LarryD Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 So I was asked by a friend after I got a new fish if I had any thoughts on what I was going to name it, personally I have not named a fish since I was a small child so I was wondering how the general population of reefers in Austin stand on this topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 When my family names fish, usually my daughter, it's a death sentence. So much so, that I don't have a single living named fish in any of my tanks anymore. I'm not even a superstitious person, but I've lost 1 non-named fish compared to about 10 named in the past 3 or 4 years. Naming has been banned in my house... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryD Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 When I was keeping planted tanks my go to fish were neon tetras, so I would have in some cases twenty identical fish and it was just impractical to try and name them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 People have named my fish for me but I always forget so it's mainly nemo, dory, puffer, your fat fish, lawnmower, bicolor, fox face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryD Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 I am going to say as a general rule the fishes actual name does not count for the purposes of this poll, calling a lawnmower Blenny a lawnmower does not really constitute giving it a name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Ok but I am still keeping Your Fat Fish name since that's official. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makena95GT Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Depends on the fish. My female betta has no name. But my males were Darth Betta and Master Betta. My clownfish was Marley. Theres Grumpy Gills, Steve, Butthole, Oscar, and I think a few other really random ones but other than those special ones its just My ______ Sent from my LGLS660 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnKoto Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 My freshwater cichlids all have names because i can keep them alive for years at a time. Unfortunately, for me and my marine fish they have not been around long enough for names to stick. Now that I think on it the longest living think in my tank is a pistol shrimp.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_egg_omelette Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 I called my gramma A.Hole 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifuentes31 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Master Beta!!! Ha!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryD Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 I called my gramma A.Hole Ok I will admit I have at times called fish some very profane names but they never stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 When we had a puffers they were named, our fist was Doug - in honor of a human with really big eyes, and the second was Hoss. In our current system the only named fish is our coral beauty - Penelope - because bigsby's wife had named her and we promised to keep her name. The rest of the fist are mostly named after what they are... Labouti (aka the jerk - only in more adult words, and sometimes we call him fat-A. cause he eats a TON), Mystery, Anthias, the male (anthia), goby, Chevron or just Tang, Helfrichi's, and Scott's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 All my fish and cleaner shrimp have names Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woods Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 No, I have had way too many to name now. I used to early on but not any more. I bred African cichlids for 10+ years and had thousands of babies from my breeding groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I never named them because they seemed to die when they had names... odd coincidences. I also liked that they weren't given names because it kept them more wild in my mind. Now my wife names they based on when we brought them home (cupid for my wrasse that was bought around Valentine's Day, Kringles for the angelfish we bought around Christmas) I like this naming strategy, and they seem to survive with those names! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Reefer Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Yes I name all my fish "The" The Clown fish, The Hog fish, The Fairy Wrasse, The Neon Goby The Kole Tang, The Yellow tang etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 only when I'm pissed off at them like if they're picking on another fish. My favorite name is "you stupid little S#@T" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryD Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 Seems like a lot of people only name them when they are being a pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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