FISHPONDS AND HOME AQUARIUMS. By F. Austin Watson.
ND [1940] 1st edition. 12mo (127 x 191mm). Pp127. B/w frontispiece, photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, spine and upper board titled in black, black illustration of fish swimming through plant life to upper board.
An in-depth look at the practicalities of keeping fish both indoors and outside in home settings, a hobby that was becoming popular in the 1940s. Chapters include: Garden pool construction; The principles of successful management; Aquatic plants for pool and aquarium; The indoor aquarium; Fish for pool and aquarium; The tropical aquarium; Tropical fishes; Fancy goldfish; The feeding of fish; Other occupants of the garden pool; The rudiments of limnology; Useful information the outcome of experience.
An in-depth look at the practicalities of keeping fish both indoors and outside in home settings, a hobby that was becoming popular in the 1940s. Chapters include: Garden pool construction; The principles of successful management; Aquatic plants for pool and aquarium; The indoor aquarium; Fish for pool and aquarium; The tropical aquarium; Tropical fishes; Fancy goldfish; The feeding of fish; Other occupants of the garden pool; The rudiments of limnology; Useful information the outcome of experience.
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Book Code
60244
| Author | Watson (F. Austin). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 60244 |
| ISBN | No ISBN. |
| Book Description | Some foxing and use, calculations to p.121, frontispiece working loose. Good. Issued without dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1940 |
| Publisher | W.H. and L. Collingridge. |
| Place | London. |