Naming your fish

ahuaia · 06/07/2017, 11:46 PM

How many people name there fish? I never used to name my fish but after so many people asked me what my fishes names were I started naming them a few tanks back. Now I have two clown fish and have named them ia and shimmy. Anyways my real question is how many of you guys actually bother to name your fish?

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Ryan Darilek · 06/08/2017, 12:51 AM

I do!! It's a family affair and we all put a lot of thought in to it... i.e. Bryant is my Diamond Gobies name (Goby Bryant). Haha

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ladynavyvet · 06/08/2017, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ahuaia

How many people name there fish? I never used to name my fish but after so many people asked me what my fishes names were I started naming them a few tanks back. Now I have two clown fish and have named them ia and shimmy. Anyways my real question is how many of you guys actually bother to name your fish?

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We do, our clown fish are the Terror Twins, the scallop is Hot Lips. My pilot goby is Captain Nemo, the fox fish is just Foxy. The cardinal fish, His Grace, and my LTA hasn't been named yet. I also have 2 betas, Hank, and Dory . I don't have names for my tetras, but the big algae eater is named George.

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Nick_Northern · 06/08/2017, 03:54 AM

My wife has named most of mine, malcolm the mandarin, angelica the coral beauty, barry the banggai, cedric and ursula the urchins and Fergus the flame angel, for some reason she hasn't named the clowns yet

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BigDave · 06/08/2017, 07:29 AM

Only if they survive the first month... it's just easier that way.

We have
Grump cat (bi-color blennie)
Shrimpy shrimp (skunk shrimp)
Houdini (Citrinus clown goby that kept ending up in the sump somehow)
Draggy (dragon goby)
Crabby crab (the one blue-leg hermit in the tank, that I'm not sure is still with us)

We had Jumper (cleaner wrasse)

In the freshwater tank we have
Macy (beta fish)
Striper (small catfish)

Pelagic_e36 · 06/08/2017, 08:27 AM

Maybe when I have kids

mcgyvr · 06/08/2017, 09:49 AM

I do...
I'm sure that most people do..

The better question is who has the most marked graves in their backyard with an aquatic creature in them

lespaul339 · 06/08/2017, 09:49 AM

I didn't when I first started, but then I got a Blue Hippo from my friend who had named him Charles. So after I had one named fish I gradually started naming the others. Now every fish gets a name. I try not to name them while they're going through quarantine though. It seems like my girlfriend really gets attached to them once they have a name, and sometimes they don't make it through QT and she gets more bummed if we've named them and they die. Once they get put in the DT we usually name them based on their personality.

ladynavyvet · 06/08/2017, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by mcgyvr

I do...
I'm sure that most people do..

The better question is who has the most marked graves in their backyard with an aquatic creature in them

I care about my fin babies, but mine get the traditional flush burial. 😎

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Troublekitty · 06/08/2017, 09:52 PM

My two clowns are Donald and Ivanka. They made my tank great again. Ivanka stopped beating up on Donald thank God lol.

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Troublekitty · 06/08/2017, 09:54 PM

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My two clowns are Donald and Ivanka. They made my tank great again. Ivanka stopped beating up on Donald thank God lol.

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Not Ivanka, Melania. It's late and I'm tired 😂

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ca1ore · 06/09/2017, 07:31 AM

Naming fish is a wife and young kids thing, chez moi at least

. If a fish must get a name, any from the movies are out of bounds - names must show at least a modicum of originality. Boys named the Achilles Dave, though that was four years ago and nobody can actually recall why.

jmm · 06/09/2017, 08:42 AM

Two clown fish --- Bob and Weave.

ktownhero · 06/09/2017, 08:49 AM

We do -- I mostly defer to my wife to do it:

Pair black clowns: Bert and Ernie
Kole Tang: Dory (I know...)
Yellow Tang: Big Bird
Royal Gramma & Mandarin: I forget at the moment...

Fresh water:
Angel: Khaleesi
Pair of rams: Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
Various tetras, raspboras, etc: the groupies

Yonp11 · 06/09/2017, 09:08 AM

I let my girlfriend name them. Then she can't get mad at me when I spend $$$ on the tank

"But baby, this will make life better for Greedil (mandarin) or Gobi-Wan (Yasha gobi)"

works every time.

mako61 · 06/09/2017, 09:33 AM

Naming the fish is part of the fun! My kids are older now one fish has a slightly profane name because he sits in corner all day. it started as bone-head but got worse lol

PirateLove · 06/09/2017, 11:55 AM

I did until I lost "Catfood" my favorite snowflake clownfish. Now I make it a point to not get attached anymore...

Sk8r · 06/09/2017, 01:05 PM

We name them, because stonogobiops nematodes is a mouthful. The escape-artist blenny: Houdini. The 4.7' domino, Ms Gold. The black and white, Mr Stripes. If they die, a replacement gets the name. This eases communication---"Have you seen Houdini today?"

ReeferNoob4ever · 06/09/2017, 04:06 PM

I only named my banded coral shrimp gdog cuz he always looks like he's stepping up.

greg683x · 06/09/2017, 06:31 PM

All my fish are named except two blue chromis

My pair of black clownfish: OJ and Nicole
Purple Tang: Body Slammer (I let my nephew name him)
Melanarus Wrasse: Malikite
Watchman Goby: Frank (bc we figured that was a good generic security guard name)
Leopard Wrasse: Lea...as in princess lea
Lawnmower Blenny: MudChubbs (bc he's fat and looks like muddy mudskipper from Ren and Stimpy

Lmax8rn · 06/09/2017, 07:08 PM

OMG, I just got the cutest fish ever from LA!!! It's a flashlight fish, and all night he swims around flashing, so bright it lights up the sand underneath him. I named him Sparky! Now everyone say a prayer! I am usually pretty good with delicate fish, but have not had one of these before. Super hard to get, I was on an email alert for 4 years!

hogfanreefer · 06/09/2017, 07:47 PM

My oldest grand daughter names mine.....except for my Copperband Butterfly, he was named Beaker by his first owner...very descriptive.

Some of them do get called names by me when they are causing trouble.

MarkW64 · 06/09/2017, 09:55 PM

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We name them, because stonogobiops nematodes is a mouthful. The escape-artist blenny: Houdini. This eases communication---"Have you seen Houdini today?"

This is why we name some of ours. We tend to use fairly direct, not very creative names. It's much easier to say "look at Rainford" than "look at the rainford goby." The clingfish is named Klinger. The tiger goby is Tig.

Mrporter · 06/10/2017, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by ahuaia

How many people name there fish? I never used to name my fish but after so many people asked me what my fishes names were I started naming them a few tanks back. Now I have two clown fish and have named them ia and shimmy. Anyways my real question is how many of you guys actually bother to name your fish?

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In the fowlr
William Wallace-blueface angel
Paris Hilton-blonde naso
Homie and homer-the clownfish (in living color?

).
Ace-sailfin Tang
Bowser-dogface puffer
Cesar-emperor angel
Scruffy-bluejaw trigger
Bugs-rabbitfish

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ladynavyvet · 06/10/2017, 02:25 AM

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In the fowlr
William Wallace-blueface angel
Paris Hilton-blonde naso
Homie and homer-the clownfish (in living color?

).
Ace-sailfin Tang
Bowser-dogface puffer
Cesar-emperor angel
Scruffy-bluejaw trigger
Bugs-rabbitfish

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Wow, I love the name for your blueface angel, but then my ancestry runs heavily in Scotland and Ireland.

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06/07/2017, 11:46 PM	#1
ahuaia Registered Member Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 228	Naming your fish How many people name there fish? I never used to name my fish but after so many people asked me what my fishes names were I started naming them a few tanks back. Now I have two clown fish and have named them ia and shimmy. Anyways my real question is how many of you guys actually bother to name your fish? Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk

06/08/2017, 08:27 AM	#6
Pelagic_e36 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Orange County, Ca Posts: 115	Maybe when I have kids __________________ Current Tank Info: 55 Gallon mixed reef, Eshopps HOB skimmer, HOB overflow, DIY sump, Current USA Orbit Marine IC LED. Nothing good comes easy. Current Tank Info: 55 Gallon mixed reef, Eshopps Overflow, Diy Sump

06/08/2017, 09:49 AM	#7
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	I do... I'm sure that most people do.. The better question is who has the most marked graves in their backyard with an aquatic creature in them __________________ Who me?

06/08/2017, 09:49 AM	#8
lespaul339 Reefer Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Iowa Posts: 903	I didn't when I first started, but then I got a Blue Hippo from my friend who had named him Charles. So after I had one named fish I gradually started naming the others. Now every fish gets a name. I try not to name them while they're going through quarantine though. It seems like my girlfriend really gets attached to them once they have a name, and sometimes they don't make it through QT and she gets more bummed if we've named them and they die. Once they get put in the DT we usually name them based on their personality. __________________ Reefer Madness! Current Tank Info: 60x24x24 150 gallon reef, 55 gallon sump.

06/09/2017, 07:31 AM	#12
ca1ore Grizzled & Cynical Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 17,319	Naming fish is a wife and young kids thing, chez moi at least . If a fish must get a name, any from the movies are out of bounds - names must show at least a modicum of originality. Boys named the Achilles Dave, though that was four years ago and nobody can actually recall why. __________________ Simon Got back into the hobby ..... planned to keep it simple ..... yeah, right ..... clearly I need a new plan! Pet peeve: anemones host clowns; clowns do not host anemones! Current Tank Info: 450 Reef; 120 refugium; 60 Frag Tank, 30 Introduction tank; multiple QTs

06/08/2017, 12:51 AM	#2
Ryan Darilek Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 376	I do!! It's a family affair and we all put a lot of thought in to it... i.e. Bryant is my Diamond Gobies name (Goby Bryant). Haha Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

06/08/2017, 03:54 AM	#4
Nick_Northern Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Redditch, United Kingdom Posts: 261	My wife has named most of mine, malcolm the mandarin, angelica the coral beauty, barry the banggai, cedric and ursula the urchins and Fergus the flame angel, for some reason she hasn't named the clowns yet Sent from my F5121 using Tapatalk

06/08/2017, 07:29 AM	#5
BigDave Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Wylie, TX Posts: 473	Only if they survive the first month... it's just easier that way. We have Grump cat (bi-color blennie) Shrimpy shrimp (skunk shrimp) Houdini (Citrinus clown goby that kept ending up in the sump somehow) Draggy (dragon goby) Crabby crab (the one blue-leg hermit in the tank, that I'm not sure is still with us) We had Jumper (cleaner wrasse) In the freshwater tank we have Macy (beta fish) Striper (small catfish)

06/08/2017, 09:52 PM	#10
Troublekitty Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Jacksonville Fl Posts: 108	My two clowns are Donald and Ivanka. They made my tank great again. Ivanka stopped beating up on Donald thank God lol. Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk

06/09/2017, 08:42 AM	#13
jmm Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 569	Two clown fish --- Bob and Weave.

06/09/2017, 08:49 AM	#14
ktownhero Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 1,426	We do -- I mostly defer to my wife to do it: Pair black clowns: Bert and Ernie Kole Tang: Dory (I know...) Yellow Tang: Big Bird Royal Gramma & Mandarin: I forget at the moment... Fresh water: Angel: Khaleesi Pair of rams: Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum Various tetras, raspboras, etc: the groupies

06/09/2017, 09:08 AM	#15
Yonp11 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 260	I let my girlfriend name them. Then she can't get mad at me when I spend $$$ on the tank "But baby, this will make life better for Greedil (mandarin) or Gobi-Wan (Yasha gobi)" works every time.

06/09/2017, 09:33 AM	#16
mako61 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Dallas Posts: 359	Naming the fish is part of the fun! My kids are older now one fish has a slightly profane name because he sits in corner all day. it started as bone-head but got worse lol __________________ Thanks, Mako Current Tank Info: Returning Reefer - Red Sea 525XL, Mitras LX7s, Apex, check homepage for vids of tank

06/09/2017, 11:55 AM	#17
PirateLove Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Lexington,KY Posts: 511	I did until I lost "Catfood" my favorite snowflake clownfish. Now I make it a point to not get attached anymore... __________________ "Pirate love, is what I'm looking for. Pirate love, is what i'm wanted for." Current tank: Cad Lights 42 versa. Kessil AP700. Some Sps and Lps.

06/09/2017, 01:05 PM	#18
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	We name them, because stonogobiops nematodes is a mouthful. The escape-artist blenny: Houdini. The 4.7' domino, Ms Gold. The black and white, Mr Stripes. If they die, a replacement gets the name. This eases communication---"Have you seen Houdini today?" __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

06/09/2017, 04:06 PM	#19
ReeferNoob4ever Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: NM Posts: 523	I only named my banded coral shrimp gdog cuz he always looks like he's stepping up. __________________ Get a life! Current Tank Info: 20gL mixed reef, 10g mixed reef w/nem & clown, 5g NPS & harlequin

06/09/2017, 06:31 PM	#20
greg683x Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 188	All my fish are named except two blue chromis My pair of black clownfish: OJ and Nicole Purple Tang: Body Slammer (I let my nephew name him) Melanarus Wrasse: Malikite Watchman Goby: Frank (bc we figured that was a good generic security guard name) Leopard Wrasse: Lea...as in princess lea Lawnmower Blenny: MudChubbs (bc he's fat and looks like muddy mudskipper from Ren and Stimpy

06/09/2017, 07:08 PM	#21
Lmax8rn Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 286	OMG, I just got the cutest fish ever from LA!!! It's a flashlight fish, and all night he swims around flashing, so bright it lights up the sand underneath him. I named him Sparky! Now everyone say a prayer! I am usually pretty good with delicate fish, but have not had one of these before. Super hard to get, I was on an email alert for 4 years!

06/09/2017, 07:47 PM	#22
hogfanreefer Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 2,117	My oldest grand daughter names mine.....except for my Copperband Butterfly, he was named Beaker by his first owner...very descriptive. Some of them do get called names by me when they are causing trouble. __________________ DSA 155,Custom Trigger 42" sump/refugium, MP40 X2, MP 10 X 2, AI Hydra 52 X3, Apex controller, Tunze ATO Current Tank Info: DSA 155 gallon, mixed reef, SPS and wrasse dominant