CONTENTS 



Page 



Author's Preface 4 



Chapter One : The Freshwater Aquarium 5 



" Two : Goldfish Varieties 19 



Three: Judging Goldfish Competitions 39 



Four : Propagation of the ( Joldfish 47 



Five : Wholesale Breeding 61 



Six: Some Hardy Native Freshwater Fishes.... 69 

 Seven : Alphabetical List of Aquarium Fishes, Their 



Breeding Habits, Care, Etc 83 



Eight : Tropical Aquaria 101 



" Nine : Marine Aquaria 109 



Ten : Terraria and Aqua-Terraria 119 



Eleven : Fishfoods 127 



Twelve: The Microscope in Aquarium Work 139 



Thirteen : Diseases and Their Treatment 143 



" Fourteen : Enemies of Aquarium Fishes 155 



Fifteen : Plants for the Aquarium and Pond 163 



Sixteen : Photographing Fishes 205 



Seventeen : Construction of Aquaria, Tanks, Etc 211 



" Eighteen : Aquarium Appliances 227 



Nineteen : Forty Don'ts 235 



List of Illustrations and Their Sources 238 



Bibliography 242 



Cross Index 244 



