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Mogo

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Hello everyone!

Hope everyone is doing well. I was just doing a little reading, and noticed that Pufferpack names his fish (some interesting names there Puffer :) ). I thought I was the only one crazy enough to name their fish! Just wondering if anyone else out there names their fish, the interesting names given to the fish, and the reasoning behind the names? Almost all my fish are named, all the cichlids have names (except one who's still waiting for a name), however my community fish lack names. Well, here goes..

The Africans:

Mita - named after suffering from Hexamita, maybe this is bad charma though..
Shrimp - the runt of the females, later discovered that she loved brine shrimp, more than most
Jamal - the pimp daddy, named after a friend, for his large luscious lips
The other lady has yet to be named

The Rams:

Mr. T - named for always flaring his mohawk like dorsal fin
Lamont - named after Rudy's goldfish that died and they had a fish funeral, on the "Cosby Show"

The Nicaraguenses:

Hoombubbala - the big boy, name made up by some friends and I, presumably in a drunken stupor

Mariscos - Spanish for "seafood" the old lady, brought her home as an adult to mate with Hoom, turned out she was was very old and just lays about, might as well be seafood..kidding of course

Mogo - named after what the natives call the species. Also heard they call them Moga. I liked Mogo better

Lola - after the movie, when new to the family, she was always chased by Mogo, so we would always say "Run Lola, run!"

Would like to hear everyone elses names, and the reasons (if any) behind the names. Anyone have any ideas for my nameless African, she's really nasty and mean, let me know. Take care.

Mogo
 
My snakehesd has the pet name of "sydney",i only gave him a name to annoy the mrs (just to prove i really was a fish nutcase) and it sort of stuck.
 
A little kid named one of my fish Gertrude :lol: it is a classic so i guess thats his name now
 
Fanny- orange and white fantail
Joey - was black & orange now white
spot - red cap oranda
speck & fleck - spotty surbunkins
Elvis - orange fantail with black sideburns!!!
Stripe - orange & white stripped fantail
Tiger - blue veiltail with yellow/orange stripes down his body.
Tipsy - orange rynakin with black tips on his tail which sadly passed away last sunday :(
Loachy - chinese algae eater

Thats all my coldwater fish

Sonny - Yellow twin bar platie
Jim - Red wagtail platy
Mickey and minnie - blue platies
midnight - male guppy
bluemoon - female guppy
spotty - calico platy
un named - orange/black platy

other guppies that i havent put names to
 
I had a bubble-eye goldfish that was named Bob. Sadly he died, though. RIP Bob! :-(
 
I recommend "Milady" for your nameless African, after the villian in "The Three Musketeers"!

I named my four neon tetras Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'Artagnan (after the 4 Musketeers of course), but sadly everyone but Aramis died. However, that is the way it happened in the end! Aramis was the only one living! :rolleyes:

My Swordtail was named Matilda after the famous children's poem by Hillaire Belloc (about Matilda who told lies). HOWEVER she burned up in the end, so I guess the moral of the story is to not name your fish after characters who die.

Oh, I once had a goldfish named Prince Andrew (after my fav. character in War and Peace), but alas!! He's dead! :crazy:
 
named my pacu karen after my dad's wife whogained 150 (not a typo) pounds in one year after smoking. the pacu like her eats everything in sight!

semper fi
 
Hey everyone..

That's alot of names to remember bigfish. I sure hope you don't have as many children as you do fish.

Sorry to hear about all the passings, it's always sad when you lose one of your little guys. Three years ago, I lost all the fish in one of my tanks. I had a lady who does custom ceramic work make the Giza pyramids for me. She said she had done aquarium work before, but I went through everything with her anyways. Two days after I put them in, all my fish went belly up, including 2 generations of baby L. Brichards and their wild caught parents. I cried for days, and to make matters even worse (like it could get any worse) all this happened on the weekend of my birthday.

Thanks Pegotty, what a great name. I think you just named my fish..

semper fi...that's great. Just one question, does your dad's wife know that you named the pacu after her, and if she does, does she know the "real" reason why??? :)

Mogo
 
yah she does and no she does not know the real reason. she is flattered by the fact that the only fish with a name is named after her.

semper fi
 
I have 2 adult Red Hook Silver Dollars that we named Silver White and Silver Red

1 Blood Parrot named Polly (betchya couldn't guess that one :) )

1 Pearl Gourami named Pearl

1 Gold Gourami named Goldy

1 Blue Gourami (hybrid 3 spot) named Kiki

3 Angels, the only one named is the Gold one and it's name is Lacey

Silver
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:lol:

HAHAHA semper fi that is SO funny! :p

oki - well
we have a powder blue gourami called bitchness, bitchness because she picked on our male gourami so much that he stopped eating and eventually died.. I think he realised he was never ever going to get a shag.. I think now we shud've got 3 gouramis, but ah well too late now.
also she suits that name down to a T, as she picks at all the other fish - especially at feeding time, she is such a hungis!, she is now living a life of celibacy and solitude regarding being the only 1 of her kind in the tank.
I thought gouramis were meant 2 be shy and hidey - she is completely OUT THERE regarding generic traits of gouramis.

we have 6 glowlight tetras - they are named as follows : chris waddle
schminky - pinky - boutros - boutros 2 and ghali..
does anyone know where these names come from ? ;) ;) I was new to the show - and thoroughly impressed - as Im a kiwi :p

6 black neon tetras - they are still to be named

4 green tiger barbs - which we just call the lads

1 sucking loach (chinese algae eater) LOACHY!! :wub: :thumbs: and he is my fav! I love him! I LOVE HIM! :wub: he likes to swim with the barbs I think he is a bit confused as to which species he actually is, so its loachy and the lads.his fav past times include sucking up the leaves of the various plants in the tank, hiding in his hidey hole, sucking the glass etc - I LOVE HIM! :wub: :hyper: :wub:

Our new additions as of today are :

2 red wagtail platys - which are still to be named - as we dont know their personalitys very yet.
and
7 Harlequin rasboras - one of them has a bung eye :blink: (or if infact any eye at all, as it looks more like a hole in the head) genetic defect? duno
theres gotta be a good name in there somewhere

:thumbs:

hehe

Starry^
 
. Anyone have any ideas for my nameless African, she's really nasty and mean, let me know

...how about Martha (Stewart) :lol: :lol:

Let's see if I can remember the whole list, almost all our fish have names :crazy:

My Fish

Dwarf Puffers:
PP.....short for puny puffer...the smallest of the pack
Kinky...his body looks like it has a kink behind the head in certain light
Jitters..the most nervous of the pack
XP........the markings on her head form an X
Fatty Bigeye...the plumpest with big googlie eyes (named after a character on Joecartoon.com)
No.4.....4 distinctive marks on her forehead

Bumblebee Gobies
Greybeard...has a grey muzzel
Two stripe...has 2 bright yellow stripes (and 1 dull yellow one :/ )
Yellow Cheeks...has yellow around his fins...close to the cheeks
Spaz....is always twitching and spazing around the tank...funny to watch

South American Puffers:
Brighteyes...has beautiful bright Gold eyes :wub:
Bubba..........Acted like a Bubba the minute he/she was put into the tank, kept trying to pick a fight with the swordtails

Sword Tails:
Spike...the male
Pina....female Pineapple sword
Spikes Squeeze...the other female pinepple...spike won't leave her alone
Lonely....my last sunset swordtail female (pictus cat ate the male and other female before I got rid of him)

Guppies:
Horney....the male...self explanitory
Chubbs...the only female to survive Picky the pictus...she is always huge

Blueberry Tetras (Painted :X )
Blue, Bell and Berry

Gold Gouramis
Tiger....the smalest one with the nicest tiger stripes
Hairlip...the largest who looks like part of the lip was torn off earlier in his life
Tipard...(Tiger/Leopard) has a nice mixture of spots & stripes

Sharkie.....Columbian shark Catfish

Princess...Female Salvini Cichlid...such a pretty little girl, with a big attitude...she rules her tank

Christmas...Silver Molly that looks like a Chistmas ornament

Dolly...Dalmation Molly

Mr Apple....Large Apple snail

Otocinclus
Oto, Oto, Oto, Oto, Oto, & Patches :D ....patches has a lighter patch on his head and it the only one I can differentiate :lol:

I also have 5 Zebra Danios all named Zippy...they move around too much to tell who is who :lol:


My Wifes Fish

Cichlids
Big Blue...male Cobalt Blue/Zebra Mbuna
Goldie Boy...male Red Zebra Mbuna
Goldie Girl....female Red Zebra Mbuna
Joe...male Electric Blue Johanni
Johan...the other male Electric Blue Johanni
Sunny...male Yellow Lab
Sunshine...female Yellow Lab
Jewlie....female Jewel
Rambo...male Bolivian Ram with an attitude problem :sly:
Mick...Firemouth that reminds me of Mick Jagger with the lips
Kribbie...female Krebensis...little sweetie :wub:
Kribbitch...B*tchy female Krebensis
Kribble...male Krebensis that reminds me of Dale Gribble from the cartoon "King of the Hill"

Nickle & Dime...2 baby Gold Veil Rams that are about the size of a nickle and a dime

Climbing Perch
Hedgehog....his spikes are always flared up
Skidmark....big chicken, swims away so fast when anyone else comes near that you look for skidmarks on the rocks where he was :lol:

Leo....Green Spotted Scat that looks like a lions mane when flared up :D

Billy....(short for Hillbilly)...Banjo Catfish

UsideDown Catfish
Tabby....almost looks Tabbycat colored when she chooses to come out
Blackcat...he is almost black

Platties/Mollies
Mickey....female Mickey Mouse Platty
Romeo...male Wagtail always looking for love
One Eye...little golddust molly that lost an eye :(
...a couple of other Platties and mollies in the community tank that I can't remember if they have names

Corys
Twitchy...Albino Cory that never stays still
Corrie....the other Albino Cory
Salty.....our small Pepper Cory
Pepper...the larger Pepper Cory

Evil Kinevil...Golden Ramshorn snail...he is a daredevil that likes to catch air bubbles and float to the top of the tank then when the current takes him to the spot he wants he pushes out the air and drops like a precision bomber.

Indianna Jones and the followers of Light...Our shoal of Neon Tetras, one is always out exploring on his own while the other 4 huddle in a corner waiting for him to come back and lead them to whatever he found.

....whew :S ...I think that's everyone that has a name, there are also 10 Danios in the community tank who can be named "Zippy" and 3 Nameless Dwarf Gouramis in the 10 gal tank


edit: Here are the fish/tank pics I have posted so far B)

Cichlid Pics

Our Tanks

Fish that are Not Puffers

Dwarf Puffers/Gobies
 
MY LORD PUFFER.....I would LOVE to see pictures of your tank(s).
Can you post some for me please!!!
I began a new post the other day asking people to share their pictures, but noone took me seriously!!! -_-

Thanks
Silver
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