An angler's paradise and how to obtain it by Armistead J. J

Author:Armistead, J. J
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Fish culture
Publisher: Scarborough, The Angler
Published: 1898-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

from which it is soon removed unhurt. But the novice is as likely to send it into the spawning dish as anywhere, and a few struggles there will send the eggs flying in all directions.

The cleanliness of all apparatus used is of vital importance, and much of the success of the undertaking depends upon it. A clean and perfectly dry spawning dish and clean hands are most desirable. Take care that the fish are clean also ; they will not be so if the net be placed on the ground. By retaining them in nets which can be lifted bodily they are in excellent condition for handling, and the water is shaken off them before the handling commences. Notwithstanding all precautions, it is impossible to prevent a drop or two getting into the spawning dish occasionally, but avoid it as much as possible, as the dryer the eggs are kept, until the'milt has been added to them, the better. A beginner is anxious to know how long the eggs should remain in the dish with the milt. This depends chiefly on temperature; when they -cease to adhere to each other, or to the dish, they may be washed, and this may be in ten minutes. Do not on any account wash them too soon. It is better to leave them for a couple of hours than to disturb them before they are ready. A little experience here is better than a good deal of theory.

If the day be warm and the temperature of the water 50° Fahrenheit there will not be a long time to wait, but should it be freezing hard and the water at 33° or 34°, then the time will be much longer. Take care not to drown the eggs with milt. They' will take no harm standing in the dish for twelve hours after being washed, but they may surfer if the milt be left on them. I have frequently taken ova in the afternoon of one day, washed it, and allowed it to stand all night in bowls ; and taken it over to the hatchery next morning to be laid on the grilles. Milters should always be carefully selected, and no fish that are in any way deformed should be used for breeding purposes. Many deformities are more or less hereditary, as has been proved in the case of other animals, and it is better to avoid them. Although experiments have been tried with the result that ova from deformed fish have apparently produced well-formed healthy fish, yet the reverse has also been ascertained to be the case. The result of " in-breeding," too, is most disastrous, and change of blood and

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