Binkles Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Wifey wanted to know if people here name thier fish. Whether it's individual fish or schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 No way definately not. They are fish, and they already have names Swordtail Guppy Platy Convict ETC What else do you want. The poor fish will have to go and get counselling if their names were changed. Bad enuf to have to supply board and lodgings for them for nothing, now the power price is going up AGAIN. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Sometimes you have a fish that stands out and requires a name but otherwise - no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 I have an Angelfish called Dorothy, most of the cats have names, a fighter called Zorro and a bunch of neons called Bob Robbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGilchrist Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 I name some of the characters, but almost never any schooling fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfish_dude Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 the only fish with a name is one of my banjo's named gomer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeCee Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Of the (too many) fish I have, only two have names - Gregory the pearl gourami - becasue he was being "pecked" by his tank mate and Bruce - the rainbow shark (adopted last nite from my sister's tank as he was being a bully) - nephew named him - no prizes for guessing where the name came from. BTW - a mystery solved - they found nemo... http://www.princesadepaus.blogger.com.br/nemo.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holiday Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 If you have children, then no doubt the fish will be given names. If you have more than one of a particular species then you name them for identification. Every fish in our house is a pet and they are all individually named. Our son has named the fish and there seems to be a theme behind it, for example: our Red Oscars are named Grover and Elmo, our 2 Clown loaches are named Bert and Ernie, our pleco is named Oscar (very confusing with the Oscars in the tank) I think it's quite cool having this whole seasame street thing going on, with a couple of exceptions like our Texas Cichlid being named Tex and our Golden gourami named Hannah (our son wanted our baby to be called Hannah, so he called our fish that instead) Naming the fish is an individual thing, it depends wether you class them as pets or just another piece of furniture. If you have five cats do you name them? or are they just another piece of furniture too? Just my point of view. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Ditto to "Caryl's post. However I have found that I know each fish, even the clown loaches have slight variations in their markings etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polgara Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 I have to say that yes some of mine have names. But not all, way to many guppies and platty's to remember all those names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holiday Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 I can completely understand not naming schooling fish unless there was a specific personality amongst them. We don't have any schooling fish as yet but I'm sure we will be in the same vote when we do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binkles Posted February 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 Good answers there. We've named our male guppy Hugh. It seems he's a bit of a ladies man with the female of the species. And most of the others have names of some description as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 Aren't they all? When I die, then return, it willbe as a male guppy. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 And you will be bought by someone setting up a male only guppy display tank :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 Just my ******* luck! Hi! How are you duckie? Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 Your luck could be worse..............................you would be bought by an Oscar lover as live food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfish_dude Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 but oscar owners dont buy fancy guppies as live food :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holiday Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 I beg to differ! Guppy's are huge and easy breeders, it's not uncommon for oscar owners to have a guppy breeding tank to spawn live food for the Oscars. Sounds like a plan I might have to try it. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 I name mine. Usually they're more of descriptive names to identify them. My Surinams are big suit and little suit. Jurupari are big punk and little punk. Gold severums are big and little gold. Green Severum is Green. Green Terrors are Mr. Saum and Mrs Saum. My two Mystus cats are Mystus and Stripe. Redspot is Redspot. The Jewels are Stripe, Fork, Pawprint and uh, I forget. My Albino Pleco is Pirate because he's missing an eye. That's all the ones that have names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 personally i don't name fish, but my wife does. It makes it difficult to know what fish she is talking about unless i succumb to recognising the fish by their given names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 it would seem that all of my fish end up with names after a while - mostly because it is easier to say to people 'the big one that is sucking on the glass is called hoover' rather than trying to teach them how to pronounce plecostomus. the names and reasons are: banjo - ramius - was put in the tank and sunk straight to the bottom without moving (Hunt for the Red October) plecostomus - hoover delongi moulinex - named after every vacume cleaner in the house for his outstanding algae sucking capabilities, guests try to call him mcJagger because of his huge lips bristlenose plec male - bristleton - no prizes for guessing bristlenose plec female - plecette - ditto port hoplos (all of them) - cthulhu - reminded me of a picture from a comic i once read , small beady eyes, tentacles etc... and they live underwater... dunno, but calling them all is dangerous (cthulhu,cthulhu,cthulhu...) argh help its eating my soul! achem... tetras (any/all) - killer attack fish - i find it amusing to convince those who do not know/are gullable that they are the most dangerous fish i have - demonstrated by their ability to destroy flake food in a series of viciously small bites black ghost knife - cochlean - derived from the latin word for spoon (by derived i mean i forgot how to spell it) cochlean or 'spoony' as we sometimes call him is the only son of knifey and mrs X, both unfortunatly deceased due to a stupid flatmate. cochlean enjoys eating bugs, looking at what we are doing in the kitchen, and trying to make friends with ramius. and the tadpoles are all called madpole thanks to my daughter. the rest ofthe cast and crew of my underwater masterpiece shall remain loved but nameless. what was that you said about them needing counselling Alan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 Please lie down on the couch Dark. Tell me what comes into your mind first when I say fish !! Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 *produces a shopping list and holds out his hand hopefully* My first fish was called snapper - he was a feisty 'lil brown goldfish that i caught in the heretaunga stream in havelock north - a few years before they had the carp infestation, 1989 if i recall correctly... it has always been a habit, i'll blame my parents, to name pets. dogs, cats, birds, rabbits and fish alike i guess. The problem seems to come when there are lots of them, hence group names for shoals, but i think it is because i see characteristics in fish that end up getting named. i have quite a few unremarkable gourami who, whilst being contributing members of the community, have never done anything to earn a title greater than 'that pearl gourami over there' or 'the one that keeps banging into the end of the tank when you open the living room door'. cochlean is my favourite fish ever - i recently put him into his own tank where he is boss, and he is now more lively than ever - if i had not named him 'spoony' because the last one was called 'knifey' i would have to think of a name for him in order to relate to his constant presense when i am cooking myself food. of course i could call them all 'fishy' but that is like calling all your friends 'man' - (a habit i'm desperatly trying to get out of) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northland chic Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 My goldfish that I have had for a couple of years have names. My axolotls also have names. At one stage I had about 30 goldfish and they all had names, in 1 tank all the names started with B and the other tank was a big mixture. But over time I have gotten more fish and only buy tropicals now. Our biggest Bala shark is called Bala. But everyone else is just called their names eg: platy, guppy, silver dollar, angel and the various tetras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suemack Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 :lol: I used to name them all.......and still have Blossum and Billy (albino cories) ....but with the guppies - well ... :roll: now that Flash, Pinks, Zorro, Peaches, Gertie and the Golden twins are gone........and I ran out of names..........I've finally stopped :lol: sue 8) cept for 'the dude'........... my lil loach :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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