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Recently, a number of lionheads 

 passed through Chicago consigned to 

 J. C. Cassel of Philadelphia. 



Through Kaempfer's Bird Store, the 

 members of The Chicago Fish Fanciers 

 Club have secured a large number 

 of German weather-fish, Cobitis fossilis. 



Mr. I. J. Ackerman of the Chicago 

 club is on the Pacific coast, and has 

 shipped a number of splendid Japanese 

 and Chinese fish to Chicago with little 

 mortality. 



We will be glad if those readers of 

 The Aquarium who will soon hearken 

 to "the call of the wild,'" will com- 

 municate their experiences in the hunt 

 for fishes to the editor. 



The editor desires a few copies of the 

 first three numbers of The Aquarium. 

 They should be mailed flat, not folded. 

 Payment, including postage will be 

 made by return mail. 



In the near future the title page, 

 table of contents and index to volume 

 one will be mailed to all subscribers. 

 The magazine should not be bound in 

 permanent form until they have been 

 issued. 



A Philadelphia newspaper recently 

 published an interesting article with 

 illustration of the aqua-terrarium owned 

 by Mr. Innes. We hope Mr. Innes will 

 soon find time to describe it for the 

 benefit of the readers of The Aquarium. 



The Philadelphia Goldfish Fanciers 

 Society has been organized. A meeting 

 will be held on the second Tuesday in 

 May, at 919 West Girard Avenue. We 

 understand that it is the intention of the 

 members of the new club to retain 

 membership in The Philadelphia Aquar- 

 ium Society. The new association will 

 specialize in goldfish, leaving the general 

 subject to the older organization. 



Though not common, it is not unusual 

 among fry from telescope stock, to find 

 some that develop but a single eye, the 

 other being of the ordinary type. Some 

 years ago the editor discovered in his 

 tanks a fish developing a single eye 

 exceedingly early. A careful examin- 

 ation showed that the fish had but one 

 eye, a slight depression on the opposite 

 side was the only evidence of an orbital 

 cavity. Unfortunately, it died when 

 about an inch long. 



Editor, The Aquarium: Some three 

 years ago, while collecting specimens, 

 1 came across some very pretty moss, of 

 which I took home a quantity, and for 

 a better time to set it, threw it into a 

 two-quart bell aquarium and forgot all 

 about it. About six months afterwards, 

 on looking at the aquarium, I found 

 that there were many fresh-water 

 shrimps and small worms among the 

 moss. These worms, when I first dis- 

 covered them, were waving white-hair- 

 like things and later turned light pink 

 in color, growing about li" in length, 

 about one thirty-second thick. Since 

 that time these worms have come up 

 once a year and have increased during 

 the summer. The shrimps have also in- 

 creased, but they do not seem to increase 

 as fast as I would like to have them. I 

 would like to know if they can be bred 

 in larger quantities, and if there is any 

 special way to collect them to feed to 

 goldfish. At present I am catching both 

 worms and shrimps with a dip tube, 

 which is a long process if you wish to 

 catch many. W. Stuart Allen. 



