Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-20 | Page 10 | In Your Own Gaden

In Your Own o t nr I if 6 tJAN WHEN GOLDFISH GET SICK Cheap as the commoner sorts of goldfish are it is nevertheless an- an to the owner of ot a home aquarium when his fish die one after the other for tor no apparent rea rca son Of ot course if It fish are kept in bowls with narrow necks and are overcrowded and improperly fed and have no oxygenating plants in inho inthe inthe the ho water one must expect them themo to o die But in in a well balanced aquarium with correct food cause of t death of the fish tish must be sought for or elsewhere Fungus diseases quite Quito often attack attack at at- tack goldfish and will inevitably re result re re- suIt sult in death if it nothing is done about it What look like Jike threads or tufts of white cotton cover the fish all or in part this is invariably started at some point on the fish where an injury has occurred and andt it t will quickly spread until it reaches the gills and then of course the poor creature suffocates Fungus Fungus Fun Fun- gus is quite contagious It starts often on fish which have been newly newy new new- ly y caught from the outdoor pools for or placing indoors over the winter and md which have been injured in handling If you purchase fish from a dealer deal deal- er watch how they arc are Of course at the pet shops care is is used In n handling but when other stores sell fish and the Hie care and sale is in charge of an inexperienced girl she he usually knows nothing of the tho ill effects of fungus and sometimes is not particular about the methods of I catching the fish I Fungus which has not progressed I too far may be arrested and cured by putting the fish in a solution of one ono ounce of sea sen salt to a gallon of water Leave it in all day and on the second day put it in a newly made solution leaving all day again and on the third day place it in still another newly made solution Dont Don't teed reed the fish during the time of ot treatment at t all This probably will cure the disease Some fanciers make a solution of permanganate of potash very weak so that it is the color of pale or orchid orchid or or- and place the fungus attacked fish ish in this for a few days When goldfish have only one item of diet for long periods their vitality becomes lowered and thc they easily fall victim to fungus or other diseases The remedy of course lies Bes in a n balanced diet such as I discussed discussed discussed dis dis- cussed in yesterdays yesterday's Telegram You may notice a fish acting as though it u were slightly inebriated quite unable to maintain its proper equilibrium in the water This is a result of indigestion and is caused by gases forming in the fishs fish's stomach I ach Placing the patient in a are re receptacle re- re I containing a teaspoonful i of ot Epsom salts and a teaspoonful of common table salt to each galIon gallon gal gal- i lon Jon of water for a day and a night I will correct things QUERIES Mrs D. D F. F C C. Salt Lake writes I. I I 1 have a nice French lilac of the type Charles the Tenth and I noticed no no- d the tho other day that it has grown in such a way that it looks like two shrubs planted close to to to- gether It is only three years old and was quite small when I bought it Could I make two real shrubs out of this by taking part of it away awny Ans Yes you have a fine chance there of doubling your lilac and this is an excellent time to do it Dig the whole thing and divide into two parts and replant carefully seeing that the tho soil is well tinned med about the new roots roote Add a little old stable 1 fertilizer a