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Expos Forever

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Just bought a Royal Gramma and am struggling to find him a name. I usually wait to see a fish's personality before committing.

My Yellow Tang - Bart (yeah I know, real original)
Flamehawk- Hawkeye (M*A*S*H fan)
Bangaai- E.T. (self explanatory)
Ocellaris- Little F@$%#& (she bites :wink: )

Royal Gramma (TBD???)

Anybody else?
 

Yellowboy

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i name them but i dont really use the names... my clowns name is binky but i just say the clown fish when i talk to people or when i point him out....the only name that really replaced its description was my shrimp who was named ***** after herangry stance whenever anyone came near and her willingness to pinch a hand many times her size
 

klingsa

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Ok, a bit of a disclaimer here...I'm not the one who names the fish. My dad and stepmom and best friend have named most of them. They also like to name my corals and other inverts occasionally. There's a story for them all, so forgive my long answers. But, like you said, Expo, I always wait to see what their personality is. And, to make sure they're not going to die, cause once you name them it's so much sadder!! :cry: :cry:

Yellow Tang - Lemonjello (as in lemon jello...my stepmom's sister was having a baby, and her roomate named her baby lemonjello after reading it off the hospital menu. 8O Poor baby! Illiteracy strikes again!)
Algae Blenny - Horatio (as in Horatio Alger, some early 20th century novel hero, according to my father)
Blue-Green Chromis - Mario and Luigi (need you ask?)
Blue Streak Cleaner Wrasse - Hoover :lol: my favorite name
Frogspawn coral - Kermit, of course
L.T. Anemone - Hairy
Carpet anemone - broccoli (stepmom thinks it looks like a bunch of buggers, but I refused THAT name!)
Bubble Tip Anemone - Rosie (pink)

We've yet to name our three ocellaris (they're pretty new), and a few other corals. And my squamosa clam...stepmom is working on that one. I'm just not creative enough!

Sara
 

bc-matty

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I name all of my pets. I reason that if you have a cat of dog you name it, so why not your pet fish. I think that people who name their fish show that they have a genuine attachment to them and it is easier to point them out when you talk about them to your friends. Then again maybe I am a little off my rocker cause I name my house plants too! :oops:

I kept a pair of Oscars for a few years and named them, Myers ( as in Oscar Myers) and Grouch as in "Oscar the Grouch"!
 

reefsRcool

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not all my fish have names. the ones that do were given them by a cutie and just kinda stuck.

Yello tang - Sunshine
brown barred goby - weehawken
strawberry dotty- hoboken (deceased)
green chromis- moe
 

EmilyB

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Of course you name your fish... :roll: :wink:

Trig-no-Metric Function
Spike
Foster
***** and boy doll
Spiffy
Chevy
Mouse
Chromis, chromis, chromis and chromis
Cooper
Patience
Pipe and pipette
Puffin
ocellaris clowns..
:wink:
 

Mogo

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I agree with louey that naming fish is stupid. I named a couple of mine in a weaker moment and they stuck for some reason that frightens me. I also tickle them under the chin occasionally. Not.
 

camp6

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mostg of my fish are named after people at my shop, or customers of the shop. (my tank is at work) it is considered a great honor to have a fish named after you

Scopas tang. Max
canary blenny Benny
Royal Gramma Kristen
3stripe damsel Piedmont
domino damsel Lee
Feather duster Tom
Sunburst Anthias Athena
6line wrasse speed racer
pygmy angel james
 

bdelaney

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All of my fish are named Steve. (If you've ever seen the movie Multiplicity, then you'll get the joke.)

I also had a miniatus grouper named "Fat Bastard" because he ate anything that you put into the tank. "Get in my belly!"
 

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