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Tetragonopterus rubropictus.
C. T. HEEDE, Brooklyn, N. Y.

HIS fish is also called “The Blood-
fin”. It is a very beautiful, spawn-

ing fish adapted to the aquarium. Its
habitat is Argentina and the Southeast
of South America. These fishes, although
imported to Europe several years ago,
are seldom seen in this country, but
will, when known, be much favored in-
habitants of our aquaria on account of
their great beau-
ty, alertness and
steady health in
captivity. They
are about two
inches in length,
olave- green
above, and a
silvery gray
stripe runs from
head to tail on
each side of their
body. The ab-
domen is silvery.
In bright sun or
artificial light
they look steel.
blue, violet and
green,—in other
words, like a newly caught herring —
but with all their fins, (except the
pectoral and the very small adipose
fin), and their tail colored blood-red
with a silvery outer lining; the bright
red color is more intense near the body.
The sexes look alike in size, shape and
color except just at breeding time, when
the female has a heavier abdomen than

JUNE, 1913

TETRAGONOPTERUS RUBROPICTUS
Drawing by E. 8. Youna.

NUMBER 8

the male. At other times the sex can
be determined by lifting them from the
aquarium in a very fine meshed net and
turning them down into the water. The
female will fall down first; the reason
for this is that the male has some minute
appendages — not visible to the naked
eye — which easily catch in the fabric
of the net. This is an infallible way
to detect the sex of the fishes. The
temperature of the water in the tank
Tetra-
gonopterus is
kept should be
from 60° to 70°
Fahrenheit; in
breeding time
from 75° to 80%,
and equally
warm for young,
newly hatched
fishes.

To keep the
fishes healthy,
the water in the
tank should be

changed once in

where

a- while with
fresh water of
the same _ tem-

perature, and especially to get the fishes
to spawn, fresh water with a very little
salt added is necessary.

The eggs are white. They are Latahered
by the female all over the tank between
the plants, and sink to the bottom.
Some 200 to 500 eggs are produced at
each spawning, and they hatch in about
twenty-four hours. The parent fishes,

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like the different Danios, will hunt for
the eggs and eat them as soon as the
spawning is finished, if not prevented
from doing so by either the eggs or the
fishes being removed to another tank,
or by having the bottom of the tank
closely covered by plants, as Elodea and
Myriophyllum, kept down with small,
smooth — not sharp-edged — stones.
But the safest way to protect the eggs
and the young will be to remove the
parent fishes to another tank.

The young, after they are hatched,
keep between the plants until their yolk
sac is absorbed; after this they will hunt
for Infusoria, of which the tank ab-
solutely must have plenty, if success is
anticipated in raising the young. As
long as the Infusoria are needed for
food, no Daphnia should be dropped
into the tank, because the Daphnia
devour the Infusoria. Infusoria may be
grown with perfectly dried water plants,
especially Lemna, or Lettuce, powdered
and strewn on the surface of the water
in the tank, or by placing some hay in
a glass with water and letting it stand in
the sun for a few days until the water
gets yellow; or by using Infusoria
producing artificial fish food, for in-
stance Thum’s, which can be bought in
New York City.

When the young are from ten to fif-
teen days old, they will take small
Daphnia and Cyclops, later finely scraped
beef. At the age of six weeks, with care-
ful treatment they will have reached a
length of about an inch, and already
have the bright red color on their fins
and tail. Different kinds of Tetra-
gonopterus are imported, but rubropictus
is the foremost in shape and color. It
may be bought quite reasonably; breed-
ers and importers in Germany charge
two dollars a pair for prime specimens.

History of Fish Culture.

W. E. MEEHAN, Director Philadelphia Public
Aquarium,

ie is now generally accepted as a fact

that fish-life in fresh water streams
and other fresh water bodies can no
longer be maintained, excepting in very
remote places, by the fish themselves
by natural propagation. The steady
increase in population, and the resultant
increased demand for fish for food has
produced a greater drain on the supply
of fish life than the mature fish them-
selves can overcome. Hence in order
that the demand for fish be met, it
became necessary for man to assist
nature, by what is called artificial pro-
pagation. If it were not for what he is
accomplishing in this direction, it is
safe to say that many of our familiar
and best food and game fishes would by
this time be exterminated.

The fish culturist employs — three
methods of propagating fish, one is by
means of troughs with water running
under and over wire netting trays, a
second is by keeping fish eggs revolving
in glass jars filled with water, and the
third is by means of ponds, in which
fish are allowed to spawn naturally and
hatch their eggs, guarding both mature
and young fish from their many
enemies. Only very heavy eggs like
those of the trout and salmon are
hatched by means of the troughs and
trays. Semi-bouyant eggs and those which
are yielded in vast quantities are hatched
by the jar method, while pond culture
is reserved for those fish, from which
eggs either cannot be taken at all or
which cannot be taken excepting with
much trouble or possible injury to the
fish culturist, and a few nest building
fishes that take vigilant care of both
eggs and young, and where fertilization

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by natural methods is even better than
by artificial expression.

Pond culture is the oldest of the
three methods. Its practice dates back
to very ancient times. The Romans,
the Greeks and the Egyptians all raised
fish by that means. So did the Chinese.
Indeed there is reason to believe they
were the first. There are records that
more than five hundred years before
Christ, a Chinese built a pond and
dotted it with islands, with the avowed
idea of fooling the fish that they were
in their natural environments, and that
continents. In the
pond, the cute Chinese placed about
twenty fish. By the end of the first
year there were several thousand fine
fish, by the end of the second, several
hundred thousand, and by the end of the
third there were so many that the pioneer
fish culturist couldn’t count them all.

the islands were

That this man did business there is no
doubt, but we are forced to the con-
clusion either that he outclassed
Annanias or did better than any fish
culturist since his time, for there is not
one at the present time who could not
count every fish he can raise by pond
In fact pond culture produces
less fish than any other method.

The artificial expression of eggs from
fish was discovered by a Jesuit in
France about the latter part of the Fi%
teenth Century. He fertilized trout
eggs and hatched them in a hatching
box which he invented. His discovery
made no stir and was forgotten after his
death, and the fact that he had _per-
formed this important feat was not
learned until many years after, and then
only by the accidental finding of old
records in the monastery, in which he
lived. Count Jacoby, a German noble-
man, rediscovered artificial fertilization

culture.

and hatching of trout in the middle of
the Seventeenth Century. Curiously
enough, his hatching apparatus was al-
most identical with that of the obscure
priest. But Jacoby was a scientific man
and he published his experiments and
results in a_ scientific bulletin. The
pamphlet was translated into several
languages and excited widespread scien-
tific interest, but no one seemed to think
there would be any practical use for it.

It was not until after 1840 that fish
culture by the artificial expression and
fertilization of eggs was put to practical
use, and it is a curious fact that it
wasn't through Count Jacoby’s discovery
that this came about. His discovery
like that of the priest had become for-
gotten. The world owes practical fish
culture to two Breton fishermen. These
two peasants became interested in watch-
ing trout spawn, and they made what to
them was an amazing discovery, that the
eges of the trout were not fertilized
until after they left the body of the
female. Wondering if the eggs could
not be pressed from the female, they
tried it and with success. They devised
a hatching apparatus which proved
successful, and then communicated their
discovery to the French government.
The latter was profoundly interested
and appointed one of the men, Gehin by
name, a Commissioner to instruct others
in the new art. Gehin’s partner in this
work, Mons. Remy was forced to drop
out by reason of illness.

Among those who took lessons from
Gehin, was an American, who imparted
his knowledge to a Dr. Garland of
Cleveland. Dr. Garland became enthus-
iastic and fertilized and hatched a lot
of salmon-trout eggs. A few years later,
in the early °60’s, William Ainsworth, a
New Yorker, started a commercial trout

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hatchery. He was followed almost the advice of an expert I had secured

immediately by Seth Green, and the
commercial trout industry in the United
States became a fact accomplished.

Seth Green was not satisfied to keep
within one groove but investigated other
fields of fish culture, and the outcome
was the successful propagation of shad,
white fish and pike-perch, and the in-
vention of the jar system, which now
enables the National and State govern-
ments to hatch billions of valuable food
fishes annually and all from eggs which
would otherwise have been absolutely
wasted. I say wasted because the eggs
of the whitefish, shad and pike-perch
used by the fish culturist are from fish
taken in the nets for market.

While fish culture was not discovered
by the United States, Americans have
given it the greatest attention and made
the greatest advances. Consequently
the United States leads the world in fish
cultural work.

The Use of Nets for Collecting

Aquarium Specimens.

WM, T. LNNBS, Jr., Philadelphia.
ye kinds of pets which we have

caught ourselves hold much more
interest than those secured from
We can also provide
suitable surroundings for them when
we know first hand what Mother Nature
seemed to intend. Our aquarium pets
are no exception to the rule, and in
consideration of the pleasant outing
incident to the collecting expedition, it
is litthe wonder that interest along this
line is rapidly increasing.

Many are deterred from collecting
because they don’t know how to go
about it. I well recall my first failures
with a dip net, and the seeming hope-
lessness of the undertaking.

other

sources. more

Following

a dip net of the folding type, and went
forth one bright day to scoop up a few
dozen fish. It seems that on this day
the fish firmly but gently declined to be
taken. In fact most fish refuse to remain
still while you sneak a net under and
lift them out. This will work with
chaetodons and other sunfish, but is not
the right method for average rapid-
swimming species.

Dip net showing method of using brass rings. The

net should be deeper than shown.
Drawing by L. M. Dorsey, Jr.

After several failures I appealed to my
friend, and like all good enthusiasts he
was very willing to show me. The
method of teaching was to take me out
on one of his own collecting trips that
I might see just how it was done. The
main point as far as dip nets are con-
cerned seems to be to work in narrow
streams, or in small corners or pools
where the fish cannot get away. An
overhand swoop is used to bring the
net into the water, striking as far out as
possible and dragging the net toward
you, catching the fish from above rather
than below. The net should be pulled
toward the bottom and the whole move-
ment made as rapidly as possible. By
the overhand stroke the fish become
confused and not infrequently dash right
into the net.

This method is rather hard on the

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binding edge of the net where it is
attached to the frame unless it is
properly made, but that is a simple
matter. Brass upholstery rings about
- three-quarters of an inch in diameter
which may be secured at a hardware
store, are slipped over the frame at the
hinged joint. The net is laced to them
by a stout string, threading alternately
a ring and a mesh of the net. These
rings will stand a great deal of dragging
over stony bottoms and protect the net
perfectly. In
selecting the net,
a small sized |;
mesh is best for
the purpose of
the aquarist,
Kighteen inches
across and twen-
ty-four inches
deep is a good
size. The other
general method [§ :
of collecting |S
is with a seine. |aeae
This is simply
a straight strip
of netting, im
having a row of |i
corks along one [f
long edge(upper)
and a row of
sinkers alongthe
lower edge. The ropes forming the
binding edges, and on.which the corks
or floats and the sinkers are fastened,
_are extended a short distance beyond
the net and by which it is dragged. To
use the seine two persons are required,
though there is a four-foot seine that
may be worked by one man. The seine
is tied by the lower guide ropes to stiff

x “sticks or poles about four or five feet

long. Each man takes a pole and pushes

DRAWING A SEINE

Photograph by Author.

the net along as near the bottom as
possible, using the other hand to manage
the cork-line, which should be some-
what back of the lower or lead line, but
still far enough forward to make a bag
of the net. Seining is strictly a wading
proposition and can be used with
splendid effect where the water is open
and the bottom not too stony. It is
difficult to work a seine in water more
than four feet deep — one to three feet
is better. The usual minnow seine,
four by twelve
feet, is better
adapted to the
needs of the
aquarist, and
can be _ pur-
chased at a rea-
sonable figure —
jabout two
dollars. In finish-
ing a haul one
man usually
|| stands as a pivot,
| while his _part-
ner wheels
around with the
net and brings it
up on the bank.
Frequently the
hauls are very
large and con-
tain more speci-
mens than are desired. This surplus
should be returned to the water and not
allowed to die upon the bank.

The accompanying photograph was
taken at a very pleasant outing recently
given by the Chicago Fish Fanciers
Club in honor of the writer. On this
occasion the beautiful red-bellied dace
and rain-bow darters were gathered in
gratifying numbers. The picture shows

(Continued on page 25.)

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The Aquarium.

A Series of Articles on the Construction, Equipment
and Maintenance of Aquaria, and the
Breeding of Goldfish.

C. G. B. SCHENK, Mibwaukee.

V. Keeding Goldfish.

In the March number Mr. Wm. T.
Innes, Jr. discussed at length the feeding
of goldfish and I doubt that I have much
to add to his able article, but this series
would be incomplete were I to omit this
most important phase of the study.

I take exception to the statement that
one may “feed anything and everything”.
I know very well that it is not meant to
convey the idea in a literal sense. The
amateur is apt to go astray in reading
such articles. It is true that a goldfish
will eat most anything the human being

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will eat that is nutritious. The expert
knows what to feed, when to feed, and
how much to feed, all of which the
amateur has yet to learn. I propose to
give much the same information here,
but ina different way. Bear in mind
that while goldfish will eat many kinds
of food without harm, there is a vast
difference in the kinds that will do them
the most good.

The food par excellence is live Daph-
nia, Cyclops, Cypris and other minute
forms of life commonly called “water
fleas”. In the summer these may be
found in most slow running streams and
stagnant pools where water is pure. Fry
given water fleas in as much quantity
as they will eat, thrive, get color and
grow up healthy in an astonishing
degree compared to growth when fed
other foods. The mosquito larva, or
“wriggler” is the finest kind of fish food,
but too large for very small fish. To
obtain wrigglers put a tub or barrel of
water outdoors containing straw, sheep
manure, grass or something of that
nature. In a few days the water will
be alive with the larva which may be
fed in unlimited quantities to fish large
enough to devour them.

Next in order to water fleas and
mosquito larva, I consider dried shrimp
and Daphnia in equal parts to be the
best. During the winter I feed nothing
else. Many foods are prepared by
American fish breeders, the ingredients
of which are pretty much the same. A
number are advertised in THE AQUARIUM,
all of which may be used _ with
confidence.

Foods which may usually be obtained
from the kitchen are oatmeal, both
cooked and dry, ground dog biscuit,
yoke of thirty-minute boiled egg, finely

chopped raw liver, or liver dried and

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ground and scraped raw beef. Feed any
of these “kitchen” foods sparingly and
alternate constantly with other foods.
Earth worms make a good food. Wash
in cold water, then cut or chop fine.
Use judgement in feeding any food as
to the size of the particles. All dried
foods can be ground in a meat chopper
or a coffee mill, and then sifted through
assorted sized strainers. A good strainer
may be made of a piece of wire screen-
ing (brass) six inches square, having
about thirty meshes to the inch. Tack
to a light wood frame and you have a
sieve that will give you food of a
uniform size for small and medium
sized fish. For fry use a screen having
one hundred meshes to an inch. In
general it is better to have the particles
too small rather than too large.

About once a week drop table salt
into the water. Don’t be afraid, because
salt is good for the fish in many ways.
A half teaspoonful to 15 gallons of water
is a good proportion, although more
may be used without harm. Salt aids
digestion and prevents disease. A piece
of ordinary chalk is beneficial. This
will gradually dissolve and aid in the
formation of bone structure in the fish

and shell for the snails.
(To be continued.)
discuss

concluding article will

goldfish breeding.

The next and

(Continued from page 23 )

an ideal body of water in which to use
a seine. The third person is running up
stream to scare the fish towards the net.
This plan is only successful with some
species of fishes. Silverfins will dash

ast the “scare” man in directions away
eel the net. Our friends in the picture
have both sinker and float lines attached
to the pole, but it is considered better
practice to draw the cork line by hand
over the surface of the water.

Where Life on Our Earth is Most
Abundant.
IFE, speaking generally, is most
abundant at zero—that is, at sea-
level. At first slowly and then rapidly
life becomes less abundant as one hunts
for it upwards from sea-level, or fishes
for it downwards into the depths of the
sea. The investigations of “Michael-
Sars” in the North Atlantic in 1910
completely confirmed the view that the
great depths, 4000 metres or more (over
13,000 ft.), are poor in living organism.
Fish are most numerous in the first
3000ft., much less numerous between
3000ft. and 6000ft., and the diminution
is much more rapid below 6000ft. It is
curious to find that some kinds of fish
have a range of over 2000ft. in depth.
In a general way the temperature of the
ocean decreases from the surface down-
wards, just as in the air it decreases
trom the surface of the sea upwards; but
in the case of the sea the decrease is
very irregular, on account of ocean
currents.

One of the discoveries, due to Sir
John Murray and Dr. J. Hjort, on this
exploration of the sea cruise was that in
one place at 300 fathons, with a tem-
perature of—2° C., they found Arctic
fauna and fish of the cold seas; whereas
raising the trawl to 200 fathoms, or only
600ft. higher, they met with fish and
fauna of the temperate zone.

“By the way”, said Ed St, Clair, who
happened by the office door at that
time, “did any of you ever catch an
insane fish?”

“No. What do you mean by an in-
sane fish? .

“Why, an insane fish is nothing more
or less a fish caught within a seine.
Houston “Post’’.

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The September number of the maga-
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ments intended for that issue should
reach the editor not later than Aug. 5th.

~The Auburndale Goldfish Company
has removed from 920 West Randolph
Street to more commodious quarters at
1449 West Madison Street, Chicago,
where they will be glad to greet their
customers, old and new.

It will be observed from the advertise-
ment of Franklin Barrett that he is the
fortunate Philadelphian to breed the
mysterious celestial telescope goldfish,
about which Mr. Innes wrote in the

May issue. Our congratulations to Mr.
Barrett.
; Concerning the effect of tobacco

smoke on the aquarium a correspond-
ent of the Wochenschrift writes of his
investigations. It appears that the tank
was maintained in a tavern and required
frequent changes of water due to its
tendency to become turbid. Finally it
occured to the writer that for aeration
he was using the smoke-laden air of the
tavern. He then took the air from the
outside and the turbity disappeared, but

when the tavern air was again used, the

water again became turbid, thus proving
that the smoke-laden air caused the
trouble. He adds that his fish, veiltails,
were more lively after the change, but
that otherwise he noticed no bad affects.

W. S. Hilpert.

Pressure of other duties has compelled
Mr. C. G. B. Schenk to relinquish the
office of business manager. Much credit
is due Mr. Schenk whose efforts have
done much to insure the success of the
magazine. He has been succeeded by
Mr. I. J. Ackerman, to whom should be
sent all communications regarding
advertisements and _ general business
matters.

THE WHITE SURF FISH

Courtesy of Technical World
MOST singular little fish, which
instead of laying eggs or roe, gives
birth to fully developed young, is found

along the California coast. Specimens
collected by members of the United
States fish commission July 1 were
stuffed with little fish apparently almost
to the bursting point. In some instances
the young had begun to escape from the
mother, the little ones being found in
the water and in nearly all cases they
could be easily pressed from the body

of the mother, in which event they were
able to maintain themselves in an up-
right position in the water and swim
about. The adult fish are a silvery white
color from 3$ to 8 inches long and the
newly born fish were from 1 to 1} inches
in length. “Surf fish” is the name it
goes by, and it is described by the fish
commission as swarming in great num-
bers during the spawning season, in the
surf or in shallow water along sandy
shores.

Every haul of the seine resulted in
the capture of great numbers of them.

Technical World.

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Tuesday, June 10th:—Regular Business Meeting.
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Regular meetings on the
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Sherman Ave., Jersey City,
and on the Fourth Friday
at the American Museum of
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and Central Park West, New
York, each month except
July and August. Corre-
sponding membership $1.00
Annually.

Initiation Fee, $1 Dues $2

Presidentsecaseece _...EDW. W. KIERNAN, 22 Nassau Place, East Orange, N. J.
Wal COPETESI GEmibemaerstescie serearnceee O. H. SMITH, 23 Jacob Street, New York City
Recording Secretary....... ARTHUR OSBORNE, 42 South St., Jersey City, N. J.
Corresponding Secretary......... HERMAN OsMER, West New Brighton, Y. Y.
Treasurer......... ....H. A. RICHTBERG, 85 South 16th St., East Orange, N. J.
ilbpratianeesseeee HERMAN HOFFMEISTER, 165 Webster Ay., Jersey City, N. J.
Local Hditor....... JOHN TREADWELL NICHOLS, Am. Museum of Nat. History

Local Business Manager..........CARL P ORDING, 1931 Broadway, New York

Thursday, June 12th:

Aquarium Fishes. heir Diseases and Cures
by Mr. Rodick.

Friday, June 27th:—General Conference. Hew to keep Fishes
during the Summer. (No meetings during July and August.)

Philadelphia
Aaq ou aor 1 uom
Society * *

Regular meeting on the
Fourth Wednesday, at 1414
Arch Street

Initiation Fee. $1.00 Annual
Dues, $1.80. Corresponding
Membership $1.00 Annually

Presidenits ts ssn tonsscwiste see etnes Seoeicins H. R. Lipprincort, Collingswood, N. J
WiGePFESId Gnile Scns omen ais earcslectonie sere CHARLES PAXSON, 2534 N. 11th Street
IRTCASIITOTL ON. cose ccscs acecweneaiclde Roc eaece HIRAM PARKER, 224 N. Wilton Street
SOCLOUAE YA tia a tn oe coin cinieleisioWialeinioreneetcen L.M Dorsey, Jr . 2219 N, 19th Street
THOCAMBGUGOR S15 ea ees coeclot ce ae nee eieas Wo. T. INNES, Jr., 1824 N. Park Ave.
Local Business Manager.................. L. M. DorsEyY, Jr., 2219 N. 19th Street

No Meetings during May, June, July and. August.

Milwaukee
ASqu-a.r 1 um
pocket S

Rresidenityy ca -eesimes sts stich aeciconsleeetee C G. B SCHENK, 105 Grand Avenue
Mice Prestdentn erences cceer ce cere AvGust GRAU, 3110 Grand Avenue
TRGASUREEe san ene eee eee A eee . GEO J. C. STEFFEN, 950 First Street
NEGRO LAY eres see cease Somer ee REv. PAuL RovH, 2602 Prairie Avenue
Bibbrania noe ook eae hen ee eae Avaust W. POLLWORTH, 1816 Wright Street

W. A. BrRY#, 304 Fifteenth Street

Regular meeting on First
Monday at 105 Grand Ave.
Initiation Fee,$1. Dues, $1.20

Monday, June 2nd:—Regular Meeting at 105 Grand Ave.

Minneapolis

< BPCSIGENt kee Os rer tren iia mentees ete cits F. L. TAPPAN, 92 South 7th Street
A q uartium PLE CASUMED Ns wesc cee aeee J. W. FRANZEN, Curator Museum Pub. Library
Society > oS Secretary peor. meck ce woe swe ne Mrs. ANNA ESSENE, 3421 Longfellow Ave. South
be Ores. tO a
: Presidentis 5 at eee ee tae eee TENNANY LEE, 18 School St., Dedham, Mass.
Aquarium ; : ant
; NECrGtALyaaccnin cease CHAS. W. ALDEN, 15 Broomfield St., Boston. Mass.
Society se F Mreasurelyeeeneeseer FRANKLIN A. PACKARD, 5 Perry St , Cambridge, Mass.

InitiationFee,31 An’1Dues,$1

SPAWNING "TIM EH.

Try your hand at raising some Prize Winners.

I am now booking orders for SPAWN for the following exceedingly rave and valuable varieties
ot Japanese Goldfish.

Scaleless Veil-Tail Calico Telescopes, (Queen Lil.). ....................25 «-- Roe niCe $5.00 per 1€0 eggs
Cup Winners and 3 times Diploma Winners, Philadelphia Aquarium Society.
Wondertull Japanese Lion-Heads, (Kang Bull) Bull)... .... 22. So. 2. se esse eres cree $10.00 per 100 eggs
Winner of 2nd Diploma, Philadelphia Aquarium Society.
Wondertulz@elestial delescopessn(GoorvGO0O)M inate eee ee er eae aoe eee $15 00 per 100 eggs
Winner of Blue Ribbon, Philadelphia Aquarium Society, 1918.
WionderiulkMoodedi@nandasy (ROO) a5 see are iase ena = ies nae ee eee ae $10.00 per 100 eggs

Winner ot Blue Ribbon, Philadelphia Aquarium Society. 19138.
The above 3 breeds bred successfully first time in America.

Japanese Ribbon, ail Melescopes,,(mIWerell)! cons. saree. as cv Saari aa) tet ere $3.00 per 100 eggs
Winner Blue Ribbon, Philadelphia Aquarium Society, 191s.

Japanese Calico) Scaleless Shubunkins, (Wextel)e.. 25405 6.02 ones eee sees soe cee: $3.00 per 100 eggs
Winner of Blue Ribbon, Philadelphia Aquarium Society. 1918.

Japanese Scalelesse Nyinpns nC le CCiVelvey)) semracrs atte neverstsirersie oc ceil Serial. ya siete sie cnets eveeieteker $5.00 per 100 eggs
Winner of Blue Ribbon, Philadelphia Aquarium Society, 1913.

Japanese Bilack;Moorslelescopes,,(ElIZa) 2 <. . ache c, ©) ss cicit cw snd Sie riecre oad issn onl $5.00 per 100 eggs
Winner of Blue Ribbon, Philadelphia Aquarium Society, 1913.

Japanese Scaled and Scaleless Telescopes, (ltibbon Winners)... .......... AP CTE $3.00 per 100 eggs
33 2 Le Si Fringetails, ( “ ‘ ) erik Somer aes ORS ats each ero ePeL a ek $3.00 per 100 eggs
ae oe Ze a Welescopes, (best stock)... sos9e5se-eee.ee OP, tt 1, Me ye $2.00 per 100 eggs
& iY re mS Fringetails,( ‘" JES het oe IS ae BON ance Ht Ree tats te Pee $1.00 per 100 eggs

Live Insects (Daphnia) for feeding to young Fry.......................... Warciveleie seit $1.00 per 25lb can

Full printed Instructions of how to successfully raise Japanese Gold Fish in Aquariums and Tanks at
home, furnished free with every order

Young Fry.

To those who wish to buy Young
Fish of this Season’s Hatching,
fully developed, I offer the follow-
ing from the Diploma and Blue
Ribbon Stock, about % inch long.

Cup and Diploma Winning
Veil-Tail Telescopes $6 perDoz

Blue Ribbon Winning Black |
Moor Telescopes.. .$6 per Doz

Blue Ribbon Winning Celestial
Telescopes. ~..... .. $12 per Doz |

2nd Diploma Winning
Lion-Heads..... .$12 per Doz

The above prices place within |
reach of allan opportunity to buy |
Fancy Fish from the Finest Stock |
in America, at smail outlay.

Photo by SELe KING BULL BULL.

FR AIN Fs Lite

WYOMING AVE, 422. °°.) 7 |

BREEDERS.

| have the largest collectio als ”
! argest c n of Fancy Japanese
following Breeders in healthy condition: ~
Large Long Tailed Japanese Comets...

Extra Large Long Tailed Japanese nares Se nae $ 1 a pe
Medium Size Japanese Fantails EN Fk Tata 8 O82" . 5 Xe
Large fa 66 RAGA i eee ea 3 a i

sé ‘id 6é Fringetails ee ig Oe eae 15 00 ¥
Medium Scaled and Scaleless Broad Tails. 7 1000 «
Large - 28 ia i Wa cuaei Mn cE eon: soni
Medium * rT oo ’ Beleseopes, <0 0" |. :) = sine > cae neem 300 «
Large os ‘ ee ee ene ee, he 1500 «
ex, ° ae Ge ete 5000 «
Medium Black Veil Tail EOSCOPOR “Far. 2 tec. . Ce, a Ce ans 1000 «
| a i 5000 «
Medium Scaleless Veil Tail Telescopes) Ss ole. EO Pe ee ener 1000 *«
jlarge ‘“ 9 es ey Cte oe ne nee 5000 «
CAS ea ae 2500 ‘*s
sone Succ, oh Cte ee ee ... 5000 «

eee (Diploma Winners) oo. occ cava, 1000 00. «
Gambusia affinis (Live Bearing)... Se ta sc AO eae
Paradise Fish (Nest Builders|| 1 ints Oa Cantal 150 «
Largest greenhouses in

the World devoted to

breeding Faney Goldfish

and the propagation of

Aquarium Plants,
Manufacturer of the *Su-

perior Aquariums”,
| Amerjap Natural Fish

Food and all Parapher- y on

nalia associated with i
| Gold Fish. “ee

vids and Lakes stocked
with Extra Large Com-
| mon Gold Fish and all aati
varieties of Beautiful :
/ and Rare Hardy and
Tender Water Lilies and
| all varieties of Sewmi-
_ aquatic Plants.

oe &

Terms:

“CASH WITH ORDER”

When ordering Spawn,
Young Fish or Large
fish, we charge extra
0c. 20c, or 80e for shipping
vans, according to size.

Photo by SELP QUEEN LIL.

BARRE ITD

Peet ULADHILPHIA, PA.

Gold Fish in America, and can offer you the

r pair
“ec

New Importation

containing interesting species from South America
and Mexico. Accurate lists of stock prepared on

WE ARE AGENTS FOR

request

and other German aquarium specialties. A com-
plete stock of the most important articles carried
on hand. NO WAITING, no custom house delays

nor expense.

GENERAL AQUARIUM COMPANY
OF AMERICA

129 to 1385 N. 12th St, Philadelphia

F. L. TAPPAN
Fancy Fish

Dealer and Breeder
of Rare and

Goldfish Long-eared Sunfish Gir -rdinus reticulatus
Paradise Fish Mexican Swordtail Girardinus guppyi
Chanchitos Geophagus Platypoecilia maculata

Gambusia ho}lbrooki

FOUK-HOKNED SNAILS (Ampullaria gigas)

And many others

deposit a mass of large coral-red eggs out of the water; the little
snails drop into the water as they hatch.

Send $1.00 for my new book, ‘SAQUARIA FISH”.
A practical work on care and breeding of
fish in the aquarium. Illustrated.

92 Seventh Street, South, Minneapolis, Minn.
BEST COLLECTION

OF
FANCY FISH AQUATIC PLANTS
Always on Exhibition

Many years of experience has enabled me to make
a specialty of all aquatic life.

My aim is to assist the student of Nature and
make it possible for him to obtain the specimens he
desires in a healthy and first class condition.

HERMAN RABENAU

1163 Myrtle Ave. Brooklyn, N. Y
Near Broadway.
Jobber and Importer ———=——_———

=Aquariums & All. Accessories

“Mention THE AQUARIUM

Terminal Pet Shop

Importers, Breeders and Dealers in

Japanese Goldfish and Tropical Fish
Fish foods, plants and aquaria
Pets of every description _ Birds, seeds and cages

Burnett’s Japanese Fish Food

Booth No. 18 Concourse
HUDSON TERMINAL BUILDING
NEW YORK

Prices cheerfully furnished for special size | aquariums

Canadian Bird Store
2139 W. Van Buren St., Chicago, Il.

Importer of English and German Canaries,
Fishesand Aquaria Supplies. Manufacturer
of Bird Tonic, Song Restorer and Fish
Food. Prices quoted on Aquaria and
special wood Breeding Cages.

Monkeys! Angoras!

Puppies!
A CHOICE
NATURAL FOOD

Have you ever fed meal worms to your fishes? Try
them One week after receiving the first shipment,
in 1909, the New York Aquarium wrote, ‘‘We seem to
have found good results in feeding these worms,
and will be pleased to order from you as occasion
requires.”’ 500 for $1.00; 1000 for $150; 5000 for $5.00;
10.000 for $7 50. Express prepaid east of the Missis-
sippi. Also feed to your pet bird.

OC: Serine

Mount Joy, - - Pennsylvania

Chicago Fish Fanciers (“lub

Osphromenus punctatus
Platypoecilius

Guinea Pigs!

Polycanthus species
Haplochilus Chaperi
Xiphophorus Helleri Girardinus Guppyi
Danio rerio Barbus conechonius

Price $2.50 per pair. Shipping pail 35 cents extra.
AERATORS, #1.00 postpaid Indestructable and
produce an even fine spray of air. ALGAE SCRAP-

ERS, 50 cents postpaid. All metal, simple and
eficient. No danger of cutting the fish.

Address: W.S. HILPERD,
543 East 34th Street, . CHICAGO, ILL.

when writing advertisers.

J i Casel

915 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Manufacturer of
Aquariums

Aquarium Ornaments

Floral Terra Cotta, ete. |

Goldfish Fish Globes Fish Food |

and all aquarium requisites

Send fcr Catalog and Trade Prices

GROWER OF aan ; i
Finest Water Plants — |

BREEDER OF
Fancy Goldfish es
Tropical Fish

Large Aquariums, Ponds and Small

Lakes Stocked and Planted

Try Paullin’s Hatchery Fish Food
15 cents a box, postpaid

| 425 WOLF STREET, PHILADELPHIA

“THE NATURE SHOP

(incorPorATED)

Importers—Breeders —Dealers

IN
ANIMALS — BIRDS — FISH.
We have the finest equipped place in |
America for the handling of fancy Fish, and |
we have the Goods — Write for Prices — |

No Catalog. |
Use NoXaL Brand Fish Food | |
4 Sizes 15c per Can Post Paid |

579 Ww. 181 ‘St. NEW TORE CITY. |

oo THIEL BR

DEALER IN

Fancy Japanese Gold and Silver Fish Aquaria, |
Fish Globes, Foods and Plants, Birds and |
Cages, Bird Seed, Mocking-Bird Food, Etc.

THIELER’S SONG RESTORER |

Very Best in the Market

33 FLATBUSH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, N. Y. |
Telephone Connection

Greenriver Fish and

Baby Fish Food

The best winter food on the
market. Will develop fine
fins and color; also makes your
fish healthy and robust; will
act as a laxative and is the
best substitute for Daphnia.
It contains 17 ingredients, also
Daphnia. It will not sour or
cloud the water. This food is
ca by the New York and
Philadelphia Aquaria; also by
many breeders in Philadelphia
and other large cities .

Ask your dealer for it or send to

[HARRY P. PETERS

1210 North Warnock Street
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

IMPORTER AND BREEDER

la Largest selection of Breeders in Philadelphia, *

Mention THE AQUARIUM when writing advertisers.

The President

THE STANDARD PAINT Co, August 29, 1912
100 William St., New York City

Gentlemen:—Obtaining unsatisfactory results from
«u number of preparations for waterproofing cement,
an architect induced me totry IMPERVITE. The
results have been all that could be desired and have
successfully withstood the test of time. In concrete
aquarium and pool construction I recommend your
product on all occasions.

The addition of IMPERVITE to the cement at the
time it is mixedmot only renders the pool watertight
but also eliminates the danger of having chemicals
ee phe fresh cement wash into the water and kill

1€ Osh.

Yours very truly (Signed) WM. T. INNES, JR.
President of Aquarium Society of Philadelphia

of the Aquarium Society
writes

as follows about

Wee

IMPERVITE is used for leaky Cellars,
Basements. Damp walls, Cisterns, Sewers,

Swimming-pools, Reservoirs, Retainine-
walls, Pits. Dams, Tunnels, Tanks, Sub-
Ways.

Underground Pits: for Scales, Elevators,
Boilers, Flywheels, ete ; also Waterproof
Coal and Grain Pockets, any depth below
water-line ---Waterproof, non-cracking stucco.

WE GUARANTEE that Impervite con-
tains no soap: and that when used according
to our directions will make cement mortar
absolutely and permanently waterproof.

THE STANDARD PAINT Company, 100 William St., New York City

AQUARIUM
SPECIALTY Co.

1827-31 WASHINGTON AVE.
NEW YORK CITY

MAKERS OF THE

Rogers Crystal Aerator and Filter

LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF
Aquaria, Terraria, Vivaria and Aquatic

Cages, Mouse and Frog Houses

BREEDERS OF

Japanese and Chinese _ Fringetail
Telescopes and of Red, African

and Japanese. Snails

Importers of Foreign & Tropical Fishes.
CULTIVATORS OF
Sagittaria Natans and Gigantica and
of Single-rooted Ludwigia Mullertti

Exchanges considered.
Correspondence solicited

AQUARIA
SUPPLIES

Birds, Cages,
Seeds, Etc.

KAEMPFER’S BIRD STORE

114 N. State Street
CHICAGO, ILL.

Write for Price List

Aquarium Book

Herman T. Wolf’s work
‘“‘Goldfish Breeds and Other

Aquarium Fishes”
is the standard authority. Tells all about
breeding fancy goldfish and treats in a prac-
tical way on all aquarium and terrarium sub-
jects. 240 beautiful illustrations. Price,
postage prepaid by us, $3.00

INNES & SONS

Twelfth Street Corner Cherry, Philadelphia, Pa

MILWAUKEE TRYPOD CO., *7 Freventh St wis.

Ww. C. EVANS,
Manufacturer and repairer of aquariums. Dealer
in all kinds of aquarium fishes and plants Imported
Japanese and Chinese gold fishes.

MANAGER

“ENUF SAID”
E. C. VAHLE, 315 N. Madison St., Chicago

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
BIR ID'S) ann ASN TM Anlgs

AQUARIUM of artistic desigus for particular

people. Gold fish, Water plants, imported
snails. Catalogue FRER. ‘

THE PIONEER AQUARIUM MFG, GO., RACINE, WIS.

Aquarium Plants
of all kinds

Imported
Goldfish

Aquaria Tanks
Fish Globes
Ornaments, Etc.

Auburndale Goldfish Co.

(Not Incorporated)

1449 West Madison St., Chicago, Ll.

Send for Catalog and Trade Prices