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BMahura 07-27-2011 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by zoaElite (Post 626190)
I've stopped letting my friends name the fish after my Bangii was named "Stealth fighter" and the hawk fish was refereed to as the "pixie kawkfish":neutral:.

I have named one of my tangs, hes grown from about 2.5" to over 8" and made it through 3 upgrades. I feel a little crazy saying he's loved like a dog but I'm going to do it anyways, dam this fish has some personality.

Flash Gordon:
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Marie on here has a beautiful Achilles tang name Doofus, it's nice to give them a reference other than "____ tang", adds to the personalty of a tank.

Haha i love the names

Lance 07-27-2011 02:51 AM

All my fish have names except for the Chromis, because I started with thirteen of them and they all look the same. I guess i could have named them all Daryl.

fishytime 07-27-2011 03:06 AM

Just one fish has a name in my tank.......my chevron tang is named Chevy(only because "Bubba" was taken by someone else on the board).....oh and I use an acronym for my tail spot blenny....TSB

reefwars 07-27-2011 03:11 AM

i named my clown ..nemo.....like it?? i came up with that all by myself with absolutely no reference to nothing else i swear(patented and copyrighted by me):):):)


in all honesty i named my yellow tailed chromis yellowbeard:)

intarsiabox 07-27-2011 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by reefwars (Post 626204)
i named my clown ..nemo.....like it?? i came up with that all by myself with absolutely no reference to nothing else i swear(patented and copyrighted by me):):):)


in all honesty i named my yellow tailed chromis yellowbeard:)

I'm just not that imaginative, I guess I'll just let the kids name the fish.:razz:

abcha0s 07-27-2011 03:41 AM

Just for fun...

2x clowns - Coral and Marlin
2x Indigo Dottybacks - The Bobo brothers
2x Mandarins - Mandy and Mo
Sailfin Tang - Zigby
PB Tang - Polly
Purple Tang - Oscar "the grouch"
Hippo Tang - Dori
Yellow Tang - Yellow Fish or "Lello Fish"
2x Fire Shrimp - Arthur and Francine
Metallic Fox Face - Roger
2x Flame Wrasses - Romeo and Juliet

I haven't named my Anthias or some of my other wrasses.

I had a Tuxedo Urchin named Uri, but he's not with me anymore :(

- Brad

naesco 07-27-2011 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by intarsiabox (Post 626173)
My 4 year old daughter asked me what the names of my fish are. I started telling her what type of fish they were but she said she didn't care what they are just their names. I didn't have an answer so I let her name them. Is it odd that I have had the same fish for years and never named them? My girls think so!

I don't think it is odd though it is probably relatively rare that a reefer would keep the same fish for years whithout ever having named them.

Sometime it takes children to remind us all of the little things that are important in life, eh!

intarsiabox 07-27-2011 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by naesco (Post 626220)
I don't think it is odd though it is probably relatively rare that a reefer would keep the same fish for years whithout ever having named them.

Sometime it takes children to remind us all of the little things that are important in life, eh!

Ain't that the truth! Everything is new to them and they see stuff that is just taken for granted in our every day lives and doesn't really get noticed. Oh, and ratting out daddy to mommy is also a fun game at our house.

fishoholic 07-27-2011 01:29 PM

When my nieces and nephew were younger they named all my fish although I never remembered what they were. I called my regal tang Dori (couldn't help myself it just seemed right) and I named my yellow frogfish that I had bumble bee. My Fu man chu lionfish is named fireflight and while my cow fish reminds me of r2d2 I call him Herman. Probably because he looks monsterish and I liked the character Herman munster from the old tv show the Munsters.

None of my other fish have names other then my king angel who gets called stupid king, big meanie or jerk a lot.

lorenz0 07-27-2011 02:57 PM

Only 2 fish in my tank really have a name. I named my yellow tang twitch cause he twitches every once in a while and he also battles himself with the glass doing his tail swipe motions. Than I named my first first george, the yellow watchmans goby. He always looks upset like george from seinfeild.

love them, and I am going to be sad once my yellow tang gets re-homed


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