The Fish

Doug keeps an aquarium of about 20 fish, mostly Neon Tetras and other bright fish. They come and go, but some of them have lived for many years, because Doug keeps their water filter running and feeds them every day.

Doug's fishbowl
Doug doesn't name his fish, unless they are born in the aquarium or otherwise distinguish themselves. In past years there were 3 generations of Blue Moons (which had numbers), and a surprise half-breed Tetra. None of them are alive today, as there was a massive die-off in mid 1994, just before Doug left for vacation. The only survivor of the dieoff was a Silver Tetra named Foster when it was boarded with a neighbor. When Doug returned from vacation, he cleaned the fishbowl, bought new plants, gravel, fish, and a new filtering system, and retrieved Foster, putting him/her/it in with the new fish. Foster died that night, and joined the others in the flower garden in front of the house. In May 1997, Doug noticed at least one baby Tetra at the top of the bowl, and plans to search for more.

Doug bought the 30 gal. aquarium at a yard sale when he first moved to Greenbelt. It fits nicely in a shelf he bought from a failed shoe store in Louisville in 1977. Doug's current project is to find a bicycle for his fish.

Mom wants to get some angel fish, but can't find the room to keep them. They are said to not get along with other fish in community aquaria, so Doug hasn't added any angels to his collection.

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