Title: Aquatic life
Identifier: aquaticlife219161917baus (find matches)
Year: 1916-1917 (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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86 SLqnatic ^itt such should be taken out pronto, lest the infection be contagious. Once a month, with a rubber hose, syphon out a bucket of water and replace with new water of the same temperature. Through the winter endeavor to keep the tank at a temperature between 55 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit; in summer take what comes, though you must avoid, as before recom- mended, the direct sunlight that will dur- ing the day raise the temperature to a ternal. Some are curable and others not. A few have obvious symptoms that are readily recognized, while internal afflic- tions cannot be diagnosed except by a post-mortem examination by an experi- enced anatomist and bacteriologist. Most investigations of fish diseases have concerned the food and game spe- cies, their economic value justifying the great expenditure of time and money. Much has been accomplished, but much
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TKe European WeatKerfish, Cobitis, is a Useful Scavenger point causing discomfort if the tank be small. Few exceptions will be found to my remarks, and, in general, let the aqua- rium "mind its own business," and only offer assistance when it seems to need help to preserve peace and health; even neglect cleaning and all else but feeding, unless the tank is becoming unsightly and needs "brushing up." The fish is a complex organism and is subject to a wide array of diseases, para- sitic and non-parasitic, internal and ex- still remains to be done. The efforts of the laboratory of the Regenia Chemical Company, however, have been exerted in the interest of the aquarium fish, with the result that "V iolet Ray" is now the stand- ard remedy of the aquarist, having super- ceded the salt bath and other simple nos- trums. As a pure breed the Fantail goldfish has long been extinct, having been merged by cross-breeding into the fringetail form. Fantail is the popular lay term for dou- ble-tailed fish generally, and as such is used in dealers" price lists.

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