Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-15 | Page 12 | In Your Own Garden

sc I F n Your tour Own S 1317 V d r Mau A HOME HOUE AQUARIUM I When gardening operations must cease cease or or practically cany cease out cease out outdoors doors the minded garden-minded person finds that he must have some equivalent equivalent equiv equiv- alent for his passion for growing things to occupy him In the winter months and so he turns to pot plants and if he has rather an original original original nal turn of mind to the home aquarium There are few adjuncts to family life ife which will give more pleasure at al the same time that it furnishes interesting information about the mysterious ways of nature than will the he aquarium In the living room it t will provide endless entertainment entertain entertain- ment meat for both members of the family family family fam fam- ily and for visitors to the home while I can think of nothing more entrancing for an invalid than such an aquarium in her room where the graceful movements of the fish the slow and sleepy snails the green plants silhouetted against tho the light will make an ever changing but al always always always al- al ways charming picture For several years now I have had hada a small aquarium in my home stocking it each November or December December De De- cember when the goldfish were brought in from the hc outside pools and emptying it similarly when mild weather permitted the inhabitants to be put outdoors again And so I speak from experience when I become become become be be- come enthusiastic and say that nothing can give a similar delight to all aU who see it that an aquarium can Mine is 12 by 12 by 20 inches and is kept in the sill of a bay window window window win win- dow facing south with the various house plants grouped around it some of the tall ones being between the window glass and the tank to prevent the sunlight falling too strongly into the fish This is a good size for a woman to handle al although although although al- al though I often wish that my tank were larger and Im I'm continually threatening to get another one Such aquariums are arc not too expensive and a man who is handy with tools can make one himself There is an an excellent aquarium cement on the market which is used for lor fastening the glass sides to the metal frame and which also is occasionally needed need need- ed for sealing leaks which will occur occur occur oc oc- oc- oc cur even in the best beat regulated aquariums aquariums aqua aqua- If you have a member of your family who can make you ou a fish tank get him also to make a stand for it one equipped with casters being the ideal thing so that you youcan youcan youcan can wheel It into the kitchen when water changing becomes become's a sity This will save endless steps and much breaking back-breaking work in carrying water Mrs Helen Fitzgerald Fitzgerald Fitzgerald Fitz Fitz- gerald an officer of oC the Magna Garden Garden Garden Gar Gar- den club possesses one of the finest aquariums I have ever seen and it was made for Cor her by her husband along with its artistic and useful metal stand You must be careful that the home aquarium is not placed where a radiator or hot air vent will be close to it since goldfish are cold coldwater coldwater coldwater water fish and are not healthy in warm water or in a too warm room Especially is it bad for them to be bein bein bein in water of warm room temperature tempera tempera- ture and to then be changed to cold water from the tap at tank cleaning time Of course with guppies guppies gup- gup pies or other tropical fish conditions conditions conditions condi condi- are arc entirely different The standard rule one gallon gaon of water to each Inch of ot fish no tails to be counted should be remembered remembered remembered when you plan the aquarium Overcrowding is as bad for Cor goldfish as for people and goldfish die easier When you have large numbers numbers numbers num num- bers of fish caused by their breeding breeding breed breed- ing lag during their summer outdoors it is best to choose the prettiest ones or those with odd markings for the aquarium and to winter the others in a cool basement or a north room in an ordinary washtub We Ve will sill continue this subject tomorrow