What does your wife/girlfriend/SO call things in your tank

[Charlie the Reefer]

Obviously we have our own crazy terminology for equipment/livestock in this hobby.

My girlfriend seems to come up with funny names of her own for everything....

Snails: Wall suckers
Diamond Goby: Sand eater
Powerheads: Fish Fans
Copepods: Cocopods
Duncans: The hairy butthole coral
Chaeto: "The plant"

What about you guys..? Any funny nicknames your family assigns to stuff?

 

[Garf]

Hers

 

[MichaelReefer]

She just names them odd names. I have a tang named "Albert," for example. lol

 

[Charlie the Reefer]

She just names them odd names. I have a tang named "Albert," for example. lol

I only have two clownfish. She named them "Mickey and Daisy"... And my conchs are "Ella" and "Shy guy"... (although we have no clue which one is which...)

 

[exnisstech]

Mine calls the entire system my retirement fund

 

[Gtinnel]

My wife likes to use cute terms like “stupid waste of money”.

 

[Jeffcb]

Doesn't even look at it...

 

[kingoftheHiLLpeople]

Same as all the above - odd names and thats the virtually the extent. Although we had baby cardinals - not she and i - the fish did - and she was all over it.

 

[hoffmeyerz]

My wife pretty much just calls everything some form of "thingy". I'll mention I need to go empty the skimmer cup and she'll say "oh, that bubble thingy right!"
At least she pays that much attention!

 

[dstockwell]

My wife names them.

Royal Gramma - Tootsie
Eibli Angel - Bug Eyes
Melanurus Wrasse - Lips
Bristletooth Tang - Spooky, this one fits, you can't get within 1 foot of tank before it off to the races.

 

[NickHolmes]

She calls pretty much everything in the tank school fees

 

[Charlie the Reefer]

Some of these responses are making me sad

 

[Dkmoo]

I dont understand, it seems my wife calls everything in my tank "ugh"

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Whatever she wants. The fish are all named when she's around.

Only one that makes me chuckle is a trio of tangs I have, they are called the things from Dr. Seuss lore.

 

[vetteguy53081]

GF and Tanks?

 

[thewedge]

Lol! I love this thread.
My wife calls the mandarin the "Jerry Garcia fish", which I have always loved. The long nose hawkfish is the "picnic table fish". We had a goby a long time ago that was referred to as the "Dr. Seuss" fish.
I will say that my wife has always been my biggest supporter when it comes to reefing. I was perfectly content to have a 20 gallon tank. Yet, here I am with a Waterbox 180.5.

 

[Charlie the Reefer]

Lol! I love this thread.
My wife calls the mandarin the "Jerry Garcia fish", which I have always loved. The long nose hawkfish is the "picnic table fish". We had a goby a long time ago that was referred to as the "Dr. Seuss" fish.
I will say that my wife has always been my biggest supporter when it comes to reefing. I was perfectly content to have a 20 gallon tank. Yet, here I am with a Waterbox 180.5.

As a newer guy to the hobby, something that has scared me is how it seems the hobby can pull you apart from your family. It's nice to hear a success story

 

[Rmckoy]

My wife pretty much just calls everything some form of "thingy". I'll mention I need to go empty the skimmer cup and she'll say "oh, that bubble thingy right!"
At least she pays that much attention!

At least you are not given trouble when it needs to be emptied .

I get in trouble for washing it in the sink, tub because it smells

 

[thewedge]

As a newer guy to the hobby, something that has scared me is how it seems the hobby can pull you apart from your family. It's nice to hear a success story

Don't get me wrong! She does sometimes refer to herself as a basement widow . That's where my tank is. Along with my office and man cave/jam room.

 

[Kellie in CA]

My husband can't tell the difference between anything, he says it all looks the same.