The Book of the Aquarium and Water Cabinet
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- First published
- 1856
- Pages
- 136
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The Book of the Aquarium and Water Cabinet is by Shirley Hibberd and treats the formation, stocking, and management, in all seasons, of collections of fresh water and marine life. The contents list names, among others, chapters headed What is an Aquarium? and Proper Kinds of Vessels, with topics such as Rectangular Tanks and Construction of Tanks. The text asks what happens when we put half-a-dozen gold fish into a globe, and says the fishes gulp in water and expel it at the gills.
The text says an aquarium formed on this plan is an imitation of Nature on a small scale. The text says the Actiniadæ, named from the Greek and signifying a ray of the sun, are an extensive family of which more than a hundred species are to be found on our coasts, or in the deep bays adjacent. The text says that in all the varieties of sea anemones the mode of life is similar, and that they are carnivorous.
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- Author
- Shirley Hibberd
- First published
- 1856
- Pages
- 136
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Animal Care
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