Welcome to our expanded family!

Last you heard, we (Pete and Buzz) were the newest Aquatic Amigos with our Golden Chinese Algae Eater, Jin Long. Well, unfortunately he has also passed away, but there have been some changes since then. First of all, we moved to some new digs, a new 5 gallon aquarium--twice as big as our old home. We really like it there. Now we'd like to introduce the new members of our big tank, as well as those who moved into our smaller "apartment" in the meantime.

Otocinclus Algae Eater

We got him as a replacement for Jin Long, though a different kind of algae eater. He came when some algae started growing in our old tank, and he cleaned it up really well! Our owner didn't know what to name him right away, so he finally got the name Odo, after the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine character, since the Bajorans didn't know what to name him, either, when they found him.

One of "the hundred" sent out by The Founders long ago to explore the galaxy, Odo was found adrift in 2356 in the Denorios Belt by Bajorans, who indirectly gave him his name. It is unclear how long he had been adrift in the Denorios Belt. Since Odo had not yet learned how to morph into a humanoid appearance, he appeared in his natural gelatinous form. The Bajorans, not sure of what Odo actually was, put him in a container and labelled it "unknown sample". The Cardassian overseers translated this into their own language as "odo'ital", literally "nothing". Even after it became clear that Odo was sentient, the scientists kept calling him by that name, which eventually was styled (as a joke) into a Bajoran name "Odo Ital", then shortened to simply "Odo".

Fancy Guppy #3

George was added to the like of our number after we got a larger tank to fit him in. He is yellow and blue, befitting the colors of mom's graduate school, George Washington University, where he also got his name. He's the runt right now, but fitting in nicely.



African Dwarf Frogs

We got them in the tank as an addition for something different; they came in a pair to keep each other company. However, they pretty much do their own thing. One is larger than the other, so a good pair name decided for them was G'Kar (larger) and Londo (smaller), after the famous duo on Babylon 5.

In the smaller tank:

Angelfish

Sharlin became the star of the 2.5 gallon tank, a nice black and silver mottle/stripe angelfish. He got his name from the very angelfish-shaped Minbari War Cruiser ships of the Sharlin Class.





Albino Cory and Panda Cory Catfish

Marcus (Panda Cory) and Galen (Albino Cory) are a pair of cory catfish that keep the bottom of the tank clean. The particularly like to curl up in the cave together when they are tired or if there is food in there. They are named after Marcus Cole, a Ranger in the Army of Light from Babylon 5, and Galen, a technomage--and both were British comic relief.