2 Fresh Water Aquarium 



from watching the graceful play and the 

 queer antics of the fishes and amphibians, as 

 they dart through the miniature forest of 

 aquatic plants, or hide behind the stones or 

 ornaments provided for their shelter. 



It may also be mentioned that the aqua- 

 rium is not without sanitary merit, as by 

 evaporation it supplies the suspended mois- 

 ture so desirable and even necessary in our 

 rooms 



GOOD SHAPES FOR AQUARIUMS. 



The shape of the aquarium is a matter of 



taste; it may be round, square, oblong or 



hexagonal, so long as it 



is large enough to answer 



1 its p urpo s e. So-called 



y . ' • *' fish globes used frequent- 



■<^*-,r^ Vjjp^ by for the keeping o f 



Fig. i. Round fish fishes, hardly deserve to 



goe ' be mentioned. While in 



one of these globes, with proper care, fishes 



may live for a very limited length of time, 



