230 GOLDFISH VARIETIES AND 
sticks are better than one. Plants like Giant Sagittaria should be pressed 
down from two sides. After the plant is placed to the proper depth, it 
should be held with one stick while the other is used to push sand over 
the roots and to press down straggling roots which have not been covered. 
Aquariums should not be planted while filled, but sometimes a few plants 
tide loose on the first filling or some are added later. For such occasions 
planting sticks are most handy. A pair of rulers will do for an emer- 
gency. Almost anything is better than the fingers. 
Scissors. A pair of scissors with a 15-inch rod securely wrapped 
to each handle is useful for trimming dead leaves from plants. With this 
Fic. 175. Aguarium Scissors 
tool plants can be reached without disturbing anything, and one can get 
a better view of what is to be done than when working elbow-deep in 
the water. 
Live-bearing Jars. With most varieties of viviparous (live-bear- 
ing) fishes it is desirable to promptly separate the mother and other fish 
from the young in order that they will not be eaten. One simple method 
is to take a glass funnel about six inches across the top, file a nick where 
base joins tube, break off tube and place a small piece of U-shaped wire 
Fics. 176 anp 177. Sipe ann Tor Views or ALL-GLass BREEDING Jars, SHOWING 
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in the opening so that the wire divides the hole in half. The funnel is 
then placed in a bell jar or other aquarium of a size that will suspend it 
