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THE FRESH-WATER AQUARIUM.
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for tanks. For elegance and general utility, a properly built vessel of rectangular outline, having at least two sides of glass, is found by most aquarians to be the best. Of course, no rule can be laid down as to the dimensions or

VALLISNERIA SPIRALIS, ANACHARIS ALSINASTRUM—GOLD CARP, ROACH, AND MINNOW.

forms of tanks—those details will best be determined by the means and tastes of the persons requiring them—but a few general remarks may prove useful.

The tanks in use at the Regent’s Park Gardens were