Fish-Hatching in the Aquarium 325 



place. The young fishes scatter over the 

 whole aquarium to hunt for nourishment. 

 The parental authority is at an end and with 

 it the parental feeling on the part of the 

 male. It is now time to remove the father, 

 if we do not want to run the risk of seeing 

 the young consumed by the parent, who no 

 longer recognizes them as his own. 



