CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. THE AQUARIUM i 



Good Shapes for Aquariums . . 2 

 The Placing of the Aquarium . .11 



The Bottom of the Aquarium .... 13 



The Planting of the Aquarium .... 18 



The Water 25 



The Filling of the Aquarium .... 26 



II. AQUARIUM PLANTS 



Submerged Plants 3c 



Rooted Plants With Floating Leaves . . 75 



Free Floating Plants 81 



Bog or Swamp Plants 98 



III. THE INHABITANTS OF THE AQUARIUM 



Fishes 107 



Reptiles 218 



Amphibians 248 



Frogs or Batracitians 278 



The Lower Aquatic Life 284 



IV. THE FEEDING OF THE INMATES OF 



THE AQUARIUM 



Natural Fishfood 310 



Artificial Fishfood 313 



V. FISH-HATCHING IN THE AQUARIUM . 



Goldfishes and Their Varieties . . . .318 

 Macropodus, Paradise Fish ...... 322 



