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INDEX 



Spawning mats, 57 



Sprite, water, 54 



Sterilization: of equipment, 

 59 



Stripping: of milt and eggs, 

 55, 57-58 



Sulfamerizine, 47 



Sunfish, green: as an experi- 

 mental fish, 34-35 



Sunfishes: fighting, 45 



Surface: importance in 

 determining densities, 

 5 



Sword plant, Amazon, 55 



Swordtail: as an experimental 

 fish, 34 



Tanks. See aquaria 

 Temperature: of water sup- 

 ply, 18; relation to source, 

 19; shock, 44-45; temper- 

 ing fish to, 45; relation to 

 Saprolegnia, 46; control of 

 "ich," 50; in transport of 

 fishes, 76; relation Fahren- 

 heit to centigrade, 89 

 Tempering to temperature, 



45 

 Terramycin: general, 48; in 



transport, 82 

 Tetra, neon: as an experi- 

 mental fish, 31 

 Thiosulfate: neutralizing 



chlorine, 60 

 Tilapia, 57 



Transport of fishes: com- 

 plexity of, 75; importance 

 of temperature, 76; oxygen 

 required, 76-77; use of 

 buffers, 77-78; tank speci- 

 fications, 79; relation of 

 ammonia, 79; anesthetics 

 in, 80; relation of particu- 

 late waste, 80; facilities, 

 82-83 

 Trichodina, 51 

 Trout: as experimental fishes, 

 30; habitat requirements, 

 30; foods, 30 



Tubifex: worms, source of, 

 39; as food, 39 



Ulcer disease, 49 

 Urea : excreted by fishes, 7 

 Urethane: as an anesthetic, 

 58 



Vallisneria, 54 

 Virus diseases, 45 

 Volume: important in deter- 

 mining density, 5 



Wastes: fecal, respiratory, 

 urinary, 3; effects on 

 growth and reproduction, 

 4; natural processes elimi- 

 nating, 4; bacteria, effect 

 upon, 4; loss as gases, 4 

 chemical breakdown, 4 

 removal from aquaria, 23 

 in transport, 80 

 Water: turbidity from waste, 

 3; conditioning of, 4; defi- 

 nition of aged, 5; impor- 

 tance of distinction be- 

 tween aged and condi- 

 tioned, 5; classification of 

 states of, 5; sources of new, 

 5; new, definition of, 5; 

 definition of conditioned, 

 6; preparation of aged, 6; 

 source of pollutants, 7; use 

 of conditioned, 9; use of 

 new, 9; use of aged, 9 

 temperature of supply, 18 

 carbonate content of, 18 

 heating of, 18; sources, 18 

 effect of fresh on spawning, 

 56; filtering of, 63; syn- 

 thetic, 64-65 

 Worms, parasitic, 51 

 Worms, white: culture of, 

 40; as food, 40 



Zebra fish: as an experimental 

 fish, 32; spawning, 33; 

 egg-eating, 57 



