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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Salt Water Aquaria at Home IDA M. MELLEM. Secretary). The Hew York Aquarium
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YOUNG TAUTOG OR BLACKFISH A hardj) and interesting fisK for the marine aquarium f The peculiar beauty and charm of ani- mal and plant life in the sea arouses in our minds a natural craving to enjoy it close at hand. This is a comparatively easy feat for residents of the coast, who may collect plants and animals for them- selves and procure plenty of sea water; but for the inland aquarist it is a matter requiring more delicate care and closer concentration. Salt water can be shipped inland from the coast with the animals and plants. Formulas for the preparation of artificial sea water have been devised, but we do not know of any one who has succeeded with them. That salts in water are not subject to great evaporation, is illustrated by the eternal salinity of the seas, whose evap- oration is replenished by water from the rivers that constantly flow into them; and though they acquire some additional salt from the rivers, their loss of that sub- stance is so small that the new salt acquired really adds to their salinity. It is therefore quite practicable to replace loss through evaporation in the salt water aquarium with fresh water from the fau- cet once a week; and a watering can is very good for the purpose. It is 75 years since the first salt water balanced aquarium was established in England, and many experimenters have been at work in the field since that time; *Read at a meeting of The Chicago Aquarium Society. Published by permis- sion of The New York Zoological Society, with courtesy of use of illustrations.

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