. Goldfish breeds and other aquarium fishes, their care and propagation : a guide to freshwater and marine aquaria, their fauna, flora and management. With 280 explanatory illustrations, printed with the text. 1 J i £ ^,-iL-E^ t*fe= 53 =.£■ ft r-|* f]i ji • ■. » i— Jr-^ it ij 1 I I iji! ; Ij 1; ill Hi ii « ijp C3V 3rfa. ^\ ^t^ mm FIG. 6o Arrangement for a large Fish-culture Establishment for the propagation of the Goldfish. A central greenhouse is surrounded by rearing and breeding basins;a shed containing the water collecting tank and a pump; the water supplyand drainage system i


. Goldfish breeds and other aquarium fishes, their care and propagation : a guide to freshwater and marine aquaria, their fauna, flora and management. With 280 explanatory illustrations, printed with the text. 1 J i £ ^,-iL-E^ t*fe= 53 =.£■ ft r-|* f]i ji • ■. » i— Jr-^ it ij 1 I I iji! ; Ij 1; ill Hi ii « ijp C3V 3rfa. ^\ ^t^ mm FIG. 6o Arrangement for a large Fish-culture Establishment for the propagation of the Goldfish. A central greenhouse is surrounded by rearing and breeding basins;a shed containing the water collecting tank and a pump; the water supplyand drainage system is indicated, and the premises surrounded bv a boardfence, sheltering embankment and shrubbery. An establishment of this size with sufficient breeding fishes, after a 108 THE PROPAGATION OF THE (.< successful season, should produce many thousands of goldfishes of boththe common and the highly prized Oriental breeds, for which there wouldalways be a constant and remunerative demand. The Paradise Fish, Ideand Tench could also be cultivated. Pond Aquaria. Vol. VII of the Bulletins of the U. S. Fish Com-mission, 1887, gives two excellent suggestions for pond aquaria which arehere reproduced and no better explanation can be given than to quote theaccompanying article by Mr. Wm. P. Seal:— With this idea in view I offer


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