This is one of my oldest fish. I've had him since my original 10gal at 13 years old making him 15 or so. A male clown pleco who's been through all my rookie mistakes and forgiven me for every one of them. He has a huge group of clowns in his 120 now.
This week I learned that Napoleon’s defeat at the Battle of Waterloo is the source of the Chinese expression 滑铁卢 | 滑鐵盧 huátiělú. It’s a transliteration of Waterloo, but it can refer more generally to a defeat or failure.
Ex: 他这次考试又惨遭滑铁卢。
On this test he suffered a Waterloo again.
(AKA he failed miserably.)
Via Baidu Baike: 是出自滑铁卢战役,在这场战役中,反法联军获得了决定性胜利,拿破仑失败了,所以滑铁卢代表失败。
Comes from the Battle of Waterloo. In this battle, the anti-French allied forces won a decisive victory, and Napoleon was defeated, so huátiělú represents failure/defeat.
These fish can frequently reach sizes of 50 cm in the wild (20 inches). They’re native to northeast South America, but they’re also seen in the aquarium trade — though, it’s good to keep in mind that many species are incorrectly sold under the same name “common pleco”!
Here is a petre outfit board I made for myself! I am a plecostomus pet regressor. I've never met any fish regressors before so I thought I'd make some fishy content for the petre community <3