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Title: 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
Identifier: bookofaquariumwa00hibb (find matches)
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890
Subjects: Aquariums; Aquarium plants
Publisher: London, Groombridge
Contributing Library: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
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THE FRESH-WATER AQUARIUM. 33 for it was a favourite with the ancients. Pliny and Aristotle both speak of it in high terms of praise, and record that it lives to a hundred years of age, becoming, in that time, as white and hoary as an " ancient mariner" should. It is not indigenous to our rivers, though, as
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GUDGEON, PRUSSIAN CARP, LOACH, & BREAM. far back as 1496, mention is made of it in the " Boke of St. Albans," quoted by Mr. Yarrell. It has been known to attain to a weight of twenty pounds, and in Holland is frequently kept ahve in wet moss, and fattened on boiled potatoes. In this way it is said to live three weeks. C gibelio is the noble Prussian carp, unquestionably

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