How many people name their fish???

[Anonymous]

First yes this is the hieght of anthropomorphism but what the heee!

Second you will notice a foxface in a 55 gallon, not to worry my 90 will become my reef eventually.

Without further adieu:

55 gallon reef tank-"Sesame Street & Muppet Theme"

Foxface-"Big Bird"
6 line Wrasse-"Gonzo"
Firefish-"Beaker"
Lawnmower Blenny-"Oscar"
Bangai Cardinals- "Statler and Waldorf"
Maroon Brittle Star-"Animal"
Orange Brittle Star-"Elmo"
Peppermint Shrimp-"Patty and Brach"
Skunk Cleaner Shrimp-"Pepe and Flower"

15 Gallon-Freshwater Prison

P. Socofli(Cichlid)-"Jake" The murdering bastard.

30 Gallon-Freshwater(Shakespeare Theme)

Black Moor- "Othello"
Red Capped Oranda-"King Lear"
Celestial Eyed-"Puck"
Calico Fantail-"Jester"
Rainbow Sharks-"Romeo and Juliet"

90 Gallon-Freshwater(Species Specific Theme)

White Skirted Tetras-"Pinkie Tuscadero", "Fonzie", "Richie Cunningham"
Pearl Gouramis- "Minnie", "Oyster", "Hemingway", and "Harbor"
Tiger Barbs- "Winter", "Spring", "Summer","Fall", and "Moe"
Severum Cichlid- "Jimmy"
Yellow Angelfish-"Sunshine"
Common Pleco-"Scott"

135 gallon Comet pond
4 adults and offspring- We did not name so the neighborhood cats would not learn their names and start calling them

 

[reefland]

I would never name my fish... but the wife has named them all. It it comes in handy as speaking latin names to her is useless.

 

[Quillen]

my fish have f names (fred, Flo, Fynn), my anemone is andy, sam the sea urchin, etc. I just got some fish (clown, h.crabs and a dottyback) that will keep their names (clownie and dotty, etc). I have a lot of children come over to my apt and I have a book that gives info of all my fish with name, sci. name, and a short blurb & am making another book for school now that it is a gulf tank. It gives my dates something to do if I decide to change clothes for the 20th time

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[myreef]

I don't name any fish. I have only names one fish in 11 years of keeping them. His name was Al and he was a maroon clown that I had for about 6 years, til he went to the big anenome in the sky.

 

[EmilyB]

Heavens, who could possibly not name their fish !

With too many to list, I will just give some of my favorites;

TrigNoMetric Function - Black Blotch Trigger
Homer - Kole Tang
Ajax - Vlamingi Tang
Spiff-O-Saurus Rex - Yellow Tang
Gerome - Jawfish
The Law firm of Chromis, Chromis and Chromis

 

[gazpep]

Only one of the crew have a nickname:

"Slippery" (a Red Coris Wrasse). He is the original fish in my tank from 3 years ago.

 

[Mickes]

My wife gives all the fish nicknames then they just sort of stick. My personal favorite is Demonic our Hawaiian Dragon Eel. My wife didn’t know I was getting it. When she got home she noticed the Quarantine tank had the cover over it. She hurried up and called me at work seeing if it was ok to take the cover off to look at the new fish… well.. see did. And after all the screaming was done the only thing she said was that thing is Demonic looking… and the name just stuck..

 

[Alice]

Guilty!

I have a Bi-color Blenny named "Bob", a Maroon Clown named "Moron" (it used to be "Spike" but "Moron" seemed more appropriate) a yellow tang named "Sunshine" (kids named that one!) A C. argi named "Angel" an O. clown named "Bubbles" and a Green Clown Goby named "Gumby". One of my favorite fish was a Pearly Jawfish that unfortunately met his demise; his name was "Peek".

Galleon; did Pennywise's eyes glow in the darK?

That book still creeps me out!

And I have to say "Mr. Caca" is pretty apt, lol.

[ July 27, 2001: Message edited by: Alice ]

 

[esmithiii]

Naming fish is supposedly bas luck. Mine are nameless.

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[Mouse]

My Yellow tang is called Wu. Wu-Tang
And my yellow banded maroon was called Krusty.

He went back to the shop because he was trying to dig his way to Austrailia. I thought it was hilarious, but the open brain coral failed to see the funny side. The brain is perfectly fine though, just a little sandy at the time.

 

[purple_tang2001]

I have a tomato clown named "skitz" ever since day 1 he's always had a jerking motion about em, 2 years later he's still the same.

 

[jwtrojan44]

Naming Fish?! Who ever heard of such a thing? Now if I were to tell Mr. Magoo (that's my snowflake eel) that he had a name, why I'd bet he'd curl up in his cave and not eat for a week! Cute post! Lots of replies. So much for the technical aspects of the hobby! Ha! JWT

 

[Jerry Gonzales]

The last fish I named, was a flame hawk known as (THE DUDE). It was perfect for him. Now my wife and girls name everything else. Thier favorite right now is my CB shrimp, He's Walter.

Jerry

 

[jdeets]

I don't name my fish but my roomie does:

Kole Tang--Mr. Eye
Banded Goby--Mr. Sand
Maroon Clown--Mr. Wow

I'm sure more names will be forthcoming, but these are the only ones that have earned a name just yet...

 

[scavdog]

Bonnie and Clyde are my 2 coral bandeds. And rightfully names as they have caused a little havok from time to time.

Cornbread the yellow tang.

Ramone the Royal Gramma.

Bob the Firefish went carpet surfing.

All the other livestock remains nameless...unless my GF and I get bored.

My new reef page

 

[MattM]

I have been in this hobby since 1981. I've had more tanks and fish than I can remember. I've owned an LFS since 1997.

I have never named a fish.

 

[danmhippo]

I never name my fish, but my office colleagues do (my tank is in my office).

The purple tang - "BIFAMEAN" - Big Fat Mean fish
Sailfin Tang - "STRIPMEAN" - Striped Mean fish
Hippo Tangs (4x) - "The Blue Bandid"
Scott's Fairy Wrass - "The Flasher"
Kole Tang - "The glass sucker"
Tomato Clown - "The Lady in Red"

I used to have a spiny puffer that I gave back to LFS as he is growing too fast in my old FO - "ET"

 

[slojmn1]

I have always named my fish.
120g reef
5 chromis- Alpha, Beta, Charlie, Delta, and Wilbur(the runt)
blackcap basslet- Darwin
Mandarin- Tris
2 false perculas- Sunkist and Tropicana
Atlantic Blue Tang- Cuervo
Fathead anthias- Peaches
assorted shrimp, starfish, inverts etc.- No names

40g Reef
Royal Gramma- Morgan
6-Line wrasse- No name for some reason
Coral banded Shrimp- Shrimp Louie

 

[DKKA]

Just my 10 year old clownfish - Cookie.

Also, the very first 3 blue Damsels we bought to cycle our intial 20 fo tank...we named them all 'Spartacus' as you couldn't tell them apart and they all died heroically.
Dan

 

[LilBugger225]

I only name some of my fish. My two percs are "Mr. and Mrs. Crankypants" because they always look so cranky in the "morning" when the lights come on and they toss and turn in their "bed" (the anemone)... they kinda remind me of myself in the morning. I know its kinda convoluded but I guess I have no life or something. In my freshwater tank I have two polypterus', one is named "fluffy" and the other "spot".

Erica