Do you name your fish? Why or why not?

[swimer499]

I previously worked in a few major public aquariums... where aza standards was to not name any animal... however some of the employees eventually did secretly... one thing is well known among senior members is once an aquatic animal was named it would most likely die within two weeks... once was told by a coworker that they named said fish than pointed it out and that fish was than eaten by a tankmate right in front of us... after that no fish of mine get names

 

[User]

I have an inbred maroon clownfish named Quasimoto. Due credit to a post I saw on the internet. my other clownfish is named swimmy. Blue chromis named flash. wrasse named mr. limpet. Blue throat trigger and pink spot goby named Carlos and Fred. originally i had those names reversed but changed them due to personality.
Almost forgot. A trio of anthias named the three little pigs.

>> reversed due to personality

Lol— what made Fred a Carlos, and vice versa?

 

[oldfishman]

The clowns are called the girls and the turbo snails tank 1 and tank 2

 

[fishybizzness]

Why, did you give your Slippery Dick a rude name? ;)

I have 2 of them and my wife calls them slippery Richards. Their real names are mark and Matthew after two friends who are brotersb. They were named after them because like my friends, they are never more than 2 inches from each other! Lol

 

[Clarinuto]

I have a Spike too!! His urchin bro’s name is Rocky :)

 

[Clarinuto]

We name them all. I’m super attached. I also like being able to talk about them with others using their names because they can often remember the names but not the scientific name. Angry Bob is my favorite. He’s a Midas blenny and spent a lot of time at first giving the rest of the fish the finger. However, now I would say that Petey the yellow clown goby is the scrappy one. That little dude has no fear and will nip fins if necessary to get his point across. No one messes with him now!

 

[Ray668]

Yes wife has a name for everything

 

[maroun.c]

I dont thonk theyll ever answer if i call them so dont see the value of giving them names :)

 

[Art2249]

>> reversed due to personality

Lol— what made Fred a Carlos, and vice versa?

Well fred always has a frown and carlos likes tequila!

 

[Crabs McJones]

I nammed my two clownfish. The female is nammed Amelia Bedford Furthington Chesterhill, and the male is nammed James Fielding Wellingstonworth.

 

[Burrito]

i dont care if my fish have a name or not since i usual refer to them by their trade name... it yellow tang, blue throat, etc. but my 3 and 4 year old like to name them ridiculous things so i let them and have to keep them in my head. my wife goes by what the kids name them too. so if i have to tell my wife something about a fish i have to say, look at "sir farts alot" instead of look at the melarnus wrasse.... :\

 

[swebb]

I am pretty sure that every person that my roommates or I bring to our place gives all or most of the fish new names. The Kole tang has not even gone in the tank and so far it has been named: Chloe, Cole, James, John, Fishy McFishface, Jaundice, Filbert, Coors, and Spot. I personally do not really care, except for a few that have great personalities and letting others name them appears to get them very interested in the tank and species trying to create punny names.

 

[cracker]

I name my fish mostly by their personality traits or association. For instance my mated clowns are name Mr & Mrs Barnum. Stuff like that.

 

[reefgall]

Hell yeah I do! They have more personality than half the people I know. They deserve names :)

 

[elisa h]

Hell yeah I do! They have more personality than half the people I know. They deserve names :)

Exactly! They all have their own habits, preferences, friendships/rivalries, moods, etc. They’re not just disposable ‘specimens’ as some people seem to think. I actually get quite attached to them! My Midas blenny is named Kermit and my flame angel is Rio to list a few

 

[saltyhog]

This made me chuckle. Unsentimental guys are often closet romantics. I know I am, even though I don’t name my fish. I even suggested to my wife to not bother to name our kids either .... number one and number two seemed entirely sensible to me. I view my tank first and foremost as an ecosystem - that’s my primary objective and individual fish or corals are secondary to that goal so I’m generally unsentimental about them.

There's not enough names to name all of your fish anyway! :D

My oldest grand daughter names mine sometimes but the names change. The only two that have names that I use are Beaker....my CBB given to me by Humblefish and Butthead....my Yellowfin Flasher Wrasse who earned every bit of that name and the multi week time out he's now serving in one of my cycled QT tanks.:p

 

[Art2249]

On a side note, I named my deer chihauhau Mr. Peabody. On account of he used to hike his leg to pee and it ran down on his chest. he got better at that, fortunately.

 

[code4]

My oldest pair of clowns are Jackson and Jillibean. Mandarins are Fiona and Drago. My Zoster is Pumba, because he is a pig! I name them all. I discovered recently that Jackson and Jillibean can see the red dot from my flashlight. They attack it if it gets to close to their home!

 

[Auquanut]

All of my fish have names. I even talk to them just like I do my dogs. When I got my foxface, my mother came over and informed my that foxes are raynards (never knew that). So his name became Ray. Now he has become Mom's fish. She visits him whenever she's here. Makes her happy.

 

[John Neuzil]

I never name anything that can't hear nor respond to the name.