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—
Foods and Feeding.
“
kitchenscraps. They flourish best in
and
moderate temperatures° Earthworms are idealfor bringing the larger
fish into breed—ing condition, but it may be found that the quantities
_
eaten
large fish makes their acquisition a demanding job!
“
They live for Some time ih'water if left uneaten but will often burrow
into the gravel before death occurs, so that removal of the bodies is
usually impossible. Feeding should therefore be carried out carefully
‘
and spangly. Small worms called Brandlings, found in mahure and
some
compost heaps, are not good for aquaria use as they exude a
thick yellow fluid
damaged which will cause problemsin a
_
closed habitat.
-
Various small creatures under the general name of daphnia, are
’
used by aquarists. As collected or purchased a quantity of ‘daphnia’
often contains a multitude of organisms, such as cyclops and rotifers',
all of which are good fish
Daphnia are crustaCeans and have
a hard exterior skeleton which provides needed roughage in the fishes’
.
diet. They are found in shallow water in farm ponds, ditches, canals,
in fact in almost any still water containing even smaller orgahisms,
/
such as infusoria, on which they feed. Cattle droppings or green
,
water thus stimulate the development of daphnia and their
Ï tion level isapparently also dependent on weather conditions. There
"are several väiieties of daphnia, of diffei‘ting"size and colour, “and some
_
…
of these seem to be sea—sonal. Daphnia can be collected—Simply by
netting With a fine mesh.-Th“ey
not tole'rate
‘
'
for long; and do not transfer Well to u‘nn‘1atured
They _muSt- '
:be—
and if St0red fOrany'tiine should
maintained in Well—
,
Ï 'aerated conditions; Some larger creatures are
'
daphnia, such asbeetléä andvariouS insect larvae,
”
uèèfulin the aquarium if they areeatenby largerfish. Generally,Ï
'
'
larger pond creatures Should beremovedas they
attack
small "‘fishes. The pond
‘
1ntoît‘el'aquarium With th‘em' if "it
clean and may
in
prov1ding many othèñmiŒoscopic ‘orgahi.srS*wh1chthefish Will;alS—o'
ff} eat aphmamust
cçiiecœa from anÿi‘bodyof ;
watercontalnmg any kind0ff15h 11fe Allw1ldf15hhavepara51tesand
extremelyd1fcult toerad1cate Daphn1acan be1ntroduced1nto .
—
Foods and Feeding.
“
kitchenscraps. They flourish best in
and
moderate temperatures° Earthworms are idealfor bringing the larger
fish into breed—ing condition, but it may be found that the quantities
_
eaten
large fish makes their acquisition a demanding job!
“
They live for Some time ih'water if left uneaten but will often burrow
into the gravel before death occurs, so that removal of the bodies is
usually impossible. Feeding should therefore be carried out carefully
‘
and spangly. Small worms called Brandlings, found in mahure and
some
compost heaps, are not good for aquaria use as they exude a
thick yellow fluid
damaged which will cause problemsin a
_
closed habitat.
-
Various small creatures under the general name of daphnia, are
’
used by aquarists. As collected or purchased a quantity of ‘daphnia’
often contains a multitude of organisms, such as cyclops and rotifers',
all of which are good fish
Daphnia are crustaCeans and have
a hard exterior skeleton which provides needed roughage in the fishes’
.
diet. They are found in shallow water in farm ponds, ditches, canals,
in fact in almost any still water containing even smaller orgahisms,
/
such as infusoria, on which they feed. Cattle droppings or green
,
water thus stimulate the development of daphnia and their
Ï tion level isapparently also dependent on weather conditions. There
"are several väiieties of daphnia, of diffei‘ting"size and colour, “and some
_
…
of these seem to be sea—sonal. Daphnia can be collected—Simply by
netting With a fine mesh.-Th“ey
not tole'rate
‘
'
for long; and do not transfer Well to u‘nn‘1atured
They _muSt- '
:be—
and if St0red fOrany'tiine should
maintained in Well—
,
Ï 'aerated conditions; Some larger creatures are
'
daphnia, such asbeetléä andvariouS insect larvae,
”
uèèfulin the aquarium if they areeatenby largerfish. Generally,Ï
'
'
larger pond creatures Should beremovedas they
attack
small "‘fishes. The pond
‘
1ntoît‘el'aquarium With th‘em' if "it
clean and may
in
prov1ding many othèñmiŒoscopic ‘orgahi.srS*wh1chthefish Will;alS—o'
ff} eat aphmamust
cçiiecœa from anÿi‘bodyof ;
watercontalnmg any kind0ff15h 11fe Allw1ldf15hhavepara51tesand
extremelyd1fcult toerad1cate Daphn1acan be1ntroduced1nto .