. Fresh-water aquaria: their construction, arrangement, and management, with full information as to the best water-plants and live stock to be kept, how and where to obtain them, and how to keep them in health. Aquariums. PISHES. Ill (8) Never permit the presence of armed and bullying fish â with unarmed and timid onesâ, sticklebacks with small goldfish. (9) Never allow the water-plants in their luxuriant growth to fill the whole aquarium, and so interfere with the free movements of the fish. (10) Always remove dead and dying weeds, or dead and dying animals of any kind, at once. There are
. Fresh-water aquaria: their construction, arrangement, and management, with full information as to the best water-plants and live stock to be kept, how and where to obtain them, and how to keep them in health. Aquariums. PISHES. Ill (8) Never permit the presence of armed and bullying fish â with unarmed and timid onesâ, sticklebacks with small goldfish. (9) Never allow the water-plants in their luxuriant growth to fill the whole aquarium, and so interfere with the free movements of the fish. (10) Always remove dead and dying weeds, or dead and dying animals of any kind, at once. There are no fish more commonly seen in the aquarium than the Gold-fish {Carassius auratus) (Fig. 87), and few are more suited to a life there than they are. They are. Fig. 87. GoiDEN Carp (Carassius auratds). very hardy, not too active, handsome, of various colours, and easily tamed. Not only do these fish vary in their colour, but also in their fins: some fins are double, others are entirely wanting. Occasionally one fish has two or three tails. I have had a Silver-fish in my possession for some years whose tail looks, from behind, like an inverted capital T. This fish is perfectly healthy and very handsome, his scales glistening like mother-of-pearl. It is a long time since Gold-fish were first introduced into England, and when is a matter of doubt; probably, however, about the yeaa- 1611. They originally came from China. A great many Golden Carp are now aimually bred in this country, especially in those tanks which receive the waste hot water from some of the gi-eat manufactories in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bateman, Gregory Climenson. London, L. U. Gill
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