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Aquatic Utt 



Aquatic 3Ufe 



An international monthly magazine devoted to 

 the study, care and breeding of native, exotic, 

 gold and domesticated fishes, other animals 

 and plants in the home aquarium and ter- 

 rarium. 



W. A. POYSER Editor 



JOSEPH E. BAUSMAN Publisher 



542 E. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia. 



Entered as second-class matter, September 

 2, 1915, at the Post Office, Philadelphia, Pa., 

 under Act of March 3, 1879. 



Practical articles and notes on topics pertain- 

 ing to the aquarium and terrarium are al- 

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 a medium of mutual help, and to contribute 

 to it any ideas that may occur to them. The 

 pages are always open for anyone who has 

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 pondence should be addressed to the editor. 



Aquatic Life has the largest circulation of 

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 vertisers a market that can be reached 

 through no other medium. Rates made known 

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Copyright 1917 by Joseph E. Bailsman 



Vol. II August, 1917 No. 12 



lected to bear the eggs. Slowly, with 

 ovipositor extended, the female, with her 

 body at an angle of 45 degrees, ascended 

 the leaf and expelled an egg. The male 

 followed leisurely, and fertilization was 

 effected. The eggs normally adhere to 

 the leaf, but in the present case many 

 were falling to the bottom and being 

 devoured. 



The eggs hatch in a warm temperature 

 in about two and one-half days. For 

 about a week the fry are moved from 

 leaf to leaf, to which they adhere, by 

 the parents, when they reach the free- 

 swimming stage. Though Mr. Paullin's 



fish have spawned a number of times 

 during the past few years, but once has 

 he succeeded in raising the young to 

 maturity. {Pterophyllum, fin-race; 



scalar e, a ladder, to climb.) 



The Toledo Aquarium 



The temporary home of the Toledo 

 Aquarium was opened to the public on 

 Monday, July 2, at 223 Superior street. 



In connection with the aquarium there 

 will be established The Aquarium Book 

 Shop, to help pay the expenses of the 

 exhibition. 



Dr. A. de Clairmont has in press a 

 pamphlet for free distribution, giving the 

 story of the aquarium, as far as it is now 

 built, and how it is proposed to establish 

 in this city one of the largest marine 

 aquariums in the United States, which 

 promises not only to be a source of edu- 

 cational interest and pleasure, but to 

 those who desire to join in the movement 

 it will be a source of handsome profits 

 in more ways than one. 



The present exhibition consists of food 

 fishes found in the vicinity of Toledo. 

 In spite of the cramped space available 

 for the exhibition, the tanks present a 

 very favorable appearance, equal to those 

 of any other aquarium in the States. 



The Aquarists' Vade Mecum 



During September the title page and 

 index to the present volume will be pub- 

 lished. Copy will be mailed to readers 

 who request it upon receipt of stamp. 



Volume II, in substantial cloth bind- 

 ing, with title page and comprehensive 

 index, will be ready for distribution Oc- 

 tober 1st. The volume contains 164 

 pages, and about the same number of 

 illustrations, some in color. Price, $2.25, 

 postpaid. Inasmuch as the number is 

 limited, orders should be placed at once. 

 The cloth edition of the first volume was 

 exhausted within four months. 



