The Aquarium: Its Inhabitants, Structure & ManagementHardwicke, 1876 - 316 pages |
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... tints which the fish assumed whilst dying . Not unfrequently canals led from the fish - ponds into the banqueting hall . The red mullet , when it attained a large size , was of great value ; one of four pounds and a half fetching a sum ...
... tints which the fish assumed whilst dying . Not unfrequently canals led from the fish - ponds into the banqueting hall . The red mullet , when it attained a large size , was of great value ; one of four pounds and a half fetching a sum ...
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... tints about breeding time . A nearly allied species , common in Norfolk , is the rudd , so called on account of its still brighter tints of red . When young this species may be domesticated , and kept healthily alive for some time ...
... tints about breeding time . A nearly allied species , common in Norfolk , is the rudd , so called on account of its still brighter tints of red . When young this species may be domesticated , and kept healthily alive for some time ...
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... tints which our British aquatic flowers are usually adorned with . Villarsia nymphæoides is a much rarer plant than many of the above mentioned , but it is an exquisite object , and may no doubt be obtained living from London dealers ...
... tints which our British aquatic flowers are usually adorned with . Villarsia nymphæoides is a much rarer plant than many of the above mentioned , but it is an exquisite object , and may no doubt be obtained living from London dealers ...
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... tint , which make an aquarium look very pretty : Ulva , Callithamnion , RED AND GREEN SEA - WEEDS . 145 Cladophora rupestris. Delesseria sanguinea . Fig . 103 . " Irish Moss " ( Chondrus crispus ) . Halidrys. 144 MARINE AQUARIA FOR ROOMS .
... tint , which make an aquarium look very pretty : Ulva , Callithamnion , RED AND GREEN SEA - WEEDS . 145 Cladophora rupestris. Delesseria sanguinea . Fig . 103 . " Irish Moss " ( Chondrus crispus ) . Halidrys. 144 MARINE AQUARIA FOR ROOMS .
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... tints according to its surroundings . The fructification of the small wrack is a very interest- ing performance , and may be studied in the aquarium if this species can be induced to grow . We have seen L another not uncommon sea - weed ...
... tints according to its surroundings . The fructification of the small wrack is a very interest- ing performance , and may be studied in the aquarium if this species can be induced to grow . We have seen L another not uncommon sea - weed ...
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abundant acclimatised aeration alive anemones animals and plants aquarium aquarium keepers aquatic animals aquatic plants attractive beautiful body bottom Brighton Brighton Aquarium British species cilia circulation coasts colour common constructed covered crabs creatures crustacea Crystal Palace Crystal Palace Aquarium desmids diatoms dog-fish dorsal fin Dyticus easily eggs favourite feeding feet female fish flat-fishes flesh flowers fresh-water aquaria gallons gills glass Green Lanes gurnard habits healthy insects interesting keep large aquaria larvæ latter leaves living Lloyd lobster male Manchester Aquarium marine animals marine aquaria marine tanks means microscopic mollusca mussel natural naturalist objects oxygen oyster pectoral fins placed plate ponds pretty public aquaria rockwork rotifers salt water sea water sea-anemones sea-weeds seen shells show tanks shrimps smooth newt Southport specimens sponges star-fish stickleback storage reservoirs surface swimming tadpoles tail tints tube usually vegetable vulgaris water fleas whilst whitebait worms wrasses young zoophytes
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Page 302 - Contents — Geological Specimens, by the Editor ; Bones, by EF ELWIN; Birds' Eggs, by T. SOUTHWELL, FZS ; Butterflies, by Dr. KNAGGS ; Beetles, by EC RYE, FZS ; Hymenoptera, by JB BRIDGMAN ; Fresh-water Shells, by Prof.
Page 301 - THE STORIES OF A Piece of Granite. A Piece of Quartz. A Piece of Slate. A Piece of Limestone. A Piece of Sandstone. A Piece of Coal. A Piece of Rock-Salt. A Piece of Jet. A Piece of Chalk. A Piece of Purbeck Marble. A Lump of Clay. A Piece of Lignite. The Crags. A Boulder. A Gravel Pit.
Page 6 - Thence to see my Lady Pen, where my wife and I were shown a fine rarity: of fishes kept in a glass of water, that will live so for ever; and finely marked they are, being foreign.
Page 301 - GEOLOGICAL STORIES: A Series of Autobiographies in Chronological Order. By JE TAYLOR, FLS, FGS Numerous Illustrations. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 4^.
Page 300 - Beetles and other Insects in the Green Lanes. Shells and Slugs in the Green Lanes. Flowering Plants in the Green Lanes. Grasses in the Green Lanes. Ferns in the Green Lanes. Mosses in the Green Lanes. Fungi in the Green Lanes. Lichens in the Green Lanes. GRASSHOPPER (Gryllus viridissima). Fourth Edition, -with 3OO Illustrations. " Thoroughly English those green lanes are, and make the half-hours spent there something to be remembered till summer doth come again.
Page 12 - ... a very small portion of a tree or shrub generates a considerable quantity of oxygen, there were no reasons to doubt that the influence of the vegetable might serve as a complete compensation for that of the animal kingdom.* The history of the various successful attempts that have been made to construct Marine Aquaria is very interesting.
Page 9 - Fire and hail, snow and vapour, and stormy wind, fulfil his word," and are the necessary agents in completing the scheme of paternal kindness.
Page 172 - In the latter instance these movements are very quiet and uniform, the fish swimming"round their tank in one shoal and one continuous stream. At night, on the contrary, the shoal is entirely broken up, each fish taking an independent path and darting from one side of the tank to the other with an amount of agility scarcely to be anticipated by a mere daylight acquaintance with the species. It was during these active nocturnal movements that the fish struck against the rockwork of their tank and came...
Page 171 - ... to readily take their prepared food from the keeper's hand — a circumstance which would seem to indicate that young fish, like the young of other animals, are more readily susceptible of domestication, adult herrings not being known to display an equal amount of confidence towards those who tend them. The food question being settled, another difficulty presented itself, and this time one that threatened, sooner or later, to accomplish the extermination of the whole shoal. Immediately succeeding...
Page vi - Scotica is now presented to the Public, in the hope that it may be received with as much favour as its predecessor.