Hey,

I just thought that I would make a quick post about what I have been doing lately.

Well, so far this summer, I have moved to the great state if Kansas just on the outskirts of Kansas City.

I just left Jackson Hole, Wyoming. My brother just got married out there and it was a beautiful scene when the sun when down behind the Teton Mountain Range.

I’m currently staying at the Marriott Hotel in Vail, Colorado! I have never been to Colorado so I have been hiking in the mountains as much as possible. If you guys and gals want I can add some of the photos that I took. They are not fish related but they are a pretty sweet if you ask me

Until I post again,

-Mark

So I wanted to take a light approach to the pet fish topic today so I decided to make a list of funny pet names for your fish. This list is covering just a few names since I obviously do not know of every pet fish name out there no matter how hard I try.

So without further ado here is the list of funny pet names for fish:

• Frank
• Bubbles
• Fluffy
• Spike
• Cutie
• Bubbles Jr.
• Twister
• Frankie
• Angel
• Dory
• Figaro
• Gilligan
• Elvis
• Buggsy
• Sebi (Sebastian)
• Yammstammer McGoo (Thanks to Steven Royens)
• Spud (Thanks to Brianna)
• Squirt (Thanks to Brianna)
• Gilbert (Thanks to Brianna)
• Boris (Thanks to Deon)
• Tuna (Thanks to Sophie)
• Sushi (Thanks to Sophie)
• Beyonce, if the fish has a huge tail! (Thanks to Laura)
• Fin (Thanks to Laura)
• Speckles (Thanks to Fish Lover)
• Popeye (Thanks to Fish Lover)
• Bugeyes (Thanks to Fish Lover)
• Rendo- Gaelic for “large pupils” (Thanks to Fish Lover)
• Oreo (Thanks to Fish Lover)
• Chloe (Thanks to Fish Lover)
• Sprinkles (Thanks to Fish Lover)
• Dapples (Thanks to Fish Lover)
• Splotches (Thanks to Fish Lover)
• Blast (Thanks to Fish Lover)
• Goobersnorfenderfer (Thanks to Ashley)

Well that’s all the funny pet names for your pet fish that I can think of at the moment so I will let the list stand at that. I will be adding more later though so keep coming back if you didn’t find quite the right name for your pet fish.

Also feel free to leave your funny name of your pet fish in a comment below. And remember you do not need to join to leave a comment, simply click the icon and right your comment.

Update:

Thanks everyone for the great names! Be sure to keep thinking of new ones to see if they make the list. All of the names are good no matter what but I am adding the ones to my list that I would name my own fish. The more unique or funny the better.

Ok, so maybe you have seen the new, “Mark, the man behind the fish” article but just in case you haven’t here is the link. It’s a brief story about me and how I came to be infatuated with the tropical pet fish care hobby.

Mark, the man behind the fish

Hope you all enjoy,

-Mark

So the new layout is here and is in full swing. I’ve been fixing errors that the site has had since I started it. To sum up what I did:
Trimmed some fat and made the site a little easier on the eyes and more user friendly.

I was going through and thought about bringing the forum back, I’ll make you a deal.
If I get 10, that’s right, just 10 comment on this post alone asking for the forum to come back I will bring it back. The NEW forum will be way different than the last one and will be more user friendly to go along with the layout that you guys are seeing right now.

So get them comments flowing and we’ll just see what happens.

P.s feedback on the new layout would be nice as well

-Mark

Dwarf suckermouth catfish a.k.a oto cat
otocinclus affinis

It belongs to the family Loricariidae

Click here to learn more about the catfish in general.

Origin:
Southeast Brazil

Description:
A slender catfish with a suckermouth. A fairly high dorsal fin, but no adipose fins. About 1 ½ inches in length (4cm).

Color:
A base color that is light greenish gray to a muddy yellow. The fins have no color, or in some cases a light green.

Sexual distinction:
Mature females will be much bulkier.

Tank conditions:
Needs a current of some kind. So you can’t just have one in a bowl that doesn’t have a filter current, or current from a bubble curtain. Temperature 68-73 degrees Fahrenheit (20-23 Celsius). The ph and hardness ratings are not that important. The tank should be well planted with lots of hiding places.

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And don’t worry about the plants, the oto cat a.k.a dwarf suckermouth catfish will eat the algae that grows on them. That brings me to my next subject.

Food:
Will mainly eat vegetation, will also eat very small worms. Most people often buy the oto cat a.k.a dwarf suckermouth catfish to eat the algae growing in their tank, which it will earn it’s keep by doing.

Behavior:
Usually remains under cover during the day, most active at dusk and during the night, which is it’s normal feeding time. Will attach it self to the sides of vertical slabs of rock, plant leaves and stems or the side of the glass.

Sexual reproduction:
A difficult fish to breed, but what I’ve learned is that they breed similar to Corydoras. The eggs hatch after 2-3 days. The fry should be feed baby brine shrimp (artemia nauplii) micro worms or egg yolk powdered very very fine.

Compatibility:
Somewhat territorial but harmless. They will be just fine in a mixed aquarium when enough room is given.

Angelfish
Pterophyllum scalare

It belongs to the family Cichlidae

Click here to learn what a cichlid is.

Cost: $5-45, the more expensive Angelfish are the ones that are either wild, or are of a new cultivated form. The cheaper ones are usually home-bred youngsters.

Short Bio: The Angel seems to be one of the most popular cichlids around, even though most fish keepers don’t know that it’s a cichlid. That’s just because of the unusual shape that the angel fish has.

Origin:
Amazon drainage, South America.

Size:
Both, males and females get to around 5 in (13 cm) long.

Sexual distinctions:
There are some who can say that by physical differences, that they can tell the different sexes, but when it comes to Angelfish the best known way to tell the sexes apart are is to observe the genital papilla during spawning. During spawning the males will be pointed, and the females will be blunt.

Tank conditions:
The tank size should measure, 24 x 16 x 16 in (60 x 40 x 40 cm). For a pair the tank size should be 36 x 16 x 16 in (90x 40 x 40 cm) for a community.
All the conditions below are for both community tanks and specie tanks.

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Temperature 77-82 Fahrenheit (25-28 Celsius). Water, for tank-bred strains the water conditions are not as critical and they can thrive in almost any type of water chemistry. Now, for wild specimens the water chemistry is actually important. For the wild Angelfish use soft, slight acid (Ph 6-6.5) water. Avoid having strong currents in the tank.
The tank should be well planted with bogwood, but for tank-bred strains this is not critical.
The Angelfish will prefer to stay at the top of the tank, and since in the wild there are shoals of Angelfish, so there really is not limit to the number of Angelfish that you can keep in a tank the has adequate space.

Food: In the wild Angelfish eat aquatic invertebrates, but in aquariums will eat any type of omnivore or carnivore foods.

Behavior:
A very peaceful cichlid even during breeding but be warned, may eat small tank mates.

Breeding:
Tank-bred Angelfish will breed in the tank but odds are they will eat the brood, so artificial hatching may be needed. Two females will “pair” and spawn if no male is present.