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Published by Groombridge and Sons.
NEW WORK BY SHIRLEY HIBBERD.
Illustrated with numerous Engravings, elegantly bound,
price 3s. 6d.,
THE BOOK OF THE AQUARIUM
AND WATER CABINET;
Or Practical Instructions on the Formation, Stocking, and Management in
all Seasons, of Collections of Fresh-water and Marine Life.
BY SHIRLEY HIBBERD,
Author of “ Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste,” etc., etc.
CONTENTS,
THE FRESH-WATER TANK.
Chapter I.—What is an Aquarium? The Name and Object—Philosophy of the Aquarium.
Chapter II.—Proper Kinds of Vessels Rectangular Tanks—Construction of Tanks—Wariagton’s Stope-back Tank—Bell Glasses and Vases—Stands for Vases.
Chapter III.—Fitting-up—Rockwork. The Bottom—Mould—Planting—The Water—Aspect.
Chapter IV.—Plants for the Aquarium. How to stock a Tank quickly—Selection of Plants—Water Soldier—Startwort—Vallisneria—Anacharis—Myriophyllum—Potamogeton—Nuphar Lutea—Pipewort—Utricularia—Isopelis—Subularia—Ranunculus—Hydrocaris—Alisma—Lemna, etc.
Chapter V.—Fishes for the Aquarium. Cyprinus Carpio, Gibelio, Carassius, Auratus, Brama, Leucisus, Rutilus, Alburnus, Phoxinus, Gobio, Tinea, Barbus, Barbatula, Cephalus—Percidæ;—Gasterosteus.
Chapter VI.—Reptiles, Mollusks, and Insects.
Chapter VII.—Selection of Stock.
Chapter VIII.—General Management. Feeding—Confervæ—Use of
Mollusks—Objections to Mollusks—Use of Confervoid Growths—Periodical Cleansing—Exhaustion of Oxygen—Temperature—Dead Specimens—Disease of Fishes.
THE MARINE TANK.
Chapter I.—The Vessel. Points in which the Marine differs from the River Tank—Stained Glass.
Chapter II.—Fitting-up Rockwork. The Bottom—Rocks, Arches, and Caves—The
Water—Artificial Sea Water—Marine Salts—Management of Artificial Water—Caution to the Uninitiated—Filtering.
Chapter III.—Collecting Specimens.
Chapter IV.—The Plants.
Chapter V.—The Animals. Fishes—Mollusks—Annelides—Zoophytes—Actinia Mesembryanthemum—Anguicoma, Bellis, Gemmacea, Crassicornis, Parasitica, Dianthus, etc.
Chapter VI.—What is Anemone?
Chapter VII.—General Management. Grouping of Objects—Sulphuretted Hydrogen—Preservation of the Water—Aeration—Filter—Decay of Plants—Death of Anemones—Removal of Objects—Density of the Water—Green Stain—Feeding—The Syphon—Purchase of Specimens.
THE WATER CABINET.
Chapter I.—Construction of Cabinets. Distinctions between the Cabinet and the Aquarium—Construction of a Cabinet—Glasses.
Chapter II.—Collecting and Arranging Specimens. Implements for Collecting Nets, Jars, and Phials—Pond Fishing.
Chapter III.—The Stock.
Chapter IV.—Larva. The Dragon Fly— The Gnat—The Case Fly.
