Gardens, Pools, Aquariums 
The brilliant coloration and incessant activity of Tropical Toy Fish is a constant delight in the aquarium or 
garden pool. This illustration shows our HARMONY COLLECTION. 
BLACK PLATY 
SCALARE 
TETRA VON BUENOS AIRES 
HELLERI (Mexican Swordtail) 
DANIO RERIO (Zebra Fish) 
HARMONY COLLECTION 
Suitable for a 10-gallon aquarium. 
Five distinct types of fish that will 
live peaceably together making an 
harmonious, happy family collec¬ 
tion. 
1 pr. Helleri (Swordtails) .$1.00 
1 pr. Scalare (Angel Fish). 2.00 
1 pr. Black Platy (Moons) . 1.00 
1 pr. Danio rerio (Zebra Fish).75 
1 pr. Tetra von Buenos Aires 
(Hemigrammus caudovittatus) 1.00 
12 Selected Aquarium Plants. 1.00 
1 Shipping Can . .50 
$7.25 
Collection Price $6.50 
Every Aquarium to be kept in proper order and 
balance and insure healthy active fish should have 
the Aquarium plants included with our Harmony 
Collection of Toy Tropicals. We select twelve 
choice aquarium plants in variety sufficient to 
plant and balance a 10 to 12-gallon aquarium. 
For the accommodation of the Harmony Col¬ 
lection of Tropical Fish and Plants we recommend 
our 11-gallon, Style 903, Cast Aluminum Aqua¬ 
rium. This Aquarium will blend harmoniously 
with any decorating scheme. A sturdy well-built 
article having a polished cast aluminum frame, 
heavy bulb edge glass, heavy processed glass bot¬ 
tom and guaranteed workmanship. (See illustra¬ 
tion page 23.) 
No. 903— I I-gallon . $12.00 
Ornamental Iron Stand . 8.00 
For those wishing a less expensive Aquarium 
we suggest our Style 150 Window Ledge Aqua¬ 
rium—10-gallon—$5.50. (See page 23.) 
tions for their care. Toy Tropical Fish 
usually breed freely, even in the indoor 
aquarium. Some of them reproduce as 
do Goldfish, spawning their eggs in con¬ 
venient grasses or roots where the sun¬ 
shine will warm and hatch them. Some 
of the spawners build their own nests in 
a curious manner by blowing bubbles in 
which the eggs are floated at the surface 
of the water. Some of the Tropical Fish 
carry their eggs in their mouths to incu¬ 
bate them, and are commonly called 
mouth breeders; and the newly hatched 
young use the mother’s mouth as a ref¬ 
uge from danger and a resting place un¬ 
til they are ready to shift for them¬ 
selves. Other varieties of Tropical Fish 
are viviparous, or live-bearing. 
Some varieties of the Toy Tropical 
Fishes are vicious fighters, and must be 
separated by species in the aquarium. 
Indeed in a few varieties the males will 
even attack the females except when 
spawning. The other varieties will live 
peaceably among themselves in aqua¬ 
riums. 
The habits of all these varieties are 
briefly described on pages 26 and 27. In 
this list we give the usual popular names 
of the varieties followed in parenthesis 
by the scientific zoological names. 
CONDITION OF SALES 
Toy Tropical Fish are shipped in ordi¬ 
nary cans from June I to September I. 
Add 50 cents to remittances for can 
cost. No returns. Winter shipments, 
September I to June I, are made in 
special cans for which a deposit of 
$2.00 is required, to be refunded upon 
prepaid return of can; express cost 20c. 
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