fish names
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My pink betta with a purple spotted tail- Dipsy Sue
Other colorful betta- Palet
2 spotted Do Joes- Do and Joe
Goldfish with 2 white stripes- Nemo
Goldfish with very shiny silver (looks like metal) head- Jaws
6 neon tetras- only named three- Flash, Twitch, and Neo
5 cories- (named 2)- Cory, and vacuum (his moth looks like a vacuum cleaner to me)
6 black mollies, 2 dalmation mollies, 1 balloon bellied molly, 2 marble mollies...only named 3 though- Molly, Pop (the balloon bellied molly when it was pregnant looked like it was about to pop!), and Speckles (dalmation molly)
12 guppies- didn't feel like naming..
Their 80 something babies- only named one- odd ball (looked different from all the rest)
Ghost/Glass catfish- Casper and skeleton.
6 Danios (2 fancy tailed, 4 zebra) named 2..Dan and Yo
and ALL the rest of the fish..cichlids, community tropical, semi aggressive tropical, bettas...didn't feel like naming or listing here...too many to keep track of names...anyways, I enjoy naming fish, it's fun..some ppl don't care to name their fish but I do it anyways! =]
I like a lot of the names listed on this board..creative and cute!
Other colorful betta- Palet
2 spotted Do Joes- Do and Joe
Goldfish with 2 white stripes- Nemo
Goldfish with very shiny silver (looks like metal) head- Jaws
6 neon tetras- only named three- Flash, Twitch, and Neo
5 cories- (named 2)- Cory, and vacuum (his moth looks like a vacuum cleaner to me)
6 black mollies, 2 dalmation mollies, 1 balloon bellied molly, 2 marble mollies...only named 3 though- Molly, Pop (the balloon bellied molly when it was pregnant looked like it was about to pop!), and Speckles (dalmation molly)
12 guppies- didn't feel like naming..
Their 80 something babies- only named one- odd ball (looked different from all the rest)
Ghost/Glass catfish- Casper and skeleton.
6 Danios (2 fancy tailed, 4 zebra) named 2..Dan and Yo
and ALL the rest of the fish..cichlids, community tropical, semi aggressive tropical, bettas...didn't feel like naming or listing here...too many to keep track of names...anyways, I enjoy naming fish, it's fun..some ppl don't care to name their fish but I do it anyways! =]
I like a lot of the names listed on this board..creative and cute!
lemme see...
1 splendid snakehead (channa lucius)
1 siamese tigerfish (datnioides undecinradiatus)
2 sailfin pleco (pterygoplichthys gibbiceps)
2 "spotted pleco"?? (pterygoplichthys joselimaianus)
4 three spot gouramies
2 striped raphael catfishes (platydoras costatus)
2 sun catfish or eclipse catfish or golden red-tailed catfish (horabagrus
brachysoma)
3 silver dollars
that's what i have now.
i've previously also kept...
1 arapaima gigas
1 royal knifefish
1 albino clown knifefish
1 red/giant snakehead (channa micropeltes)
1 emperor snakehead (channa marulioides)
1 tiger shovelnose catfish
4 oscars
1 longnose gar
4 rainbow fish
4 clown loaches
2 rosy barbs
3 polypterus senegalus bichirs
3 palembang humpback puffers
3 swordtails
might have some that i've forgotten...
1 splendid snakehead (channa lucius)
1 siamese tigerfish (datnioides undecinradiatus)
2 sailfin pleco (pterygoplichthys gibbiceps)
2 "spotted pleco"?? (pterygoplichthys joselimaianus)
4 three spot gouramies
2 striped raphael catfishes (platydoras costatus)
2 sun catfish or eclipse catfish or golden red-tailed catfish (horabagrus
brachysoma)
3 silver dollars
that's what i have now.
i've previously also kept...
1 arapaima gigas
1 royal knifefish
1 albino clown knifefish
1 red/giant snakehead (channa micropeltes)
1 emperor snakehead (channa marulioides)
1 tiger shovelnose catfish
4 oscars
1 longnose gar
4 rainbow fish
4 clown loaches
2 rosy barbs
3 polypterus senegalus bichirs
3 palembang humpback puffers
3 swordtails
might have some that i've forgotten...
oops... haha... i call all of 'em by their scientific names most of the time... don't really name them human names... feel it's kinda weird. they're animals i love but nothing compared to people.
My pleco that just died was named (where's) WALDO --because we used to have to hunt to find him as he would camoflage into the river rocks decor. He started out tho as a Homer because he would just be eating non stop. 
My Oranda is named ORANDO
My comet is named CLEO
My lionhead is named PORKCHOP because he is so chubby.
Blue betta is named GILL like on the movie What about Bob.
My Dark Pinkish Red and Purple Betta is named RAZZY because his coloring reminded me of a raspberry.
My Oranda is named ORANDO
My comet is named CLEO
My lionhead is named PORKCHOP because he is so chubby.
Blue betta is named GILL like on the movie What about Bob.
My Dark Pinkish Red and Purple Betta is named RAZZY because his coloring reminded me of a raspberry.
Our newts are named after my husbands fraternity brothers. It seemed to fit- a bunch of guys living in filth. The survivors are Ripper, Shree, Brian and Trey.
The amano shrimp are named after Mythbusters characters- Jamie, Adam, Jack Morocco and Wen Hu.
The platies are Science and Superstition.
No names for neons and whiteclouds.
The amano shrimp are named after Mythbusters characters- Jamie, Adam, Jack Morocco and Wen Hu.
The platies are Science and Superstition.
No names for neons and whiteclouds.
i let my kids name my fish
1 painted platy named spot
1 molly (not sure what kid she is all white ) named fairy
2 serpae tetra named bully and terror
1 wagtail named silent
1 swordtail named princess
1 dwarf frog they named slimmer
2 1/2 gallon tank -
3 zerba danios named the 3 amigos
1 painted platy named spot
1 molly (not sure what kid she is all white ) named fairy
2 serpae tetra named bully and terror
1 wagtail named silent
1 swordtail named princess
1 dwarf frog they named slimmer
2 1/2 gallon tank -
3 zerba danios named the 3 amigos
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oh yeah in there tank they have 3 fishies not sure what breed they are but they are all mollys of some kind there names are
chance
amanda
and my son named his spongebob scripto dog
chance
amanda
and my son named his spongebob scripto dog
dark blue betta= Samson
red&blue betta=Tequila
pink&blue betta=Pequeno Luchador
white betta=Louie
red betta=Keoke
double tail bronze betta=Makai
beige betta=Daquiri
Kuhli loach=Slorg
red&blue betta=Tequila
pink&blue betta=Pequeno Luchador
white betta=Louie
red betta=Keoke
double tail bronze betta=Makai
beige betta=Daquiri
Kuhli loach=Slorg
