Welcome to the Family

We welcomed 8 new additions to our fish tank ecosystem this weekend. Meet newcomer neon tetras Frodo, Sam, Pippin, and Merry; and long fin blue danios D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. They joined the fellowship of Gandalf the gold-skirt tetra and Ottawa, our algae-eating Otto catfish.

I'm a cat-lover, he's deathly allergic to felines (to the extent of "OMG, my throat is constricting 'cos a cat was in the vicinity within the last 24 hours"). He'd like a dog big enough to ride, and I'm not into the heavy slobber that I associate with "rideable" ones. So unless we discover a hypoallergenic cat or dry-mouthed dog, our pets will probably always be fish.

Note: Amazingly, these stock photos look very much like the ones in our tank!