care of goldfish A M musser esq furnishes us the following hints as to the ciare care of 0 goldfish formulated by the united states fish commission for the benefit of those who have aquariums four to six fish from two to three inches long should have not less lees than three gallons of water but the quantity for any riven given number will depend upon their treatment temperature of the room amount of sunlight and above all the presence or absence of plant I 1 life ile common water moss or any other plant which will live in stilt still water serves a valuable purpose th the in that it supplies the fish with oxygen and affords a breed ing ploce place for lor insects sand tor for bedding the plants is objectionable because it catches all dead organic matter and soon commences to discharge foul foal and poisonous poison polso oas gases it will suffice to ancher the plant by a stone the rougher the better tied loosely near the root of the plant with a strip of soft cotton cloth feed but very little goldfish are easily killed b by and will suffer tar less irom from a month of starvation than from one instance of over feeding it if each fish ets it a nibble every day it will be sufficient flies boiled rice prepared fish ash food etc are recommended on no account put in more food than the fish ash will consume at once if a balance between the the plant and animal life is once established it will not be necessary to change the water more frequently than tw two 0 or three times a year otherwise closer attention must be paid to the behavior of the fish and fresh water given as they may require it which will be indicated by their coming comin to the surface and exhibiting signs of ato tress never handle the fth fish when it can be avoided it necessary to do so 80 use a small muslin net