Evening star., 1933-02-04

| can be in the same tank and the same
fishes.
On the north side the plants will not
| grow, the fish will not do well, the
| water tends to become clouded, taking
on white or gray appearance CASUALLY
the latter, and the general appearance
Of the assemblage is disappointing to
the interested amateur
He may try all sorts Of expedients,
OF course. II he is chemically minded,
| as 1t were, and has read his fish books
| and magazines, he may 60 in for test
ing his water to see about its lion. ."
Then he will worry himself consider
ably trying to get 1t to test out to q very
narrow scale
If he has plenty Of money and doesn't
mind introducing gadgets into his liv-
ing quarters, he can have a great deal
OF sport with aereation machines and
the like.
This hobby, like all Others has un-
suspected depths Of entanglements in
1t after one gets started. II the new
conner tries to test out all the theories
and practices by intelligence alone, he
| will go crazy.
II. on the other hand, he attempts
to work them out In practice, he dis
| covers that some Of them are Just 1.-The
bunk" others good enough If you want
to bother with them, others only fancy
additions.
There are scores Of remedies for a
sick tank, but there is one supreme
remedy, In our humble opinion. and
that Is to put 1t squarely In the sun
and let 1t remain there
II things do not get better within q
month, you can put it back in the
shade. but II your experience ID like
our experience, you will let it remain,
because the plants will be growing lux
uriantly. nice green, with multitudes
Of bubbles arising while the sun shines
on 'em. The fish will be lively and
glittering. the water clear and odoriess.
The side OF the tank toward the sun
will be covered linside, of course) with
a plentiful supply of green dots. The
ends likewise will be coated The side
toward the living room would be COW
cred. too unless one scraped them off
occasionally with an old razor blade
affixed to a 10-cent stick.
"A green tank Is a healthy tank"
30 runs the aquarium slogan, but un-
fortunately 1t Is frowned upon so much
in theory that the amateur hesitates
to put 1t INTO practice
Our entire idea here Is to induce him
to try the sunshine cure on his sick
fishes or his unsatisfactory aquarium.
We had q sick moon" sitting around
in a bath of mercurochrome, as the
books advise, his fins dropping his tail
rotting away. his sides covered with the
peculiar pepper and salt" fungus to
which tropicals are susceptible.
We decided to put him back into the
big tank, which since his removal had
been taken out OF the north room and
placed on the south side of the house.
One hesitated. naturally, for fear of
injecting the healthy fishes
No matter, in he went, right into the
sunshine, both his eyes coated with
white. He was practically blind. Not
only was he suffering from the Itch" {"
out also from mercuric poisoning, We
were convinced. (Our belief is that
such treatments are mistake.)
When he was put back into the tank
he could not see. Within a few days
he plainly manifested signs of sight, his
fins began to be held in a normal posi-
ton, his tail began to heal, and within
two weeks he was to all intents anG
purposes a well fish.
In three weeks the fungus growth
over his eyes had disappeared and he
was sailing around in the sunshine as
lively as his old friends (who, by the
way. included Mrs Noon.
Put them in the sunshine and let
them stay there! Even God never made
anything quite like sunshine. at least
as we living creatures get 1t on this
earth, just far enough from the source
OF supply, so glittering, kindly, helpful,
healing.