

Haplochilus panchax

Poecilia species

Badis badis

Haplochilus rubrostigma

Polycentrus shomburgkii

Betta ruber

Haplochilus sexfasciatus

Polyacanthus dayi

Betta splendens

Pseudoxiphophorus bimaculatus

Callichthys callichthys

Heros facetus Macropodus viridi auratus

Callichthys marmoratus

Mollienisia latipinna

Trichogaster fasciatus

Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum Danio rerio Danio malabaricus

Neetroplus carpintis

Trichogaster

Nuria danrica Ophiocephalus

Tetragonopterus lineatus Tetragonopterus guppyi

Gambusia aftinis Gambusia caudimaculata Gambusia holbrooki Gambusia nicaraguenis Geophagus gymnogensis

Rivulus flabellicauda

striatus

lalius

Paratilapia multicolor

Tetragonopterus

Paratilapia species

Tetragonopterus ulreyi

Pantodon bucholzi

Xiphophorus brevis Xiphophorus helleri Xiphophorus rachowi

Platvpoecilus maculatus

Platypoecilus niger

rutilus

Platypoecilus ruber

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new varieties offish, so if there are want, let us know, and we will quote prices. any species that you nice collection of common and rare Gold always have on hand a aquarium plants, snails, tadpoles, etc. Fish at prices that are right; also are constantly getting in

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price, lo cents per tin.

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Scaleless.

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ot the finest singing canaries.

others

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deposit a mass of large coral-red eggs out of the water; the snails drop into the water as they hatch.

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a price

EWING, NEBRASKA

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Mexican Swordtail

for

it.

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don't ask for

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how many imported

little

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time

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Volume

NOVEMBER,

Labyrinth Fishes Part DR.

A NIMAL i-

These

life in

primarily

water. etrate

It still

called labyrinth fishes, have

fishes,

"labyrinth," an enlargement of the gill cav-

the water and the

tribution of aquatic organisms

-*-

a special organ for air breathing called a

BADE AND EUGENE SMITH

Number

1912

the oxygen

between head and

ity

distri-

body.

This

bladder-like space or pocket extending back

depend

into the dorsal

content of the

Within

skin.

pocket

this

takes oxygen fully a day to pen-

water to a depth of only one-half

With decreasing temperature of the

inch.

water the oxygen-holding capacity increases, so that, for instance, at 20째 centigrade (G8째 F.)

much

holds only half as

as at the

freezing point.

Aquatic animals breathe the free oxygen in the

water through the body covering, their

trachea or their

The

gills.

of fishes

gills

Head

of labyrinth fish laid

are formed of rows of fine plates or laminae,

within which the

many blood

terininate as capillaries.

Water

the mouth into the

cavity and

gill

charged again through the

gill

Fro7n

vessels

Ahgust, l'^12

taken by is

there

dis-

and there giving up

gen to the blood.

oxygen

If there

the water the

gill

lack of free

swim about

fish

the surface and get a direct supply of

a laminate,

arch, called the labyrinth bone.

blood

blood-supjilying vessels

air,

veins of the

not used, as well as the expired carbon di-

forced out at the

the shape of bubbles. after removal

gill

Most

air-bearing vessels are

head

gill

mouth

breathing atmospheric

air

are

capable of

directly,

and

Two

connected with the

the upper edge of the

surface.

however,

the blood,

pocket, one opening out sideways from the

but also

the other

fishes,

arch, and

through the labyrinth, where

flows back as arterial blood to the

air,

tissue, thus causing a decrease of breathing

Some

gill

These come from the gill plexi.

heart through the veins of the head.

from the water, not olny begills,

The

has become oxygenated in contact with

the

openings in

because of the sticking together of the

first

after passing

fishes die soon

cause of the dryhig up of the

and

capillaries

which they gulp down mixed with the water Air which is so pass through the gills.

bony

numerous

lined with vascular tissue with

fine

and

oxide,

branched

coral-like,

ossification of the first

inner wall of the pocket and the bone itself

contained oxy-

its

and partitioned

or opercle

opening, after passing over and through the gills

open to show "labyrinth'

Hjemmets Plaute og Dyrewordi-n, Copenhaseny No. 21

opening into

the

gill

rear

cover, of. the

may be closed by a spewas formerly thought that the

cavity and

cial flap.

labyrinth was a reservoir for holding water

are able to live in water from which all air

has been expelled, for instance, by boiling.

the 49

keep the fish

gills

constantly moistened Avhen

breathed

air.

This

vieAv,

however.

was wrong, as the labyrinth its canals and spirals. Labyrinth breathing

The

fish rises to

and takes

in a fresh air supj^ly

through the

air

through the inner

forced

much

All labyx'inth fishes are so

to direct air breathing that they

even

richly

the

oxygenated water

—

surface

means of a submerged

Many

longer than the anal, the ventrals

The mouth

These

fishes

been the subject

Daldorf, the

seen the

fish

palm near a pond, the against the furrow with

spread fro,

covers, the

gill

the furrows in a

tij)

net.

the spines of

tail

the spines of the anal

mud-

bracing itself

fish

moving

the tree, beating

the

ternately

can survive

temporary drying

covers al-

gill

home

travelers

no such

or, as in

the

perch

the case

ing

climbing

migrating

the

live

POLYCANTHUS SPECIES— Male

They

One

of water.

bodies

and

are all car-

nivorous, feeding

upon

all

a small aquarium, without plants

The

animal

living

substances obtainable by them.

They World. merly

now

all

are

all

The

trojncal

labyrinth

were

fishes

licks

for-

— two

the

the sulv

the latter

as these, too,

of Perciform Spiny-rayed fishes.

other ponds.

In the

climbing ])erches {Anahantida')

head

fishes

two families

and Snake-

in this article.

speak of

The climbing perches have an

collect

the

the water-

damp mud.

Finallj"

they start to seek

Hundreds of them leave the

The

directions, gill

overcoming

spread out. if

The

fins

The former are bent back as

hinged, the sharp

gill

cover sjnnes seek-

ing a hold on the ground; .50

all

covers are wide open

on these migrations and the pectoaal

elongate,

perchlike body, slightly compressed.

dry out,

difi^"erent

obstacles.

these

{Ophiocephalichv)

will

spot in

move

As the summer sun

more and more the home waters of

\x\)

fish,

holding pools or

order come the families of

not-

the climbing jjerch can live

time without water and can

order of Persedoces and one into the order

first

withstanding.

about on the ground.

of the Old

fishes

put into one family, but they ate

separated into three

truth

for a long

etc

climbers,"

necessary

meaning "tree-

and Female

of the labyrinth fishes. Owing to the labyrinth formation <-onseciuent surface breathing, a large number of these fish

can be kept

L ndis-

Paumi-eri,

Nozagn

only

permanent

The

names of

first,

colli,

Others

considered

fancy.

Indian

home. in

be simply

idle

new

of a

that

today tree climb-

(anaba.s),

tell

aerial ex-

cursions,

mud,

step

Later

step.

liy

or burrowing l>urying them-

and so

progressing

waters either by

selves in the

its

and

braced against

fins

Many

their

had

describer, said he

first

climbing

denied

instance,

for

die

dy or foul pools.

up of

and

The typical si)ecies of many widely and

Africa (five species).

has

water and

the fresh

live in

mouths of Asia (four species)

river

liound

Avill

of these fishes, therefore, are in-

habitants of

wide, reach-

ing back to beneath the middle of the eye.

varying fables.

opening into the labyrinth.

access

The

covers are toothed at the edges.

have one spine.

in this wise:

the surface of the water

mouth, the caudal and abdominal muscles exert jiressure upon the swimming bladder

whereby

gill

dorsal

done

air iu

c-(»nt;iins

then the body

;

turned to and

and thus

the

fro, especially

jerked forward, the

tail ])art,

gill

spines again seeking a fresh hold.

manner the

cover

In this

moves quite rapidly along

fish

the ground and can cover considerable distances.

Should the

not find water or only

fish

places nearly dried up, they will bury them-

mud. They

selves in the

are then found at a

depth of about 18 to 20 inches.

mud

the upper part of the

dry

that

cracks and

The

taken up.

what dam})

has

filled

apart

endangering the as

the

may dry

lives of

the

shower

first rain

they dig themselves

the pool,

out and again lead an aquatic

The spawning

Some

members

of the

are

used for food.

The family has quite a number of species, some being African, but the greater number occurs in Asia, especially in India and IndoChina.

The

in India

and China;

illustration

of a fish found

reaches a considerable

size. The back is brownish-gray or green, the lower parts lighter colored; there are

obliquely running bars on the sides.

when

a some-

but even this

As soon

burrowers.

covering

falls

fish usually lie

layer,

out without

Frequently

leave voluntarily.

of this family grow to some size and

smaller species

O. punctatus, reach-

ing a length of about twenty inches.

The

upper parts of this species are greenish, the lower grayish-white, there are also darker oblique bars and

lower part.

few blotches on the

It occurs in

India,

and

one

of the smaller species.

life.

habits as observed

The snakeheaded

show

fishes

do not exercise

that the male drives the female for a time, whereupon she deposits her eggs near the

any parental care, simply setting adrift their eggs at the surface of the water, where

The them in passing over them. By the constant moving about of the fish the eggs become loosened and rise to the surface, where they drift about for two or

they hatch in the sun in a very short time.

bottom on the stems of water plants.

male

fertilizes

three days and then hatch out in the sun-

The young grow

light.

much

perch

raj)idly,

young chanchito.

looking

The climbing

a hardy fish, living well hi captivity.

The second

the

family,

fishes, so-called

snakeheaded

from their somewhat snake-

like-appearing heads, have not reached the state of perfection as the climbing perches their labyrinth

les^ perfectly

rather rudimentary, as cavity there

wall this

were. Over the

a sac-like extension

whose

other fishes of this series, but

same

and anal spines.

into

fins

The

Both dorsal are very long and have no service.

air-bladder

the caudal

very long, reach-

peduncle, the Heshy

end of the body whence

issues the tail fin.

Like the climbing perch, they are tenacious of <of

life

and able

to live for

may seem

too early to speak

the holiday season,

still

month

You know

rush.

that

some time outside

the water, which, however, they never

but

off,

to avoid the

takes time to set

up your tank and have the plants show up well, the water thoroughly clear fish is

and the

used to their new surroundings.

Now

make up your mind as tank j^ou want. From the

to the

the time to

kind of

simple

tin-framed aquarium to that of plate glass

and polished glass or the

all-glass

a wide range of choice.

gill

does not look like the bony labyrinth

performs the

you cannot get busy too early

there

richly supplied with blood vessels;

of the

ing

developed,

Perhaps

of getting an aquarium for your friends for

aquarium, Or, per-

haps you already have the aquarium: then a few choice fish would

make

a gift appre-

ciated by anyone.

The

great interest taken by the public in

aquarium matters

strikingly

wonderful attendance

rium

New York

shown

bj-

the

at the public aqua-

City.

all

])ublic

attractions in the world, including the great British

Museum, the New York Aquarium

has the largest attendance.

been proven that

this

attraction for visitors.

New

has thus

York's greatest

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On Growth of

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No.

191 2

cells,

"life

unusually

Water Poppy

POYSER, Hammond, Indiana

period of years

make some rai)idity

and

plants, aquatic

the

observations

growth

sundry

organic

consists of

until the

species

rate

species

maximum

size of

attained.

Given

environment and

may be exceeded.

fellow aquarists

The

interesting.

the

Further obser-

greater

the

number of investigations and reports, the more valuable will be our magazine. Everyone at some time or another has encountered Let us a phenomenon, or a seeming one.

Unless one

terrestrial.

Growth

vations along this line by

have been led to

all

of cells filled with proto-

favoral)le

would be

a study of botany extending over a

INlong

common with

matter."

and so on,

average \V. A.

terrestrial

a division of the individual cell into two

the particular

to be expected that

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aquatic plants or those of moist situations

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Manager

other matter to the Business

fronds in springtime at the remarkable

of a plant body,

Editor-in-chief;

direct to the

of river

rale of six inches per day.

manuscripts, exchanges, books for

all

review, etc. all

of Brooklyn, and Philadelphia

Societies

New York

Chicago,

the wet sand or gravel

bottoms, has been recorded as putting forth

Aquarium

ostrich

of the eastern states, a fern that

fern

th;

The

develoj)ment has been noted.

Issued in the Interests of the Study,

however, greater

nature,

aquaria.

hear about

makes frequent and accurate notes, with the aid of a penny foot rule, he is apt to be astonished when confronted with some

may be gap

A seeming trivial occurrence what another needs to fill in a

it.

just

in his line of research.

simple facts on this line of investigation.

Recently

have been interested

Good

water poppy (LiomnocharisHumboldti) that has taken upon

make

For some time the plant had been

PROPER balanced

water, and

managed

to get

decided to use

it.

Look-

new aquarium,

The aquarium was

nine inches, not including

quartz

Michigan. leaf

was

sand

When just

(no

The

along nicely,

with stems al)out three inches long. ing about for plants for a

clean

C. G. B.

quite rapid

tub containing about two inches of

growth. in a

itself to

the

having

made a No other

daily

From my own

new

observation has

made

exi)erience

insufficient in actinic

light

growth of

aquatic plant

very important-

where

possible.

find that as a

rule the north light from a residence

crown.

the higher classes that has come under

three inches.

read, advocate a north light

In three days the developed leaf was at the surface,

aquarium

better the light, the better the con-

Most writers on matters pertaining to the all the articles I have

Lake

the plant was set a

appearing from

lighting for a self-sustaining or

aquarium, at least

filled

from

SCHRNK, Milwaukee

ditions of the aquarium.

two inches of

soil)

Light Important

power.

window

Unless the

comes unobstructed and direct from is not as good as

the sky, the north light fi'om

quite so rapid growth

any other direction. illustrate

gallon tank in 52

clearly

have a 36-

house facing three north

—

These windows are

windows.

side

with sun both morning and afternoon.

side,

termed a

window.

forming what

Outside

driveway, bordered

triple

power

Yet

it is

The

fish.

tanks grow

these

Also the plants in

and always

vigorously

have a strong, healthy appearance.

Now

coming back to the advantages of a north light, I agree with others on this

aquarium seven

in condition to satisfactorily support

adult

over eight months ago.

not sufficient

to maintain the

these three last-

mentioned tanks have had the water changed since they were last "set up," which was

The light by tall shade trees. through these three windows floods the room, or rather the reception hall in which in actinic

None

sunny days.

on the

far-side

the aquarium stands.

Here

the shades are drawn most of the time on

separated only by the width of the casings,

subject that a north light

plants will grow, but so

the

best

sluggishly that they do not give off sufficient

provided the light comes direct and unob-

oxygen, and, too, with an abundance of the In fact, I have had the best oxygenators.

structed from the sky.

packed almost full of plants in the attempt to make this aquarium self-sustainThe result is the ing, without success.

north

tank

water has to be changed constantly.

light.

Here the

there

no reflected

actinic

power

light,

this

given up making aquariums self-sustaining, and am just now arranging to install an aerating pump, to supply the necessary air

office is all

for the tank.

facing

south windows.

single

windows, only

purposes; sometimes there light, at

crepe

down

which times

paper the

ample too

for all

much

shades.

Minneapolis A Q 11 3, r 1 U m ^OPlPtV nUnU .

Boston ,

Aquarium Society TO Initiation

Annual

which

entirely reflected

This aquarium in

— the water

— and the plants beautiful,

have never had more

In conclusion,

Avith I

wish

doubtedly a north light proper conditions, but

any

fish in it at

others.

to state is

that un-

the best, under

unfortunately, as a

rule the proper conditions are difficult

have faces a bay window from which it receives a southeast and southwest light.

SOCIETY

therefore the

that could be desired

make comparisons

sun-

Another tank

or walls.

"crystal clear"

put a screen of green

back ot the tanks and draw

window

direct

I one time than it could well take care of. am going to experiment with this tank to see just how many fish it will support and

These are small high from is

to top, yet

trees

and

5-ft. 6-in.

the light

sill

have two aquariums

falls

light

different than a north light

In contrast to this,

office facing

light

from the sky on the surface of the water,

have

have an aquarium

get in a home.

'BULLETIJ^fS Officers for 1912

Tappan, 92 South 7th

F. L.

President

Treasurer

Secretary

Franzen, Curator Museum

Street

Pub. Library

Robert Rasmussen, 504 Loan & Trust

Bldg.

Officers for 1912

p President .

Tennant Chas.

See, 18 School St.,

Alden, 15 Broomfield

secretary

^^^^^"^^•'

Franklin A. Packard,

Fee, $1.00

Dues, $2.00 53

Dedham, Mass.

St., Boston,

Mass.

Perry St., Cambridge, Mass.

SOCIETY "BULLETIJWSâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Continued Brooklyn Owen N.Y W. Aquarium Harry Officers for 1912

Corresponding and Recording Secretary

President

H. Smith, 52 Wall

DeVoe, Box 383, Baldwin,

Treasurer

Vice-President

==^ Initiation

Fee, $1.00

Annual Dues, $2.00

64 Grove

702 Fulton

Our November meeting Competitive

Street

Exhibit will include

Class

(Labyrinth-gilled Fishes).

Officers for 1912

Chicago Fish

....

President

Fanciers' Club Regular meetings are held on the Second and Fourth Wednesday of each month at 809-812 City Hall Square Building, 127-139 North Clark Street,

8.30 P.

P. Fritz

Regular meetings are held on Fourth Tuesday in every month except June, July and August, at Fairchild Building, 702 Fulton St., at 8 P. M.

(Comets) and "Class

New York

Oven H. Smith

Local Business Manager,

Street

Theodore

Roessle

Dr. Rudolph C. Lienau Local Editor, Dr. Frederick Schneider

Society to

St.

Financial Secretary

Secretary

Treasurer

Librarian

Local Editor,

Young, 428 West 66th

Street

Carl Fossetta, 1500 Diversey Boulevard Tracy H. Holmes, 2816 Logan Boulevard A. Poyser, 106 Carroll

Local Bus. Mgr.

Initiation Fee, $1.00

F. S.

Dr. G. A. Preusker, 457 North Avenue F.G.Orsinger, i 23 South Oakley Boulevard

Vice-President

Pieser,

St.,

Hammond,

Ind.

3800 Grand Boulevard

Annual Dues, $1.00

New York Aquarium Society

tjuu

Officers for 1912

President

Regular meetings are held on the Second Thursday at the

Treasurer,

German - American Sherman Ave., Jersey

Librarian,

on the Fourth Friday

St., Jersey City, N.J.

71st St.,

New

York

H. A. Richtberg, 85 South 6th St., East Orange, N.J. Hermann Hoffmeister, 65Webster Av., Jersey City, N.J. 1

City, and

at the

Am-

Museum

of Natural History, 77th St. and Central Park West, New York, each month erican

Arthur Osborn, 42 South Rev. Henry S. Coffin, 129 East

Recording Secretary, Cor. Sec'y,

School,

Buchanan, 143 Liberty Street, New York DoRN, 7 Norman Rd. Upper Montclair, N.J.

Isaac

Vice-President, Richard

Treadwell Nichols, Am. Museum of Nat.

Local Editor, John

Local Business Manager,

Carl

Ording, 1931 Broadway,

Hist.

New York

except July and August-. Initiation Fee, $1.00

Dues, $2.00

Philadelphia

Aquarium Society

uuuutr

Officers for 1912

President

....

Vice-President

Treasurer Secretary

Local Editor

....

H. R. Lippincott, Collingswood, N.J. Charles Paxson, 2534 N. iith Street Hiram Parker, 224 N. Wilton Street L. M. Dorsey, Jr., 22 19 N. 19th St. Wm. T. Innes, Jr., 135 N. 2th St. Howard S. Crees, 135 N. 12th St. i

Initiation Fee, $1.00

Local Business Manager

Regular meetings are held on the Fourth Wednesday, at 1 414 Arch

Diploma for best fish raised Wednesday Evening, November 20th by a member. Mr. Wm. L. Paullin will give a short talk entitled "My Experience in Raising Chanchitos."

Annual Dues, $1.80 Corresponding Membership $1.00 Annually

Street.

Milwaukee

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Officers for 1912 C. G. B. ScHENCK, 105 Grand Avenue August Grau, 31 10 Grand Avenue

President

Aquarium

Vice-President

Society otu

Secretary

Treasurer Librarian

M. J. C. Steffen, 950 First Street Rev. Paul Roth, 2602 Prairie Avenue August W. Pollworth, 1816 Wright Street .

WM.

PAULLIN

Goldfish Hatchery

Water Gardener GROWER OF THE

Finest

Water Plants BREEDER OF

Fancy Goldfish and

Jacob C. Cassel 915

Arch

Tropical Fish

Pa.

Philadelphia,

Street,

Manufacturer

Large Aquariums^ Ponds and Small Lakes Stocked and Planted

Aquariums Aquarium Ornaments Floral Terra Cotta, etc.

Try

Paullin's I

and

Send

all

aquarium requisites

425

Catalog and Trade Prices

for

FBEE

WOLF STREET, PHILADELPHIA

Best Book on Greenriver Fish and Tropical Fish Baby Fish Food (Reuter's Foreign Fish) of rich

Full costs

Fish Food

Fish Globes

Goldfish

Write

$10.00 elsewhere.

color

Book

plates.

The

best winter food on the

fins fish

am sole U. S. Agent for The "Ideal" Tropical Aquarium. The "K D. A." Aquarium Pump. Thumm's Original Young

and

color; also

Willecke's and Hoberle's Welke's Fish Food. Fish Fo id. ASALT" (kills hydra white; it Also "H Piscidin "000." fish stimulates the fertilizes planis and )

YDR

BRIND,

F. Z. S.,

554 West 185th

Street,

Aquarist

New York

C THIELER DEALER

Fancy Japanese Gold and

Silver Fish Aquaria, Fish Globes, Foods and Plants, Birds and Cages, Bird Seed,

Mocking-Bird Food, Etc.

THIELER'S SONG RESTORER Very Best

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the

Market

BROOKLYN,

Telephone Connection

fine

makes your

healthy and robust;

act

develop

Will

market.

for details.

All Tropical Fish Very Cheap

Hatchery Fish Food

5 cents a box, postpaid

will

and is the for Daphnia.

laxative

best substitute It contains 17 ingredients, also

Daphnia.

It will not

sour or

cloud the water. This food is used by the New York and Philadelphia Aquaria; also by many breeders in Philadelphia and other large cities Ask your dealer

HARRY

for

or send to

PETERS

Warnock Street PHILADELPHIA, PA.

1210 North

IMPORTER AND BREEDER N. Y. High-grade Telescopes, Scaled or Scaleless,25c a pair up

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IMPERVITE

WATERPROOF Cement Tanks with

Ordinary cement contains alkali which disand will injure the fish. IMPERVITE is an Integral Waterproofing Compound of a bituminous nature, manufactured

solves in the water

in sea-green, is

to seal

tile

up the

to prevent the

accompanying

red and other tints. alkalies

Its

action

of the cement and also

water from penetrating testimony to

letter bears

Our booklet,

it.

The

this fact:

August 29, 1912 The SiANDARi) Pain Co. 100 William St., New York City Gentlemen: Obtaining unsatisfactory results from a number of preparations for waterproofing cement, an architect induced me The results have been all that could be to try IMHERVITK. In desired and have successfully withstood the test of time. concrete acquarium and pool construction I recommend your product on all occasions. The addition of IMPERVITE to the cement at the lime it is mixed not only renders the pool watertight but also eliminates the danger of having chemicals from the fresh cement wash into the water and kill the fish. (Signed) Wm. T. Innes, Jr. Yours very truly I

President of Aquarium Society of Philadelphia

"-Integral Waterproofing for

The Standard Paint Company,

Cement Tanks"

WASHINGTON

NEW YORK

St.,

New York

City

.9f.<^/=

Aquarium Specialty Co. 1827-31

sent on request

oo William

79^Ct7^

AVE.

CITY

MAKERS OF THE Rogers

Crystal

Aerator and Filter

LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF Aquaria,Terraria,Vivaria and Aquatic

Cages,

Mouse and Frog Houses BREEDERS OF

Fringetail Japanese and Chinese Telescopes and of Red, African and Japanese Snails

CULTIVATORS OF

Natans and Gigantica and of Single-rooted Ludwigia Mullertti

107 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Telephone 3746-R Prospect

Sagittaria

Milwaukee Trypod

Co.,

W. Correspondence

solicited

AQUARIA

EVANS.

St.,

Milwaukee.Wis.

Manajjer

Aquarium Plants

Imported

of all kinds

Goldfish

Aquaria Tanks Fish Globes Ornaments, Etc.

Birds, Cages, Seeds, Etc.

114

457 Eleventh

Manufacturers of and dealers in all kinds of aquariums Importers and dealers in high-grade gold and wild fishes

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CHICAGO, ILL. Write

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for

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111.