Lockdown:Three new fish the last additions for now

Tank officials permitted three new fish to be added to the community aquarium today even as the waters were being treated for a runaway disease. A breeding pair of silver lyretail mollies (pictured at right) and a dojo loach were added to the aquarium at 1:15 p.m. today.

"We do not anticipate any difficulties for these new fish, which are meant to replace some of our recent losses," said an unnamed tank official in charge of new acquisitions. "They had already been approved before the lockdown was ordered at 1:00 p.m."

Tank officials kept the new fish in quarantine and apparently considered having the fish returned to PetsMart before agreeing to allow the new fish into the aquarium.

The new fish include a new dojo loach to replace Tracy Benbrook's Whino, the dojo loach who died earlier this week. Benbrook has decided to name her new fish Tonic.