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Title: Aquatic life
Identifier: aquaticlife319171918baus (find matches)
Year: 1917-1918 (1910s)
Authors: Bausman, Joseph E
Subjects: Aquariums; Fish culture
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. E. Bausman
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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Breeding tKe Goldfish ; I GEORGE A. SCHEKIK Many lovers of things aquatic content themselves with beautifying their aquaria and with such pleasure as is obtained by watching the inhabitants and caring for them. The reward is great, as all aqua- rians know, but nothing compared to the joys of actually breeding and rearing fishes. Some have been deterred by the thought that they have lacked and could not readily acquire the necessary facili- ties. There is no limit, of course, to the extent to which one may go in this re- spect, from the single aquarium and a couple of dishpans to the elaborate con- servatories of the wealthy or the spe- cially constructed houses and outdoor tanks of the professional fish cultvirist, but much fun and knowledge may be gained with a few simple necessities, even in a city apartment. An aquarium of medium size, not much smaller than twenty gallons, a dishpan or two, and a tub or another aquarium, represents about the minimum in equipment, but this will successfully care for one spawn- ing if the undesirables are weeded out at an early age. It is not absolutely necessary to start with high-priced breeding fishes. There is much to be learned that only experi- ence can teach, and this knowledge can be just as well gained from fish that are "just fish" as from costly exhibition specimens. But don't misunderstand me. I am not deriding the advantages of breeding from good stock, but, on the contrary, advise getting as good as the purse will permit. The mere fact that one's means are limited is no reason to forego the pleasures of breeding. Good breeding fish may be obtained for a few dollars each, or one may find rare and beautiful specimens actually worth any price the fancy of the owner may dictate. The person who has never bred fish will naturally ask how to go about it, and
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A Gravid Female Telescope Goldfish what steps to take to induce the fish to spawn. The instinct to reproduce its kind is just as strong in the goldfish as in other living things, so all that is neces- sary is fair-sized quarters, proper feed- ing, well oxygenated water and fish of the opposite sex. The males, when in condition to breed, bear small, white dots or tubercles on the gill covers and along the first ray of the pectoral fins. In gravid females the roes seldom develop evenly, making one side

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