Aquarium Fish, Supplies, Lighting, Stands & More
With ordinary bulbs, whether frosted or plain, and a reflector of average efficiency, the following are the requirements of various tanks, assuming no help from even weak daylight: Translated into more useful terms, the figures in the last column multiplied by 100 give the wattage to employ, assuming 10 hours per day of illumination. […]
The need for a continuous supply of live food or of moving suspended food particles in the early days of the life of the fry may be supplied by drip feeding. Many successful breeders never use this method, and it is certainly not necessary, but perhaps an equal number feel happier if they do supply […]
INSECT LARVAE Insect larvae are another fine live food. Those of various species of mosquitos and gnats are the easiest to collect in the right circumstances and may be netted in thousands in warm weather from stagnant water. They can be purposely cultivated by leaving suitable receptacles in the garden, but it […]
The croaking tetra (Glandulocauda inequalis) was a puzzle to breeders for a long time until it was found that a normal-appearing courtship is not followed immediately by egg laying. This occurs a day or so later, in the absence of the male, when the female deposits fertile eggs singly on the leaves of plants. This […]
