AMATEUR FISH CULTURE 



grown sufficiently and are well covered with 

 leaves, they will probably give enough shelter to 

 the fish to make the boards at the upper end of 

 the pond unnecessary. 



As time goes on, and the little fish grow, they 

 should be thinned out, the smaller and weaker 

 being removed into another pond. Despite the 

 best endeavours of the fish culturist, a certain 

 number of these small fish are sure to keep to 

 the lower end of the pond, and it is these which 

 should be removed first. If they are left, the 

 difference in size between the smaller and the 

 larger will soon become so great that the large 

 fish will very likely be tempted to eat the small 

 ones, thus developing a cannibalistic habit which 

 they will keep always. 



At the end of August or the beginning of 

 September the little fish will have got over the 

 most dangerous part of their lives. After this 

 time they are called yearlings, are much more 

 hardy and not subject to nearly as many risks as 

 up to that time. 



The great points to remember are : That the 

 food should be varied as much as possible; and 

 as much natural food, of a hard description such 

 as shrimps, corixce, snails, bivalves, etc., be given. 



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