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All the varieties of goldfish, carp, 
tench, orfes, dace, shiners, suckers, 
minnows, sunfish, rockbass, strawberry- 
bass, moss and blackbass, the paradise 
and the zebrafish, all the species of 
catfish, and the tadpoles enjoy to eat 
our ‘J, X. L.” fishfood and thrive on 
it. The sticklebacks and eels, also the 
newts, do not appreciate it, however. 

Two small or medium sized aquari- 
ums are easier managed than one of 
large size and afford twice as much 
pleasure. Except for special purposes, 
a tank of twenty gallons capacity is as 
large a one as any private party should 
undertake to manage. The care of a 
larger tank ceases to be a pastime; at 
times it requires such attentions that 
it comes pretty close to hard work. 
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With the approach of the warm 
weather, the paradise fish should be 
fed frequently with scraped raw beef, 
fragments of young (small) earth- 
worms, and, where it is practicable, with 
live flea crab (Camarus pulex), or 
other small crustaceans, in order to get 
them into prime condition for breeding. 
After the female paradise fish has 
deposited her eggs, it is the safest plan 
to remove her to another tank, or at 
least separate her from the male by a 
glass partition. When the young are 
ten or twelve days old, she may be re- 
turned to spawn a second time, after 
which the same precaution should be 
taken. Not more than two broods 
should be raised in one tank, because 
the first brood would devour the third 
as soon as hatched. 
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Young goldfish and paradise fish can 
be raised successfully on our [XL food. 
It should be powdered and given to 
them four or five times a day. 
THE AQUARIUM, APRIL, 1897. 

OUR ALBINO FROG has passed the winter 
very nicely. Its pale cream color which 
it was predicted by some of our readers 
‘‘would soon change back into a natural 
frog color” has not changed in the least, 
and its pretty pink eyes are as charming a3 
ever. 
Tue Aquarium Soctety is the name of a 
new society for the advancement of aqua- 
rium and terrarium culture. It was organ- 
ized last December at Jersey City, N. J. 
The society numbers already many en- 
thusiastic members, including one lady. 
Article IIT of their Constitution relating to 
memberships reads as follows : 
Section 1—The society shall consist of 
three classes of members: active, corre- 
sponding, and honorary. 
Section 2—All persons over 16 years of 
age are eligible to active membership. 
Section 3—All] persons coming within the 
provisions of section 2, but residing beyond 
a radius of fifteen miles from New York 
City Hall, shall be eligible to correspond- 
ing membership. 
Section 4—Honorary members shall be 
such persons who have distinguished them- 
selves by haying rendered valuable assist- 
ance to the society in furthering its object 
generally. 
Section 5 — Dealers shall not be debarred 
from membership; it must be however defi- 
nitely understood that they are not to use the 
fact of their membership as an advertising 
medium, and that they consider the mem- 
bers privileged parties and grant them 
reasonable concessions. 

Article V., relating to annual dues, reads 
as follows: 
Section 1—The initiation fee of active 
members shall be one dollar, payable on 
notification of election. 
Section 2—The annual dues of active 
