think Uncle Sam could have built the Panama Canal using a pick and shovel? 

 think your aquarium can be a success with poor tools? 

 use a tedious dip-tube or an ancient mud-lever? 

 use a sloppy siphon and a dozen tin pails? 



Are your fish sick? Is your wife sck of your aquarium and you? 



WHY? BECAUSE YOUR METHODS ARE OUT-OF-DATE. 



Wake up! Spring is here! Find out why my AQUARIUM WATER PUMP 



is the greatest gift to aquarists of the day. Get my Aquarium Water Pump 

 and relegate your playthings to the attic. It will keep your aquarium clean and 

 perfectly aerate the water any day in the year. Send me the depth in inches of 

 the water and the price, $1.50, in cash or stamps, for postpaid shipment. 



WALTER M. COPELAND, 179 Riverside Avenue, Medford, Mass. 



Member of the Boston Aquarium Society and the New York Aquarium Society. 



"BEST YET" 

 TROPICAL AQUARIUM 



(Patent applied for) 



Enables You to Raise Tropical Fishes 

 Under Tropical Conditions 



Insures real success. Four hundred Danio 

 rerio raised out of 404 eggs, and all from a 

 single spawning. 



"BEST YET" FISHFOOD is the Best Yet 



(Registered Trade Mark) 



Made by BRIND from imported ingredients only. Far excels all dry 

 foods for all fishes, large or small, goldfish or tropical species. Send 25c for 

 two boxes, medium and fine, postpaid. 



DOMESTICATED FISH 



An exhaustive, richly illustrated work on Tropical Fishes and Goldfish. 

 Price, $2.08, or with supplement (payable in advance), $2.60. The supplement 

 alone will cost $1.00 after publication. Order now and save money! 



Forty-six varieties of tropical fishes. Cheap! F'fteen species of water 

 plants, aquarium grown. Enchytra, liberal portion, 25c postpaid. Preserved 

 Daphnia, better than dry, portion, 25c postpaid. 



W. L. BRIND, F. Z. S., 449 W. 206th Street, New York 



Phone before calling. St. Nicholas 8418. 

 Always at home Sunday morning. 



AQUARIUM STOCK CO 



150 Chambers Street :: New York City 



A quarium Specialists 

 GOLDFISH, FOODS, PLANTS, SNAILS, ETC. 



Combination Natural Fish Food - Sample Can 10c 

 Imported Shrimp Fish Food - - Sample Can 15c 

 Imported Wafer Fish Food Large Sample Box 10c 



Special Prices on Quantity Lots Cash With Order 



Catalogue Sent Upon Request 



Orflers amounting $2 delivered postpaid. 

 Mail orders promptly attended to. 



Books for Aquarist 



The Home Aquarium and How to Care for 

 It. A guide to its fishes, other animals and 

 plants. By Eugene Smith. 213 pages, 137 

 illustrations, cloth binding, $1.20. Add 

 parcel postage on two pounds. 



Book of Water Gardening. P Bisset. 



Practical information on the selection and 

 cultivation of the plants of the water gar- 

 den for amateur and professional. 140 il- 

 lustrations, 200 pages, cloth. $2.65. Add 

 parcel postage on two pounds. 



Address Aquatic liitt 



(Book Department) 

 542 East Girard Avenue, Philadelphia 



