. The complete aquarium book; the care and breeding of goldfish and tropical fishes. Aquariums; Goldfish. MICROSCOPE IN AQUARIUM WORK 129 in the water. Also with high magnification the field of vision and the area of sharp focus are smaller, while movements are apparently much more rapid, making observation difficult. The majority of the valuable organisms are rotifers. These move in a steady, revolving or rotating manner. On page 206 will be found instructions for propagating these organisms for purposes of feeding young fish. Most rotifers can be readily identified as such because they swim


. The complete aquarium book; the care and breeding of goldfish and tropical fishes. Aquariums; Goldfish. MICROSCOPE IN AQUARIUM WORK 129 in the water. Also with high magnification the field of vision and the area of sharp focus are smaller, while movements are apparently much more rapid, making observation difficult. The majority of the valuable organisms are rotifers. These move in a steady, revolving or rotating manner. On page 206 will be found instructions for propagating these organisms for purposes of feeding young fish. Most rotifers can be readily identified as such because they swim through the water by means of circlets of hairs or cilia arising from the front of their heads, by the vibratile action of which they swim and. Fig. 109. Common Forms of Microscopic Animal Lite in Fresh Water (Greatly magnified) 1. Loxodes, a very common form 2. Ceratium, a very common form, especially in ponds and lakes 3. Paramaecium, a very common form, the slipper animalcule 4. Bursaria, a very common form, one of the largest 5. Stylonycha, a very common form, found everywhere 6. Phacus, not so common as the above numbers 7. Spirostomum, common everywhere 8. Euglena, common everywhere 9. Chilodon, common everywhere 10. Trachelocerca, common everywhere, the swan animalcule 11. Eupolotes, not an aquarium in America without examples 12. Dadinium, predaceous, feeds on paramaecium and others 13. Trachelocerca, small but plentiful 14. Coleps, the barrel animalcule, common. 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 Innes, William T. (William Thornton), 1874-1969. New York, Halcyon house


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