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aquatic JLitt 



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 terrarium. 



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. 



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 them. The pages are always open for any- 

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 to say. Manuscripts, books for review and 

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 to the editor. 



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Copyright 1918 by Joseph E. Bailsman 



Vol. IV. 



December, 1918 



No. 4 



swer, but is very sticky and very messy 

 to handle. 



Put a thin layer of the cement around 

 the edge at the bottom and press the bot- 

 tom glass firmly in position, working it 

 down as flat as possible ; then do the same 

 with the sides. Cut the glass for the 



ends and set them in a similar manner. 

 Either with sticks or by filling the tank 

 with sand a considerable pressure can be 

 maintained against the glass until the 

 cement has hardened. Guard against too 

 much strain on the glass as it is then 

 liable to crack. Remove the cement that 

 will be squeezed out on the edges and 

 along the joints of the glass on the inside. 

 When the cement has hardened the glass 

 should be properly cleaned on both sides. 

 Cement may be run along the joints on 

 the inside, but if the glass is properly set 

 it will be unnecessary, though it is an 

 additional safeguard against leakage. 

 The tank is now completed and ready 

 for use. 



Florida Notes 



S. D. CARLTON 



Last spring while wandering through 

 southern Florida I came across a number 

 of fishes that I think would be suitable 

 for the aquarium. One closely resembles 

 Fundulus chrysotus in shape and size (2 

 to 5 inches). The ground color of yel- 

 lowish green is thickly covered with 

 metallic gold spots about the size of a 

 pinhead, and numerous wine-colored 

 spots of the same size extend from below 

 the dorsal to the end of the caudal fin. 

 It is oviparous and evidently of bottom 

 habits. Those I caught were lurking in 

 a dense growth of plants ; none were seen 

 in open water. They are very active, and 

 must be kept in a deep vessel with plenty 

 of plants. 



Another species resembled in shape 

 and size the hybrid, Xiphophorus helleri 

 x Platypoecilus maculatus Var. The body 

 was greenish yellow, covered with black 

 blotches, interspersed with tiny metallic 

 gold spots. This, too, was caught amongst 

 dense masses of plants, but in very foul 

 and stagnant water. Altogether it is one 



