New-York tribune., 1896-11-22

lection now in the tanks some beautiful speci-
mems OF landlocked salmon trout. bass ana cnue
the result Of injuries in transportation aIter 1hey
and his assistant Mr. Spencer cured them by intro
ducing salt water into their homes. Ihey naVe
zee Teeh aols 10 save tne ves OF many o'e ~ srner S
AS rule il has been found 10 be impossible 10 keep
weaknsn IN an aquarium through the cSid wih,er ,
two years
The SUPPLY OF FRESH AND SALT WATER
Not all the gallery tanks for fish will be In place
"nen the aquarium is opened to the public. There
are 10 be twentynine saltwater tanks and twenty
seven fresh-water tanks IN the galleries for the ex-
hibiiion Oh fish. The lighting is the for the
tanks IN the lower tier Back Of the gallery tier or
'anks with glass fronts are eighteen reserve tanks
which Will not De by the public They will be
USED for the treatment OF sick FISH and for fsh
breeding To keep the water in all the tanks OF the
aquarium In proper condition for the FISH requires
uoeral use o. water Croton water is used Tor the
1resh-water tanks but to change the water In the
saltwater tanks requires the pumping Of 10000 gal
Ions every day. All the salt water used In the
AQUARIUM. comes from tidal well under the budc d.
ING, and as the water has been uttered through lU
furber pc,o.e seses be cost oy n %
ing the aquarium and keeping II stocked WIN rare
nsa from an parts Of the world will be about sy,
year. The aquarium will be open TO the pubic
only in the daytime
Comparatively small hsh VIII be kept In the gar
ery tanks. Already the tanks In use In the gallery
nnold many varieties that are worth going 10 tne
Battery TO look at frequently. In one tank are
balloon fish, which look Ike prickly pincushons
and have a curious way Of swelling themselves up
as II they were getting ready 20 explode. Blacknsh
are pestling among their rocky retreats, stick
Ing themselves fast In hoows OF stones ano gong
70 sleep apparently. 80, w.
spencer TO Tribune reporter the other Day point
ing some backfsh tn At seemed to have their eyes
closed. 1T IS their habit" he explained, TO lie
stuck fast In the hollows OF The stones. LOOK al
that fellow there. standing on his head They are
all lively enough when feeding Time comes.
INTERESTING If USELESS.
Horseshoe crabs OF various sizes in one Of tho
tanks. and the babies delicate. veivety-looking
end pretty. Sea robins pretty 10 look at In a
tank although fishermen often swear when they
come 10 the surface al the end OF a line. Mr.
Spencer declares that their eyes are the most ex-
pressve Of hsh eyes tank which will be inter-
ssng 10 many visitors contains Holsters. which bur:
row in the sand and gravel al the bottom and
back Into the pits which they dig to watch for
prey In other tanks are oysters, star fish, Amer
ican sole. stcklebacks, perch and many other nsn
nsine :a in the aquarium have the power TO change
tnelr color at will.
Most OF the saltwater nsh In the aquarium
saat were caught near this city were taken In nets
~ the De Nyse brothers. who are employed by
ue aquarium and have 4 place near Gravesend
Ssptan: OF we-smacks have been Invited by
eugene Blackford TO bring TO the,city any crosties
present. 70 the aquarium the best that comes. Ex-
Ss WI Be cent to Bermuda and Florida for trop-
~ epectusena- Rare hsh from Europe and more
ssese parts of the world viii b procured hS a.