Goldfish Varieties and Tropical Aquarium Fishes: A Complete Guide to Aquaria and Related Subjects (Classic Reprint) Paperback -

There is perhaps no other means of bringing so complete a bit of Nature into our very homes as that afforded by the aquarium. Here we have opportunity for the student, the artist, the scientist, the photographer and for those who simply love pets. Modern research, by the discovery of a few simple principles, has enabled us to reproduce the conditions of aquatic Nature, so that now we may have, at first hand, an intimate knowledge of much of that mysterious life of the water-world. Through the glass of the aquarium we have a window where that which we see is only limited by our own capacity for observation.

Although interest in aquaria has undergone a great awakening in the past few years, the public in general is still ignorant of the correct principles of aquarium management, and of the wonderful accomplish ments of the breeders of fancy fishes. In addition to the extraordinary goldfish forms there are now available for our purposes over three hun dred kinds of aquarium fishes. These, with other aquatic animals and a wide range of plants, give us a great wealth of material from which to choose.

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