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A Story Plus Some Photos of Our Flowerhorn Fish
25 Comments | Posted by Kelvin Servigon in Photography, Thoughts
Almost more than three years ago, my uncle, Edwin Servigon was a Flowerhorn fish fanatic. In their house, there were lots of aquariums containing huge and colorful Flowerhorns! And everytime we visit that house, I couldn’t say anything but a ‘wow’. Flowerhorn fish is just amazing. And FYI, here’s some text about Flowerhorn:
Flowerhorn cichlids are ornamental aquarium fish noted for their vivid colors and the distinctively shaped heads for which they are named. Their head protuberance, or kok, is formally termed a “nuchal hump.” Like blood parrot cichlids, they are man-made hybrids that do not exist in nature. First developed in Malaysia and Taiwan, they are now kept by fish hobbyists worldwide. Some critics have questioned the impact of flowerhorn breeding programs.
from Wikipedia
Now, we have our own Flowerhorn, thanks to my uncle who shared some from his collection. And that was three years ago, too, when this Flowerhorn became part of the family.
And within that three years, many names had been called to this amazing fish. One of them is “Nemo”. WTF, Nemo? Well, that time, Nemo was very popular (because of the film, Finding Nemo) and even “our” Nemo is not a clownfish, we called him as Nemo. That was long time ago. But now, I frequently hearing my mother calling this fish as “Pogi”. LOL, that was very ridiculous! Pogi is a Filipino word meaning handsome. But, hey, our fish deserves that name, right? Wait, here are some proofs.
Flowerhorn | Photo by: Kelvin Servigon
Flowerhorn | Photo by: Kelvin Servigon
Flowerhorn | Photo by: Kelvin Servigon
This Flowerhorn was also named as Batista. The reason behind that name was nothing. We just want to call it as Batista. LOL
But, these names are not important at all. The most important is the fish itself. Our pet, became part of the family. So, I don’t care if this fish was called in different names. I just, love this fish.
And as I end this post, I’ll leave you a wonderful photo from Nemo or Pogi or Batista. I hope you’ll like this (because I liked it):
I love this photo because this Flowerhorn expressed an unusual emotion, more likely a scared emotion from a human | Flowerhorn | Photo by: Kelvin Servigon
25 Comments for A Story Plus Some Photos of Our Flowerhorn Fish
Joni Rei | July 30, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Author comment by Kelvin | July 30, 2009 at 1:32 pm
TSI | July 30, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I used to have one kaso namatay, ayun puro mollys na lang ang nasa aquarium ko hehe..Kapag fish enthusiast ka, tatagal sayo mga ganyang klaseng fish, kelangan may passion ang pag-aalaga hindi basta na lang papakainin diba? Btw nice capture as usual. 
yOndits | July 31, 2009 at 1:23 am
batista LOL…ganda nung scales nya, parang chinese characters yung black na spots sa katawan dun sa 3rd pic.. . 
Author comment by Kelvin | July 31, 2009 at 2:26 am
@Bryan Karl
oo, yung maliit nga daw n’yan Php 2000 na! Pero dahil bigay lang sa amin yan, ng libre.. swerte… :P
@TSI
hehe, buti nga at tumatagal sa amin ‘tong si batista.. LOL.. matatag naman sya kasi kahit hindi mo s’ya pakainin ng isang araw, ok lang.. :P
@yOndits
oo, totoo daw ung chinese characters n un, at kailangan daw basahin yon para malaman kung swerte o malas ang binibigay ng isda na yan..
Dimples | July 31, 2009 at 2:52 am
haha. nice nick. may flowerhorn din kami dito, 2. siguro kasing laki narin nung sa inyo divided sa 2 yung aquarium namin, kasi nag-aaway sila, hehe. but they’re very cute talaga. haha. nice post!
pinoygossipboy | July 31, 2009 at 4:34 am
Hi Kelvin, I nominated you to the Top 10 influential blogger stuff. Not through PGB though but via http://naturewarrior.blogspot.com/
elmot | July 31, 2009 at 9:40 am
mahilig rin ako sa mga isda eh. nung high school pa ako actually raket kong magparami ang magbenta ng mga isda pambahay ehehhe!
ganda naman nitong isda na to…kaya lang parang mahal yung mga klaseng ganito eh…
Author comment by Kelvin | July 31, 2009 at 1:12 pm
@Dimples
ah, oo, mga adik mga flowerhorn! haha! pero mgaganda tlga cla..
@pinoygossipboy
cool, thanks!
@elmot
mahal nga daw.., pero nalibre lang namin yan sa aking tito.. hehe
Reesie | July 31, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Author comment by Kelvin | August 1, 2009 at 1:12 pm
@Reesie
hehe, oonga eh, favorite fish ng lahat si nemo… :P
@Mars
hehe, 18mm-55mm lang lens ko eh..
@Snow
thanks!
Reniel | August 1, 2009 at 3:07 pm
haha! ntuwa nmn ako sa post mo vin..
pero photogenic c nemo ah, este pogi ay batista pa pla..
dami kc nicknames..haha!
oo swerte yan!
kso lng ung samin patay na..
haha!
dencios | August 1, 2009 at 6:48 pm
parang gusto tlaga niya magpapicture. nakakatuwa ang mata ng isda haha
dencios | August 1, 2009 at 6:52 pm
balak ko din bumili ng isda at gawing bantay sa flat ko. hehehe problem is, hindi ko alam kung ano ang matagal mamatay o iyung hindi maselan. ganyan kaya ang bilhin ko? hmmm..
Author comment by Kelvin | August 2, 2009 at 2:59 am
@Reniel
haha, sayang nga un sa inyo eh, nadeadz agad. LOL
^__^
@dencios
flowerhorn is the right choice, why? kahit hindi mo sya pakainin ng isang araw ok lang daw. Pero syempre, kailangan din nya ng kalinga..
Holly Jahangiri | August 2, 2009 at 1:59 pm
I like image 5904; looks like he’s saying, “Why are you looking at me like that? Are you blogging this? What are you saying about me, huh?”
Author comment by Kelvin | August 3, 2009 at 11:32 am
@Holly Jahangiri
LOL, you’re right. I really love the expressions of this fish. :P
@elmot
oo, tito ko nagbigay. ^__^
Zorlone | August 5, 2009 at 9:00 am
So, when is your uncle in a good mood to give away another fish?
Masarap ba ito? Pwede ba lutuin sa gata, yung medyo maanghang?
Z
Author comment by Kelvin | August 5, 2009 at 9:10 am
@Zorlone
LOL, we haven’t tried to eat that kind of fish, kasi mahal.. :P
hahaha. ntawa ako s mga nicknames nya. Lols. sabi nila swerte daw yang flowerhorn. dq maala2 qng cnu ngsbi e.pero un nga dw. hehe. tgal n pla sainyo nian.ganu kya ktgal lifespan nia?
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