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Japan
EIICHIRO NaKASHIMA The purpose of this paper is to present an otitHne of the substances used as foods for goldfish by the breeders of Japan. Foods naturally
into
fall
two
Though
animal and vegetable. fish is often classed as
classes,
the gold-
omnivorous
it
is
evenly over the
soil;
feces,
from domestic animals,
rice bran, etc.
or several sorts
composition water
specimens
eral days to
necessary that animal sub-
stances dominate in the
food supplied.
First in importance are the entomostra-
cans
— Daphnia, forms.
allied
Cyclops,
Cypris
Following close
and
in point
come larval mosquitoes, tubifex worms, the dried and ground chrysalis of the silkwork, ground shrimp, dried of value
bonito,
boiled
eggs
of
domestic
artificial
or
Any may be used alone mixed. To promote de-
a fact that to produce the most vigorous it is
about a medium-
sized bucketful to each five square feet of surface. The manure may be human
is withheld for sevexpose the bed to the sun's Then it is permitted to fill to a
rays.
depth of six inches and a quantity of adult Daphnia introduced.
more water to three feet
added
is
reached.
is
At
intervals
depth of two After a lapse of
until a
ten to fifteen days plenty of Daphnia will
be found.
The
fowl,
quantity produced by such a pond depend upon the climate, nature of
dregs of meat and similar substances.
will
The foods
of vegetable origin are usually
the water, soil temperature, initial treat-
used as ingredients in prepared mixtures,
ment of the pond, etc. Water plants should have been removed in preparing
worm-eaten wheat flour, wheat bran, buckwheat flour, worm-eaten rice flour, viz.,
rice brain, corn meal, etc.
The advance
of the science of sanita-
the bottom, as
it is considered that they absorb certain materials needed by the Dahpnia, their presence, therefore, being
When
Japan as elsewhere, has made for the stamping out of the stagnant and often filthy ponds in which the muchto-be-desired entomostracans Daphnia,
persist.
Cyclops,
of vegetable origin, they seem to develop
tion,
in
opment
— reach
their greatest devel-
numbers.
The Japanese were
etc.
in
—
detrimental.
and
in great
On
abundance, but do not long the other hand, with
more slowly but
thus early led to put aside ponds and
duration.
study conditions favoring their develop-
use a
ment under control. A small, muddy pond about fifty feet square is now much favored. The pond may have a bottom of sand or mud, but a mixture of the two is preferable. The water should first be drawn ofif, and the bottom then thoroughly worked with a large wooden rake, after which manure should be spread
animal manures are
used the Daphnia appear most quickly
It is
the supply
is
manure
of longer
better in consequence to
mixture of the two classes of manure. Larval mosquitoes are found in almost all
bodies
may
of
freshwater and at times
be collected in quantity. afl:"ording
valuable food for adult fishes.
number
In a past
of Aquatic Life, H. E. Finckh,
Esq., of Australia, describes an admir-
able
scheme for maintaining a supply
at
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14
home, whereby the eggs are collected and hatched in jars, being thus small enough for very young fishes. This plan, while
would
small,
where the output
suitable
entirely
is
not be practicable for an
many thousands
establishment rearing
of
transported great distances.
"Yolk water"
made by
is
filtering,
through cheese-cloth, the yolks of hardThis
boiled chicken's eggs.
not
fish
may
Daphnia, and
for larval
is
enough
large
yet
take
to
be used as a substi-
Some-
goldfish.
tute in the absence of the latter.
Tubifex worms, which will be found described in most zoological textbooks, occur in sand and mud, especially in
times the yolk, broken in small pieces,
dirty drains
When
heads.
mud in
and
will
They
ditches.
indispensable
sidered
are con-
rearing
in
much
they are collected,
may
This
be taken.
lion-
be placed
a pan of water and stirred several
when they
times,
will
assemble in masses
and may be removed.
rather than
mashed and
fed to
filtered, is
adult fish in advance of the spawning season.
Dregs of meat or lean meat scraps are used as an ingredient
mixtures.
in
Worm-eaten wheat
flour
flour,
has been infested with weevils,
that
consid-
is
ered valuable, and has the added advan-
Otherwise, put
tage of being cheap, an important fea-
the catch into a sieve with a wire-cloth
ture considering the quantities used by
bamboo
bottom, or in a
basket,
finely
woven, through the meshes of which they will
necessary
to
At other times
pieces.
into the
For young fishes it may cut them into small
water below. be
way
eventfully find their
care should be
may
taken not to use too many, as they
the large fish farms. the
other vegetable
the basis of
An
In connection with materials
many food
artificial
food for young
be composed of "just a
it
forms
mixtures. fish
may
of ground shrimp or chrysalis, lo parts corn meal, 25 parts rice bran and 65 parts wheat trifle"
be injured in handling and quickly die
dust.
and pollute the water.
while dry and then stirred into a pot of
The silkworm is very abundant in Japan and the chrysalids are very cheap. These are dried and ground and mixed with vegetable ingredients, such as wheat
boiling water, blending well and
flour,
bran and
com
Japanese breeders. to kill the fish, as
is
is
is
usually added
The
bonito
world. it
is
is
is
a
rich in fats
apt
and
mixtures of the vege-
fisli
of the mackerel
widely distributed over the
In method of using and
does not at times
dififer
may
be a
of
trifle
ities there is need for a more non-nitrogenous food, so the mixture should be changed to 20 parts shrimp and 80 parts
it is
table substances.
family and
the ingredients
shrimp, 20 parts corn meal and 80 parts
wheat. Before and during breeding activ-
decomposes readily. Dried, ground shrimp is a very nourishing food and may be used alone, but it is rather expensive and for that reason to
fish
making For older
consid-
It is
If fed alone, it
a mixture harder than mash.
used by most
meal.
ered very nourishing, and
These should be thoroughly mixed
much from
in effect
shrimp, but
used for fishes while
l)cing
corn meal.
Due foods,
the
to
securing
increasing
sufiicient
of
live
of
Association
Breeders'
the
difficulties of
quantities
Tokyo has been experimenting with
a
view of making prepared food simulate more closely in calories and bulk the live foods.
The
grains and
materials
flesh.
powdered and
the
The flcsli
available
are
grains should be boiled, all l)ones
(Concluded on page 20.)
on tne Chelonians
Obser\)ations
of DR.
Common
R.
NortK America. VII. W. SHUFELDT,
C. M. Z.
S.
Chelydra serpentina
Snapping Turtle
}
In Part
VI
of the present series there
was presented three the young-
of
our
different views of
common Snapping
Turtle (Chelvdra serpentina)
my
,
and
in the
yellowish
of
ings
making a very especially
when
the animal
lifted out of the water.
contrast
the
white,
attractive
combination,
was
just being
This specimen
some notes on the adult of this interesting and widely known species. One of the handsomest examples of this
had a length of some thirty centimeters, and was taken in a little stream that passed through a marshy place where cattails and other aquatic plants flour-
species of the family Chclydridac
ished.
present contribution
it is
intention to
offer
I
cap-
tured near Edgemoor, in Maryland, early in the it
to
summer the
of 1919, later presenting
made but one photograph ;
this
is
of this
here reproduced, and
it
National Zoological Park, at
gives a very excellent idea of the appear-
was duly
ance of one of this species. In American Forest rv and elsewhere I have published
Washington, D. C, where
it
placed in the alligator tank, and where it
I
capture
was devoured next day by one of those It was an unusually
voracious reptiles.
fine individual, its
deep, leaden black,
dark parts being of
a
and the usual mark-
some
of
my
photographs of other snap-
and they show direct views of upper and lower parts of the shell as presented by examples of this species. ping
turtles,
<aquattc JLite
16
There
is
snapping
of
another species
which is confined to Mexico and Guatemala, while our United States species is found as far south as Ecuador
turtle
in
These, however, are
South America.
when we come
the merest pygmies
to
compare them with our giant, the AlliSnapping Turtle {Macrochelys lacertina), which may come to weigh as much as i6o pounds, and which inhabits the main rivers that empty into the Gulf
gator
of
Mexico from western Texas
to sim-
ilar streams emptying into the Gulf of is It Mexico in western Florida. I do and abundant, nowhere especially not recall having seen a single specimen
of
it
during the year and a half
in the city of
New
I
spent
other species that chance to
within
it
striking
it
with great
many
a young duck has been dragged
beneath that element, to be devoured by one of these voracious reptiles. As a
matter of
it. This may be easily demonstrated through experiment, but it
water be denied is
in the
specimens of our snapping turtle have harmless
muddy
to giving
them food beneath the
surface of the water in the tank where
Years ago
I
pers in one of
of
may come
to 33 pounds,
A
to
and have bite from
a length of nearly 30 inches. a big one is no trifling matter, for cases are on record where a finger or a toe has been bitten oft' by a large specimen,
often kept tiny
my
the
turtle.
from behind
little
snap-
aquaria, and well do
I
ion, as
This moss streamed out in a
it
swam
it
rium, wherein
it
lived at peace with other
young turtles of various species. Eggs of this turtle are spherical form, with tough, roughish, white
when irritated, of striking at its enemy much as an angry snake does. They capture the fish they feed upon in
her
;
habit,
same manner, and
a snapjjing turtle
in
shells,
some dozen of them to She often lays these at some distance from the pond or stream in which she li\cs, and she will plod over the ground until she comes to a place of
the female laying
Alligator
very attractive fash-
the length of the aqua-
Snapper has been known to bite off a hand or a foot. Marvelous, indeed, is the power of the sharp, cutting jaws of either of these species and one in good health has the
the
will
gant, green moss, fully twice the length
Specimens of this reptile
the
and
tracts of the southern
in their
States.
while
pets,
Connecticut,
slow-running,
southwestern
weigh from 31
to be very
feed out of the hand of the one accus-
remember a specimen I had that was not more than an inch in length, from the back of which grew a long tassel of ele-
come across them
marshy
gentle-
can add noth-
they are kept.
and
Through
a cruel thing to do.
ping turtle during the past fifty-five years or more, and kept them in captivity for These I have usually captured study. the
snapper will starve to
fact, a
death should opportunity to feed under
tomed
of
Snap-
difficulty.
feed under water, and
pers invariably
have, however, from time to time, owned specimens of our common snap-
in
swim over As given,
ness and kindness, some good-tempered
I
streams
distance.
so like a flash indeed that the eye
ity,
appreciates
come
haunts
at the
this chelonian stroke is of lightning rapid-
ing to the history of this great reptile beyond what has already been published.
myself, having
mud
bottom of the pond or stream where it lives, thus taking hapless minnows and
per-
Orieans.
sonal observation, then,
I
From
will conceal itself in the soft
the clutch.
liking,
worry she t^<^
a
settles
until
when
sizal)le
she
will
proceed
to
excavation, into which
down, depositing
the clutch
is
o.^^
complete.
after
Then
Eitf
)eiquattc
out she crawls again and begins to push
17
the earth over her treasures through any
secure dai)hne, or have propagating boxes of enchytraeids and angle worms,
movement
they
of which she
times crowding
it
is
capable, some-
her until
in front of
tumbles into the cavity, or working
through a sidelong motion. eggs are
it
it
in
After the
safely covered, she will pass
all
again and again over the place until she
appears to feel quite satisfied that she
made it appear as natural as posBeyond this fact, however, we stand much in need of a whole lot more
has
sible.
on
information as
to
the time
young
tiny
many
subject,
this
especially
how
the
to water,
and
of incubation,
way
find their
other points.
may
released by the plants
almost
is
It is
nil.
add
beneficial, therefore, to occasionally
fresh water to the self-sustaining aqua-
rium.
In thus proceeding, syphon the
water from the bottom, taking with
it
the
accumulation of sediment, and replace with
drawn
water of
same temperature
the
several hours before.
advantage.
Specimens brought from outdoors must be gradually acclimated to the
warmth of the house and quarAt no other time of the year are parasites introduced on the new arrivals so apt to make their presence known. The greatest danger of the winter greater
antined.
more
is
in the often rapid
affecting
is
changes of
small
disease
parasites.
may
thyopthirius multifilius,
any time, we know
at
vitality
comparatively low, mak-
them very susceptible to While the "white
ing
aquaria
The
so than larger ones.
of the fishes
it
schemes
to
combat
and
pest," Ichinfest fishes
best
from
this pest
its
Many
ravages during the cold months.
have been
devised, but the best general plan
is
to
gradually raise the temperature of the
aquarium and feed as
If fishes incline to mate, either sepa-
great
to
do not readily overcome lost energy incidental to bruised roots and leaves which will speedily decay.
temperature,
Nature knows no fiscal year, but the aquarist must know the "fishal year." During this month of short and dull days we are aware that the oxygen
fed
plants
months
February Pointers
be
Scraped raw beef is a good substitute. Roots of plants should nf;t be disturbed this month. (Growth is slow and the
possible.
If
may
aeration
live
food as much
convenient, mechanical
be used.
Two
or three
water from
rate the sexes or lower the temperature.
times daily syphon a
Mtality to produce strong, healthy off-
the bottom of the tank, replacing with
spring
is
lacking
at
season
this
breeding should ordinarily be
aged until later when
it is
and
discour-
possible to pro-
Food-rings eliminate guess work and
The
rings
warm
water.
a
little
Make a solution of warm water and add
twice daily to the aquarium, con-
tinuing until the water in the aquarium
vide abundant live foods.
over-feeding.
fresh,
sheep manure and
little
may
be of glass,
takes on a darker color.
Chicago Aqua-
rium Society.
One of the latter mamade by pouring it while
cork or paraffin. terial
may
be
hot into a tin-box cover.
remove the centre of the pointed knife.
Surplus
When disc
cool
Guard against
it.
If
lot
of problems solve themselves
if
alone.
with a
food produces
noxious gases and otherwise fouls the water.
A let
you can
A man until
never finds the ideal
he locates one
thing he
tells her.
who
woman
believes every-
}
I
MOSQUITO
OKe
i
I
HERBERT M. HALE,
I
Museum
South Australian
} )
number of Aquatic Life the and pupa of the mosquito were
In the larva
last
organs that the emerging mosquito
The body
male.
now
is
described; the present article deals with
and
the adult insect.
skin; the legs are held
The
active
pupa contains the de-
little
imago or perfect
veloping
the
insect,
head and thorax being enclosed in the larger part, whilst the curved tail is the abdomen. In a short time the mosquito is ready to leave the chrysalis case, and
commence
period of
the final
his-
its life
and are
along the
stiffly
to career over the surface as
iature
and
boat,
mosquito
drawal
in a
min-
gust
may
the with-
frequently completed, but the
is
insect
if
sudden
a
Even when capsized
it.
The
partially enclosed.
still
slightest breeze will cause the
upset
a
supported by the floating pupal
is
sides
is
almost upright
entangled in the surface film
is
tory; the photographs
show the manner change is effected. The
from which
which this mosquito illustrated
Individuals which have thus perished will
Culex fatigans, a
often be seen on the surface of a pond.
in
is
cannot extricate
it
or predaceous aquatic insects
widely distributed species, pictures of the
If
immature stages of which appeared
are present there
in
of
the previous paper.
When dark
fully developed the
in color;
disturbed
if
By now
to dive.
placing
pupa
it
is
it
in a
small
aquarium the completion of the metamorphosis may be admirably observed. Just prior to emergence the pupa unbends
its
floats at the sur-
abdomen and
The
face in a horizontal position.
en-
upwards against
closed mosquito pushes
the skin, which slowly bulges until the portion between the breathing-tubes pro-
trudes above the surface.
This
is
then
burst open and the thorax immediately
appears through the
because the head neath
it
is
slit
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; emerging
bent
in the chrysalis.
first
downwards beThe insect rises
up out of the case with a very steady and regular motion, and excepting for an occasional wriggle of the abdomen, without visible
effort.
In the third picture the
antennae are released,
from the feathery
anrl
it
is
a])ijcarance
apparent f)f
these
is
the additional danger
an attack from below.
The wings
very
is
reluctant
fishes
itself.
The
sheaths.
extracted before the
are
legs are entirely
withdrawn from
front pair
their
freed
is
first
and greater stability is attained by resting them on the surface film, the latter being indented but not pierced by the infinitesimal
pressure
of
these
delicate
members. The middle pair soon follows and finally the ends of the long hind
drawn
legs are
out.
Our mosquito
is
now
free
and after
resting until the wings are dry, in
the
away
usual in
course
cell,
on the side of
examine
events,
search of a mate.
]>risoned in a glass tles
of
it
at leisure.
would flutter
Being im-
however,
it
set-
and we may The head is much
this
smaller proportionately than in the larva,
which the eyes were represented by mere Ijlotches of pigment, whereas each in
now
consists
lenses.
Tinv,
of
a
great
variously
number
CDlored
of
scales
jSlquattc
mu
19
^>5?
The Birth Photographs by the author
clothe
the
giving
insect,
iridescent appearance.
has smaller and
less
turing the skin.
equipped,
is
of a
a beautiful
ornate antennae than
and
is
provided
set of lancets for
The
punc-
male, not being so
comparatively
inoffensive,
feeding on plant and other juices as does the
common house
fly; in a
both sexes are said to the
female only
is
the
bite,
few
species
but usually
offender.
Mosquito
Enlarged three and one- half diameters
The female which
the male, sucks blood,
with a sheathed
it
:
The
peculiar Ijuzzing note of the female at-
tracts the male, he being enal^led to rec-
ognize her tions
call
by means of the vibra-
the hairs on his plumose an-
of
recorders
of
tennae,
these
sound.
After impregnation the eggs are
acting
as
deposited on the water, often in several
To
batches.
accomplish this the female steadying
stands
on the
herself
by grasping with the fore legs
some
floating
weed. fastened
As
the
surface
particle
film,
such
as
duck-
eggs are laid they are
together
with
a
waterproof
â&#x20AC;˘aqufttic
20
mu Luciocephalus pulcher
and arranged in a boat-shaped mass with the aid of the hind legs her secretion
C. J.
;
now
duty being
she soon dies.
fulfilled
Each egg has a trap-door arrangement at the bottom, through which the wriggler drops out into the water
little
thus again commences the
cycle of
life
ditches,
found that peculiar laby-
is
rinth fish, Luciocephalus pulcher.
translated
ally
Goldfish Foods
compounded but
color
is
pretty
does re-
it
fish.
attractive reddish-
band bordered
lateral
should contain
it
sort of a binder, chicken
agar agar, to prevent
The general
brown, with a dark
Liter-
name means
the
semble that voracious game
(Concluded from page 14.) and fats being carefully removed. The resultant food should not only be prop-
some
and
Sumatra,
of
swamp waters
six to ten miles inland, in
pike-head, and in appearance
the insect.
erly
HEEDE
Along the eastern coast
egg or
dissolving or
it
breaking up and polluting the water.
To
secure a food as a substitute for
larv'al
mosquitoes, this insect was ana-
lysed by a chemist. tion
it
was
With this informamake a mixture
possible to
the elements of which approximate those of the mosquito,
viz.,
two
wheat
pints of
flour boiled like mash, one chicken egg,
one and one-half scruples of sugar and
Luciocephalus pulcher
one-fifth of a pint of lean, boiled pork.
long time.
Food mixtures, ])ared,
will
if
regardless of
labyrinth fishes the coloration
vary considerably.
how
pre-
used without discrimina-
For
this
reason
may
dishes, very shallow,
and about eighteen
The
inches in diameter.
Into
dippers.
the
For
foods larval
are fish
with
placed the ])ans
are
suspended about two inches below the surface of
the
water,
grown young and
while
for
adults the depth
which
individ-
to
is
its
breeding
be lacking, though an
unlikely.
it
It
is
is
live-bear-
known
to
from a number of specitaken to Europe in 1905, whic*
business succeeds only as
it
::iens
did not lono- survive.
About are
may
serves.
si.x
found
in
hundred species of the
ri\'ers
fishes
of the United
States.
well-
be five inches. .\
seems
opinion has been held that ing,
dishes are sus-
by three strong strings
these
grown
aquarists only
from poles thrust into the banks of the pond, and extend about two feet from the shore. pended
Full
apt to
is
reach a length of four inches.
Authentic information on habits
Japanese breeders invariably use feeding pans. These are unglazed porcelain
abdomen light As with other
;
gray, with a tint of rose.
uals
tion, pollute the water.
and white
black
Avith
These ingredients are thoroughly mixed and then dried, keeping perfectly for a
'I'hc
C/reeks played an in.strument called
instrument
a lyre.
'I'hc
now
a nioutli-organ.
it's
poon.
still
is /
used.
lan'ard
l)Ut
Lam-
Maintaining an Aquarium MAX TRELL
Too many people rium
a divine gift bestowed upon a
is
much
lucky minority as
the
in the
give
easy,
so
is
required
am
httle
in fact, so nearly take care of
;
themselves, as the aquarium.
ticeship
the
Fortunately they are wrong.
things are so
trouble
same fashion
poetry and
music,
of
gift
other arts.
Few
are inclined to be-
maintenance of an aqua-
lieve that the
is
All that
ready to
guarantee
interest.
given
that,
I -
a
person with a willingness to learn and (provided he
in the subject
neither immature in intellect or years), will put
many
him
in a position to
finny pets as he has
in a shorter
supply oxygen to the air-breathing ani-
mals
is I
keep alive as
room
for,
and
time than he perhaps thinks
possible.
aquarium would be devoid of
how many
matter
my
Aquarium, from
pen, immediately
dishes, jars,
flat
army
contrivances and a vast receptacles
that
are
hanging of glass torture
veritable
chambers for the inhabitants. The normal is a rectangular box from a foot to
affair
fishes
interest
no
contained.
it
Fishes at the surface sign.
is
It signifies that either
an ominous the water
is
dank and foul or that the amount of oxygen in the water is insufficient to support the animal
life
contained therein.
The fishes may do one of two things. They may remain at the bottom and drown or swim at the top and live a few days longer. factors
excludes bowls,
and the second is to Without plants the
in the water,
beautify the tank.
a short, enjoyable appren-
and a great deal of
an interest
The quantity of plants needed will depend both on the size of the aquarium and the species of the plants. The plants have a two-fold use. The first is to
Unless other conditions are found at the top
they will be
taking advantage of the oxygen absorbed
by the water from the in
the case of
air.
The remedv
foul water
is a speedv change, and in the second, the installa-
more oxygen-giving plants or the removal of some of the fishes to another
tion of
sixty inches long, with a depth of not
tank.
more than twenty inches
tracted period of dull days, reduces the
bottom
the
in the largest
preferably
of
Excessively hot weather, or a pro-
is
and brings the But even this is an indication of too many fishes, and refutes that ill-chosen term "balanced aquarium." No aquarium is balanced.
walking into unnecessary danger to buy
Either the plants are giving off more
size,
slate,
though glass may be used in small sizes. Aquaria are occasionally manufactured with metal bottoms.
been so treated as
Unless these have
to be rust-proof,
it
them.
A bles
of
or
sand
should,
thorough
after
quantity of water-plants
dealer can
supply)
placed
(
which any
in
position.
the
plants
fishes to the surface.
oxygen than
two-inch layer of small, white peb-
washing, be spread over the bottom and a
activity
is
actually being
the excess being given
phere, or there
and the agonv.
fishes
is
oft'
consumed,
into the atmos-
an insufficient supply
are
at
surface
the
The proper term
is
in
"self-sus-
taining aquarium," the plants being suf-
jaquatlc JLitt
22 ficient in
number
and under than
is
all
to liberate at all times
conditions
more oxygen
at
odd
effects
place
and tunnels in the tank. fairy ridiculous, save perhaps more Nothing is celluloid ducks, geese and alligators castles
Space, even in the largest of tanks,
is
never excessive and should not be delibTo do so merely for erately wasted. the transient pleasure of
squeeze through a is
seeing a fish
window and emerge
as lamentable as
it
is
laughable.
An
important consideration
is
the loca-
No one would think tion of the tank. of keeping a rubber-plant or a geranium in a is
A
dark corner.
place in the sunlight
do not confuse sunhght
necessary;
with sunshine.
nothing short of idiocy to place
is
many
Water
plants will inva-
stocked tank. indefinitely in
they are fed once a day and kept
size if
out
an aquarium. A single work havoc in an overThree or four fish will live an aquarium of adequate
fishes in
hot day will
needed.
Novices aiming
from the roof
It
too
reach
of
of
who
like to see the fish eat.
Many
kinds of fish-foods are on the
Dried shrimp, ground to the
market.
is a good winter food. In and summer small earthworms, white worms, mosquito larvae and daphne are not to be excelled. The
proper
size,
the
spring
fish
should be fed sparingly, especially
when using bit
lodges on the bottom unnoticed
More
to stop.
if
oxygen is liberated for the But while it is absolutely necessary that they have light, on the other hand too much light will have another
The
fishes.
consequence.
everyone
Doubtless
has
seen the green slime peculiar to swamps and pools, commonly mis-termed malaria water.
A
similar condition will soon pre-
vail in the
aquarium
if
it
is
allowed to
stand in the direct rays of the sun. This algae, is caused by an excessive growth of
So well do they thrive with warmth and sunshine that in a few weeks they may dominate the tank, covering and choking the higher l>lants. in some instances even rendering
is
ficult.
])lied
the
the ]jart of the fishes dif-
A
large sheet of tissue paper apto the side of the aquarium nearest
window
serves to prevent such an
excessive growth. l)oth of
Snails
and tadpoles,
which feed on algae, may well be
introduced.
it is
time
least
the white rice- wafer so
desirable food
commonly
sold.
fishes should preferably be fed in the
morning. tank
the
If
holds
more
than
ten
gallons the water need never be changed.
The water
will
evaporate, however,
so
same temperature should be added from time to time to With small keep the level constant. tanks half the water should be removed by syphoning at intervals of two months and refilled with fresh water. water of the
fresh
The
a group of one-celled plants.
movement on
as a
added will only remain decompose. It may be
on the bottom to mentioned that the
the needed
As soon
dried foods.
of food travels through the water and
and decay unless they are given sufficient light to perform the process of photosynthesis, in which riably cease to function
boys with
inquisitive
long fingers and kind-hearted neighbors
selection of fishes rests with the
owner.
My
advice
is
to start with hardy,
inexpensive fishes, such as those brought
from our southern in
States,
or captured
Later, with increased
nearby ponds.
knowledge, the more expensive exotics
may
be
acquired.
]jerish at the
reason, and
it
Fishes
are
apt
to
beginning for no apparent is
less
discouraging to lose
a native fish easily replaced than costly tro])ical one.
it
is
a
liut in a short while,
aquatic if
23
JLitt
budding aquarist does not become
the
discouraged, dead fishes will be the excepInterest
tion.
eclectic
and
then become more
will
tropical as well as cold-water
and enjoyed. No and how let the motto be
species will be studied
how burning
matter
the
catholic
taste,
the desire
"Quality always before quantity."
An Easily
Constructed
Heated Aquarium H. E. FINCKH was mid-winter and my ten
It
perma-
nent heated tanks were fully populated.
The unexpected exotic
fine
arrival
of
some
forty
made necessary
fishes
the
immediate construction of some sort of heated accommodations.
My
eye rested
on an empty, rectangular kerosense can,
and within two hours the problem was solved.
The kerosene can
I
thus making
flange on
all
sides
an inch wide.
From
one-inch lumber a frame was constructed of such length and width that the flange it was tacked Through one side of frame an opening was cut to permit
rested on the top, to which to prevent slipping.
the
the placing of a
On
cut in two, length-
two deep trays of equal size. The edges of the trays were bent outward at right angles, forming a wise,
being provided by several holes
drilled
through the opposite
at
.
morning following the making
my
den stood
50 degrees, whereas the water in the
aquarium was just 70. This box, and another constructed since, have now been in operation for more than two
all-glass
months, giving such satisfaction that venture the description to aid others
may sometime
be landed
I
who
in a similar pre-
dicament.
Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station
The
side.
the
TAyNK
/4EATI/tG
of the heater the glass in
lamp below the pan, ven-
tilation
EMER GE /JCY
A /<
lamp opening was closed by a piece of glass held in place by two studs in such a way that it may be pushed aside when
The known
necessary.
Experiment Station was announced by
The bottom
of the tin tray
ered with a thick piece of lished all-glass
felt,
at Syracuse,
.
The
lamp below placed the
The apparatus
will
be understood by reference to the ap-
pended sketches.
New York
the
an estab-
the tin tray then filled with water insertion of the
authorities on fish life as Ichthy-
ologist at the Roosevelt
was cov-
tank placed thereon, and
heater in operation.
selection of one of America's best
Wild Life Forest
State College of Forestry
when
it
became known that
Prof. T. L. Hankinson had accepted the position.
made
This
is
the
to the technical
since Dr.
Charles C.
first stafil:
appointment of the station
Adams was made
director.
The
selection
is
of particular import-
j^quattc
24 ance, because
marks the continuation
it
by the Roosevelt
work
years
of
station
of
in progress under the supervision
of the college. Professor Hankinson has for five summers been engaged in the study of the fish of Oneida Lake and in the Palisades Interstate Park region, in co-operation with Dr. Adams. The selection of Professor Hankinson for the Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Ex-
periment Station
the beginning of a
is
program of important work. So far the work has been devoted to fish, owing to limited funds, but now will be extended to big game, game birds, furbearing animals, game vermin and simdefinite
ilar forest
"It
is
significant to
tion at the
in the fish
survey for the College of For-
now comes as the member of the technical estry,
Roosevelt Station.
It
is
know
that the Roose-
New York
Forestry at Syracuse
Sta-
State College of is
the direct out-
full-time
first
of
stafif
now
the
actually
under way. ''Such a station
is
unique, as no other
similar station or institution exist.
opens up a vast
It
known
is
to
for the
field
As a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt the plan has already received hearty support from many leading naturalists and sportsmen. naturalist."
'field
"The
There
out.
can only
field is so large that I
work
give typical phases of the
made an exhaustive hoped, be
made one
This
will,
it is
of the specialties of
fur-bearing animals to subject
study of a
scientific
the Roosevelt Station.
another
as laid
has, for instance, never been
trout stream in America.
problems.
Wild Life Forest Experiment
velt
%iU
The relation game vermin
demanding
of is
detailed
growth of plans, presented to Mr. Roosevelt in December, 1916, for the study of
study.
the natural history of forest wild
ence such as can only be built up by
He
life.
greeted the suggestions with instant
enthusiastic
approval,
and
urged
that "
"Upon
a foundation of fact
of wild life
made by Dr. Charles C. Adams. Director of the Station, when before the New York Fish, Game and Forest League
wild
for the
first
time the
life
modern social when this manner that forest wild
station said,
is
"but
well under way.
the
New York
new in name," its work is already
For
the last five years
State College of Forestry
has been making a study of the fish life of the State, giving special attention to the Oneida
Lake and
to
the
Palisades
This survey work is in the main to be continued by the Roosevelt Station and Professor T. L. HankInterstate Park.
inson, wlif) lias l)cen associated with nie
policies for
the texture
be intel-
life will
and sympathetically appreciated and can be used by man to the best advantage.
"The
as
only
way.
Adams
his-
up such
to build
management or will fit them into
of
ligently
Dr.
life
and economic life. It is done in a scientific
development of the staalready well under work of the and tion
latest plans for
we may hope
principles of
is
infer-
physiology, disease and heredity
they should be taken up 'in a big way.' This was the preliminary explanation
convention he told
on the ecology,
investigations tories,
and
life
This
is
in fact the largest
wild
problem."
The man
in jail doesn't
have
to
dodge
automobiles.
"Oh, Oswald is my darling boy," sang the maiden before the row then she saw him with another and she isn't singing now. Which reminds us that we have ;
never
you
?
seen
a
jealous
goldfish.
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No a<niariuni is <-onip'cte witliy(]nr water. Price $1.00, postpaid. out a therninnicter. of
good magiiifyiMg .\ ofien needed by the a(|uarist. especially collecting insects and raising iufuscjri.'i. A\'e have an excellent glass, priced very reasonably at $1.75, postpaid.
Pocket glass wlien
Magnifying Glass.
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Fred. G. Schaefer Breeder of Fancy Goldfish Show
stock
of
scopes always on hand. fishes
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All species of tropical
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Wholesale and
and plants.
retail.
Several thousand Young Broadtail Telescopes
and Black Tele-
Calico
Veiltail
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and Japs in all the desirable colors, with deep bodies and from two to four inches long. Per dozen, $10 and up.
Gneiding's Goldfish Hatchery
1610 North Sec6nd
Street
Ridgefield Park
Philadelphia
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Jersey
Phone, Hackensack 2.599W
AQUARIUMS We able
make durable, artistic aquariums suitfor home or conservatory; beautiful
Fishes, plants, foods and Cabomba, large, supplies for the aquarist. strong and healthy, $5.00 per hundred bunches
wherever placed.
Please
all
none better. Pioneer Aquarium Works.
HENRY
Mention
Wisconsin
Racine.
i^quattc JLife When
KISSEL, JR.
Breeder & Fancier of Broadtail Telescopes Tropical Fishes,
Plants and
Snails.
Ad"v)ertisers
Telephone 461 Cliffside
Fishes, Plants, etc.. Sold at Conservatory
241 Walker Street, Cliffside, N.
Fine
Writing
J.
Telescopes CALICO
Broad-tail
BLACK
and
SCRIMSHAW'S FISH HATCHERY
Correspondence Solicited
GEORGE WILT,
62d
15 19 N.
Street,
PHILADELPHIA
1431 N. Clark
Street, Chicago,
Telephone,
The Original Enchytraeid Breeder Feed your fishes white worms, which can be raised indoOrs throughout the year. Generous portion, 60 cents, raising them.
with
CHARLES 230 5th
full
E.
Street
instructions
Hill,
Importer and
111.
4415.
Delivery.
Breeder
of a Large
Variety of Gold and Tropical Fishes
JENNE
Union
for
Auto
Superior
N.
J. Non-liardening aquarium cement that contains Complete line of aquariums no oil or glycerine. liept in stocli;
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how Their
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general I
Quality in Finnage
ee
Them
at C. C.
5109 Catherine Street
will
class
ave Blues, Blacks and Calicos very Fancier Should Look
special sizes
made
to order.
Large stock of tropical fishes always on hand (.36 Shipments made to all parts of the species). Plants, snails and United States and Canada.
or Excellent Conformation
supplies
for
the
aquarist.
pay cash for your surplus
fishes,
if
first-
stock.
Kennels. Bogs cages and bird-houses. bought and sold on commission. Talking parrots, warbling canaries, etc. Can furnish any sort of What do you want? live stock. Rirds,
Them Over
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$1.50
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The
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left
Plants of All Kinds
Street
G.
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Phone: Monticello
St.
Chicago
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Per dozen, .?4.()0. Cyprinodon variegatus (Sheepshead Minnow), $.3.00 per dozen. Xotropis inetallicus, Fundnlus heteroclitus, Gambusia holbrooki, Goldfish
— the
only sort
we
ship.
—
all
varieties.
(Spotted Goldfish), $4.<»0 per dozen. .ruiiinips.^ Snails, .$2.00 and .$2..50 per dozen. I'lants. Vallisneria (narrow leaf), 30 cents per dozen; Vallisneria (wide leaf), fiO cents per dozen; Sagittaria (broad leaf), 75 cents per dozen; Water Poppy, .$1.00 per dozen; Cabomba. Giant Anacharis, Potomogeton and Myriophyllum spicatum (milfoil), 73 cents per dozen Red, bunches. best time to plant), .^O cents each. Egyiitian liOtus (dormant tubers White and V.-Uow Water Lilies (dormant tubers), 50 cents each; (seeds, 15 cents per package;. -All plants postpaid. Freshwater Shrimp, sun dried, shelled and shredded. The best fish food. Gontains no White Worms (Enother substances. Coarse, medium or line, $1.10 per pound, postiiaid. The chytraeus), j>er portion, 50 cents, with instructions how to breed a continuous supply. best live food. A collection of twelve varieties of aquarium plants, $1.00, postpaid. When remitting for fishes i)lease inclutle 50 cents for s)iipi>lng can. Shiil)niikiiis
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fine
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Hybrids ^iiulchras rubrastigma. .3.5 other species of fishes.
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Diatoms
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Infusoria), 50c. Box,
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"AQUARIA FISH" A
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Tappan's Natural Fish Food. Telescopes
Broadtail
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of
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Snails
kinds at
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times.
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