Goldfish Fish 
of the aquarium should be cleaned with salt. The 
best plants may be replanted. 
In removing the fish to clean the aquarium, use 
a shallow dip-net, and place them in water of the 
temperature of that from which they are taken. 
Fish should be handled as little as possible. 
FOOD 
People are likely to overfeed goldfish. The 
dietary should consist of ant’s eggs, given a few at a 
time, alternated with any of the standard fish foods, 
like Mulertt’s IX L, or Spratt’s Aquarium and 
Fibrin Fish Foods. Mr. L. S. Crandall, of the New 
York Zoological Gardens, advises the feeding of 
Spratt’s Crissel in small quantities. | Professor 
George Embody, who has charge of the Cornell 
University Fish Hatcheries, uses ground fish bought 
of Darling & Co., Union Stock Yards, of Chicago; 
he scatters a little of this in finely pulverized condi- 
tion in the goldfish tank occasionally. But goldfish 
are essentially vegetable feeders, and ant eggs, 
crissel or ground fish should not be fed exclusively. 
Vermicelli, oat meal or rice wafer should be given 
also. 
Many authorities object to feeding the rice wafer 
because it makes the water milky. This is not so 
objectionable in a globe as in a balanced aquarium, 
since the water in a globe may be changed often. 
Bread, or anything with yeast in it, should not be 
given to goldfish. 
Drop a few flies on the water occasionally to afford 
the fish entertainment as well as change of diet. 
Feed once a day in the morning at a regular hour, 
watch carefully, and feed only what the fish eat at 
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