AMATEUR FISH CULTUEE 



proportion of the fish have got over their natural 

 shyness, and feed boldly and without hesitation, 

 the whole of them should be set free. What I 

 mean is, that when the habit of associating the 

 appearance of a certain individual with a meal 

 has been well established among them for a week 

 or so, they should be allowed to escape from the 

 box into the pond. 



This is best done in the same way that the 

 alevins were allowed to escape from the hatch- 

 ing tray into the box by lowering the level of 

 the box so that its upper edges are some two or 

 three inches below the surface of the water. The 

 food should now be thrown into the pond higher 

 up, so that the little fish may be induced to 

 swim up and station themselves as near the inlet 

 as possible. Probably some of the little fish will 

 not leave the box at all of their own free will. 

 These, of course, will have to be turned out. 

 The box should not, however, be lifted out of the 

 water and the fish and water together be poured 

 out, as this is very likely to cause them severe 

 injury. The box should be gradually tilted over 

 and lifted out of the water bottom first, so that 

 the fish are hardly disturbed at all and certainly 

 not injured in any way. 



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