Do People Name Their Fish?

[naesco]

Originally Posted by intarsiabox

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]

Originally Posted by naesco

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]

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]

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

[beefORchicken]

i've named my fish after famous musicians. now naming coral is another thing haha i'd like to know if someone does that.

[Steve'o]

I have a Yellow Tang -named Tweety
Steve'o

[shootingstar]

I don't really name my fish. Since my kids are grown and gone sometimes kids that come to visit give them names, but they have forgotten them by the next time they visit and they all get new names.

The only one I planned to name once I got it was the Lion, I waited so long for one and he was going to be the centre of attention (ha ha)....his name was going to be a-whem-a-way...

After carefully aclimating him, immediately upon release he ate a 25.00 shrimp. Seriously I don't even eat 25 bucks worth of shrimp in one sitting!

His name became.....$hit-head right then and there.