. 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. THE AQUAEIUM. from above. The great drawback to a tank of this kind is the difi&culty of watching closely the movements and ways of its inhabitants, and besides, such a' one cannot be said to be ornamental. The commonest aqnarinm, perhaps, is that often described as an " inverted propagating glass" (Pig. 4). This kind has its advantages and disadvantages. Its ad
. 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. THE AQUAEIUM. from above. The great drawback to a tank of this kind is the difi&culty of watching closely the movements and ways of its inhabitants, and besides, such a' one cannot be said to be ornamental. The commonest aqnarinm, perhaps, is that often described as an " inverted propagating glass" (Pig. 4). This kind has its advantages and disadvantages. Its advantages are the facUity with which the contents can be inspected, its non-leaking character, its cheapness, its portability, and its attractiveness. Its disadvantages are its transparency, which causes much discomfiture to the fish and too great a growth of conf ervae ; and its proneness to apparently distort its inhabitants as they swim round it. However, the transparency can be partly overcome by judicious shading, the method of which will be explained when " light" is spoken of, and the apparent distortion can be avoided by taking care to choose white and well-blown glasses. In buying an aquarium of this kind, that which is broadest and shallowest should certainly have the preference. Another receptacle for water and fish is the common glass globe (Fig. 5), which has nothing whatever to recommend it, except perhaps to those who dehght to hang their. Fig. 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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