How many people name their fish???

[Ken1]

My niece named the critters in my tank.

Blue damsel = Blue
Royal gramma = Magenta
Pair of yellow watchman gobies = Mr. and Mrs. Lello
Neon goby = Neo
Tomato Clown = Clownfish (she wouldn't budge on this one)
Sea cucumber = Mr. Caca

Ken

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

 

[Anonymous]

Used to have a clownfish we called Pennywise.

 

[Len]

I come up some colorful names whenever my fishes jump out of the tank. Does that count?

 

[KenH]

In the many years I have been in the hobby I have only named one fish. It is an Ocellaris clown.

He got sucked into an overflow and stayed there for a week in the dark with no food. I knew he had disappeared, but it never occurred to me he could have gotten into the overflow box. The tank was subsequently shutdown and the overflow was left for 3 days with no water circulation and no heat in winter. When I finally got around to dumping the overflow out in the sink, out comes this Clown fish into the sink and down the disposal. I fished him out, and promptly dropped him on the carpet as I headed for the tank in my haste.

That was 3 years ago. His name is Lucky.

--- Ken

 

[esmithiii]

KenH:

You have proved me wrong!

Ernie

 

[Anonymous]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Diane:
<STRONG>Ok no better time than a fun thread to post for the first time.

The only "thing" that doesn't have a name is our huge Tiger Cowry snail...anyone have any ideas?</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Welcome to the board.

Why not "Woods", like Tiger "Woods" Cowry snail?

I never said I was good at it, I just enjoy doing it

 

[scavdog]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I come up some colorful names whenever my fishes jump out of the tank. Does that count?
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-len

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

ROFL,
Aint that the truth

 

[Dawlfandav]

I only name them when they seem to have a personality. In my FO tank my trigger is named Hanibal. When I first put him in he took a bite ouf of a 1.5 inch blue damsel. So I figured he was a mean sob. But turned out I guess he just wanted to let everyone know who is boss. Hes been perfect gentleman to his tankmates ever since.

 

[ging]

I have:
2 cleaner shrimp - Scampi and Cocktail
Fleshy Keyhole Limpet - Apollo
Maroon Clown - Piglet
Flame Angel - Satan
BiColor Blenny - Benny

ging

 

[Diane]

Ok no better time than a fun thread to post for the first time. Our family has named just about everything in our tank.
Blue Ribbon Eel = Groovy
Ghost Eel = Casper
Bumble Bee Snail (snuck in on a piece of LR)= Bumbles
Yellow Tank = Tango
Cinnamon Clown = Jester
Blue Hippo Tang = Baloo
Mandarin = Kermit (aka Kermie)
M/F Pair Naso Tangs = Mr Salt & Mrs Pepper
Spotted Puffer = Puffy
Chocolate Chip Starfish = Chip
The only "thing" that doesn't have a name is our huge Tiger Cowry snail...anyone have any ideas?

Diane
"You start with a full bag of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck."

 

[Josh]

Not only does my fiance name our fish, she has named almost all of the original corals I bought! She stopped naming them when I started concentrating on smaller frags. It is difficult to name a single polyp I guess. Here are a few of our names:

hammer coral: malleus
leather coral: coach
frogspawn: wonka
sarcophyton: fauna
brass colored zoanthids: lincoln
feather duster: limpio (or Piso Mojado)

Our fish are named:
ocellaris clownfish: krusty
royal gramma: Roy G Biv

 

[lawndoctor]

We call our tang "Poon."

 

[Les1]

Well, my girlfriend named my female Ocellaris clown Starletta, and has yet to figure out a name for the male. And my parents are thinking of a name for my scopas tank.

 

[Fish Guy]

I named my gargatuan over sized hermit crab (Dardanus Megistos) "Boomer" since he is crimson colored with creme colored dots. Plus he knocks everything about just like the Sooners defense. I think he is still mighty feared down in Florida.......

As far as fish i've named my Fu Manchu lionfish Tick Tock

 

[dug5921]

i would prefer to keep our fish nameless, but my wife does not agree...guess who won?

Antennata Lion - Simba
Foxface Rabbit - Roger
Sailfin Tang - Mustafa (from Austin Powers [please help...my legs are very badly broken])
Red Brittle Star - Spike

 

[bowser]

I have always named my fish, at least those with personalities!
So...volitans lionfish named Pinhead
percula clown, Krusty (a lot of those around!)
yellow tang, Sunny Delight
the gobies are just collectively known as the Doobie brothers.

Freshwater tanks,
fire eel named eely Dan
mated pair of angels, Ricky and Lucy
mated pair of rams, Dennis (the menace) and Margaret
black lace angel, Cagney
male betta, Armadeus
male betta, Blueboy
red-tailed shark, Spyro
there are other fish, but they don't have names...

 

[Anonymous]

If you name your fish it will die.

 

[bowser]

Hmmm....don't tell that to my angels, I've only had them for six years.....

 

[Anonymous]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by lawndoctor:
<strong>We call our tang "Poon."</strong><hr></blockquote>

There is an oriental person I know from work - his family owns a Chinese restaurant I used to have to inspect - their family name is Tang, and, I swear, his first name is Poon.

 

[esmithiii]

A client of mine is named Richard Holder. I swear its true.

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