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Nets and Sieves 



Spawning Net. — Designed for the 

 goldfish breeder having limited tank 

 space. The cheese-cloth bag, weighted 

 with lead "sinkers" in the lower corners, 

 is tied to a frame of wood, which rests 

 on the edges of the aquarium or tank. 

 When spawning seems imminent the 

 males and female goldfish, together with 



the loop may be eight inches in diameter, 

 with a bag twelve to fifteen inches deep. 

 For removing daphne from the home 

 storage tank a net with a four-inch loop 

 and a twelve-inch handle will be found 

 convenient. 



Food and Daphne Sieves. — It is almost 

 impossible at times to gather daphne 

 without catching obnoxious insects or 

 their larvae. Several frames six to eight 



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Spawning Net 



a quantity of plants, are placed in the net. 

 When the operation is completed the fish 

 are returned to the aquarium and the 

 plants placed in a pan and not removed 

 until the eggs have hatched. The net 



Food and Daphne Sieve 



inches square should be made from wood 

 one inch thick by three inches wide, and 

 brass wire cloth closed tacked to the bot- 

 tom. Cloth of coarse mesh, twelve to 

 an inch, will pass nearly all daphne and 



Daphne Net 



measures twelve by twelve by eighteen 

 inches. 



Daphne Net. — A heavy spring-brass 

 wire loop inserted into the end of a six- 

 foot bamboo rod, protect the end of me 

 rod with a brass ferrule to prevent split- 

 ting. Make the bag from a square yard 

 of cheesecloth or fine lawn, cut along the 

 lines of the pattern shown. For general 

 collecting in open water free from debris 



Aquarium Nets 



retain the insects ; twenty-mesh will pass 

 small daphne desirable for very tiny fish 

 and retain the larger, which may be fed 

 to the adults. A still closer mesh will at 

 times be useful. These sieves may be 

 used to grade dry ground fish food into 

 sizes suitable for fish of differing ages. 

 Aquarium Nets. — All with loop of 



