THE AQUARIUM 



Issued in the Interests of the Study, 

 Care and Breeding of Aquatic Life 



Publisht monthly except July and August at 

 I 2th Street, Cor. of Cherry, Philadelphia, 

 by the Aquarium Societies of Brooklyn, 

 Chicago, New York and Philadelphia 



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 review, etc., direct to the Editor-in-chief; 

 all other matter to the Business Manager 



Editor-in-Chief, EUGENE SMITH 

 Bank for Savings Building, Hoboken, N.J. 



Business Manager, W. F. D e V O E 

 Box 383, Baldwin, Long Island, N. Y. 



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Vol. I 



MAY, 1912 



No. 2 



Our first number was issued in April, 

 and judging from results up to the present 

 day, was well received, not only by our 

 membersliip, but also by others interested 

 in the subject. So far no adverse opinions 

 have been heard. It is, of course, entirely 

 too early to say more at this time than that 

 the outlook is most flattering. Hard work 

 on the part of all concerned, though is 

 of first importance to make the venture a 

 success. 



A matter of which brief mention will 

 |)e made is the adverse stand taken by 

 some of our members and friends on the 

 "new spelling" used in some of the articles. 

 References to this feature under the re- 

 marks of "Josh Billingsism," etc., have in- 

 variably been put into the waste basket, 

 as no person witli the slightest regard for 

 trutli can compare new spelling to any such 

 oddity. Only ignorance, both of changes of 

 language and of history is excusable for 

 such expressions, and there is doubt 

 wliether many people wlio nblior "mal- 

 tre^iting the language of Sliakespeare" are 

 even ca])abU' of reading that same language 

 as written at the time of tlie Tudors. 



But as we are an aquarium magazine we 

 cannot go into any extraneous matters, and 

 as we want to reach tlie scliools, we are 



compelled to return to orthodox spelling, 

 trusting the time may not be far off when 

 the Anglo-Saxon type of mind can see the 

 wisdom of spelling reform and of thereby 

 placing English in the forefront for the 

 claim of the coming irorld tongue. 



Some of our articles having been already 

 set up, will still appear in the newer form 

 in this number, but hereafter it will be 

 regular school style. 



Owing to the removal of our pul) Ushers, 

 Messrs. Innes & Sons, to their new (luarters, 

 at 12th and Cherry Streets, as well as for 

 other reasons, the issue of the magazine for 

 this month has l>een somewhat delayed. 

 We will do better next month. 



A Simple Aeration Apparatus 



FisED. G. Orsinger 

 Chicago 



Since it is essential, in many instances, 

 to aerate an aquarium, the description of 

 a cheaply constructed outfit will doubtless 

 ])rove of interest to many. Such an ap- 

 jjaratus can be made by taking a new five- 

 gallon oil can, re-soldering its joints and 

 then soldering into the side near the bottom 

 a bicycle tire valve. To the spout of the 

 can attach a piece of rubber tubing of a 

 length sufficient to reach the bottom of 

 the aquarium from wherever the can is set. 

 Into the other end of the tube insert a 

 short piece of lead tubing, the free end of 

 which has been squeezed together, leaving 

 a slit-like aperture. 



To operate the apparatus, connect a 

 bicycle ]>ump to the valve, |)ump in a rea- 

 sonaJile amount of air (not enough to burst 

 the rubber tubing) and then regulate 

 the flow of air by contracting the slit in 

 the lead ti]) till a fine mist-like s])ray is 

 obtained. A e;in full of air should last for 

 half a day. 



About 100 s])ecies of fresh water fishes 

 oeeiM- in North America, (United States, 

 Canada, and temperate Mexico). 



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