DoublexL

i havent named any of my fish.

BunnyPuncher

I usually don't name my fish beyond very simple changes to the common name (angelfishy, cory kitties etc.) but we have one named tank denizen.

Scoover - half scooter, half hoover, all snail. For some mysterious reason our Gold Mystery snail got a name.

headsy

i dont name them incase the wife gets attached to them and i want to swap them

Jacqueline-93

Ive got 8 fish in my tank. My goldfish is called tiger, she has black gold and a hint of silver on her (my neice named her). My Moonlight Gourami is called Jawz, He is the eldest in the tank . My 2 Red Dwarf Gouramis are called Ganja and Jamaica, they are always causing trouble even though they are small! My Red Tailed Black Shark was called Sharky (R.I.P), He was really shy, but loved his plants! My Bristlenose Algae Eater is called Sucker. And my Angelfish is called Ahmed. My Clown Loach is Nemo, i was told to get more than one due to them being used to living in groups, but He has been extremely good. I just got a Male Fighting Fish too called Aqua, i know people will think its a strange mix of fish but they really get on great. Its about choosing the right fish. I name all my fish, even if i cant really tell the twins (Red Dwarf Gouramis) apart lol...

mosin360

I'll name larger fish that I can easily tell the difference from another.

LyndaB

I just got 3 amano shrimp and named them all Jacques, after the shrimp in Finding Nemo.

vict0r

i have been meaning to name mine but wanna observe their personalities first!

betta freak

i love naming my fish

Kupcake

I name all of mine that I can tell apart. So one of my ADFs is named, my ACF is named and my betta is named. I also have a beautiful male guppy that I am looking for a name for.

bowcrazy

Well personally I don't name any of my fish, I leave that job up to the grandkids. They seem to find it fun and they ask about them by name when they call me on the phone. Some of them are named names that I can hardly pronounce let alone spell and some I kind of like myself: Grandma (married her), Batty Catty (dated her), Sexy Moma (Wish I knew her), Pesky Jerk (Think that one is after me)......LOL

Mylar

When prompted for input on fish names, I've stated several times to my family that:

I do not name fish.

My wife and kids do though, and if I can remember what a specific fish is named I will try to refer to them by name.

Some of the names are appropriate and fitting, I have no problem using them.
Others outright annoy me. They named our little male guppy "Frozone"...

Tempest

My fish don't come when they're called, so most don't get names. I can tell them all apart and refer to them by their characteristics.

One creamsicle molly is the evil molly because she's the boss, not that she's that aggressive. One is the pretty female who has the nicest finnage. One is the orange female because she has the nicest coloration. And one turns out to be a gold dust molly, so she's obviously the gold dust molly.

The fry ended up with names, though I don't use them that much. The one that was born pure gold with the best color is Gold, the one that had black speckles is Pepper, and the runt is Runt. All are full grown now, about the same size, and don't have any black markings but those are their names now.

My red male betta is always the red fishy. The turquoise one is Turk, which is obviously short for turquoise, although I don't use his name much either.

Jayde

Dont let him fool you! He told me he loved that name for our little icy blue guppy with some black spots on him.

Mine are all names after Disney movies, which honestly keeps the kids interested.

2 Dalmation mollies Perdita and Bolt
2 pure white mollies Snow White and Duchess
1 pure black mollie Maleficent
1 white with orange freckles and a black mohawk is Kokoum
3 platys all orange Cleo, Ariel, and Coral
3 guppies Jasmine (long black tail), Madam Mim (purple tail), and Frozone (icy blue with black spots)
4 hatchets Buck, Sid, Crash, and Eddie (not Disney I know but my 4 year old son loves Ice Age)

corycatgirl

I name only my cory cats! One is called Big Momma!!

jenste

I consider them as much of a part of the family as any of our pets!

ACF - Phantom, Phoenix, Aurora, Kirby, Lola, Magellan, and Louie
fantail GF - Wizard, Norrin Radd, and Nimrod
comet CF - Nomo'Hawk
bettas - Cooper and Mr. Wilson
albino bristlenose plecos - Frick and Frack
peppered corydora (adopted) - Peppy
apple Snails - Mo, Larry, and Curly

JakeWidmann

i name my fish that have slightly different features or colours to the others eg one of my corys named zeus is alot bigger than the other.

Riverwind54

The big red Oscar is Henry about 12 to 13 inches, 55g alone
The other tiger Oscar is Opus about 9 to 10 inches, 90g
Big Jack, Jacqueline is about 7 inches (I think she is female), same 90g
Little Jack, baby 1 inch in May now about 5 inches name Jackery, loves crickets, same 90g.

The two have cleaned out a pot and do funny little dances with each other then sit next to each other in the pot.

Angle in a 15g, no name, no names for guppy's or other little fishes.

I am hoping to get pictures soon to post for all to see.

HM, Rupert my cat, Nellie my dog.

River

Aquagirl1978

Ha ha I name em all!!!!! Betta gals:Bella Eva Asia Delilah, betta boys:Kotah Valentino Bluey, SA cichlids: Meeki, Jack, Jackie. Catfish, Pinky Pickles Sid Solomon Raffi, FH: Genevieve (thinking its a female at this point) Africans: Stripe, Grumpy, Spike, Bubba, Buddah, Layla, Deela, Star, Panda corys: Pooky, Poly, Poppy.

bassbonediva

My main (special) fish are named. For example...

My male GBR is Tyr. My female was Zroya (and when I get another female, she'll be named Zroya as well). My ryukin is Indiana Jones. My angelfish is Caius. My BN pleco is Percy. My SA bumblebee catfish is Grover. My featherfin catfish is Alistair. My horseface loach is Kyron. My betta girls are Rosalie and Esme. My betta boys are Amun, Jasper, Loki and Aidan. My clown pleco is Vidar. Only one of my albino cories is named (he was my first one and he's the smallest) and his name is Vladmir. My zebra nerite snail is Nitro.

I've also had bettas named Edward (have had 3 of those), Carlisle, Emmett, James, Laurent, Liam, Al, Bella, Siobhan, Victoria, Alice, Zafrina, Kachiri, and Kebi.

Shine

Basically if I can tell them apart on sight they get named. So the goldfish, bettas, platies and the mystery snail have names.... fish like the tetras, cories etc don't. I expect that if I ever get baby platies I'll give up on naming them, unless I get some that are fairly unique

When I got my goldfish I wasn't going to start naming fish... but then I had people like my aunt asking what I'd named them. ha ha--so then the first 3 became 'Thing 1, Thing 2 and Thing 3'. I still have 1 and 2 but after the summer in the pond I can't tell them apart anymore. The others all ended up with more original names then the first group

Qmarie

My kids have taken to naming our fish. Luckily, there is only 4 fish right now in the whole house... so it's easy to figure out "who" is "who".

There is: Poisson --- our crowntail male betta; Tetra --- the largest of our BST (he likes to stay in the cave); Flo --- BST that stays out in the open all the time, like he/she is dancing for us; Bubbles --- BST who hides out near the bubble wand at the back of the tank.

bermese2002

Well, I named my male guppies, they're easy....Maxwell, Scott and Harold, and my apple snail is Jean Claude/Jean Baptiste/Marie Antoinette (depending on my mood)

The harlequins rasboras are the kids....they were my first fish

Parlay

Of all my fish only 3 have names.
My electric blue Jack dempsey is named "Tonka". I named him that because his tank has playsand in it, and when we were buying the sand my hubby's manager (at the time he worked at lowes) asked us why we were getting that. Alex said it was for his tonka trucks in the sandbox. They thought we were serious. They still think we have a sandbox in the house.
The bettas are named Florence and Lawrence.
My old apple snail was named Fergason.

supernaut06

I name some of my fish, Angels are Goldie, Bess, Gomez, and Marsten. Most fish I just don't name. But I did name my mystery snails: Ferdinand, Bell, and Gary.

Vash

I don't. Most of my fish are in schools. They all look alike. So I won't be able to tell them apart anyway.

Walky

Hasn't been anything posted for awhile so I'll say that I name all my fish:
Zanja(male platy)
Split(male guppy)
Bowser(male guppy)

and for fish I can't tell apart I give them a group name
Los Panditos(6 Panda cories) and if one is by itself it is called "El Hombre"

psalm18.2

I have 3 goldies: Lovey, Zucchini, and Baby. Golden CAE is Champ.
8 neon tetras are The boys.
Zucchini got his name because he LOVES, guess?
Lovey was called Leader of the Pack, but changed to Lovey (always comes to see me and wiggle tail, very affectionate)
Baby is the smallest and needs to follow the others around, also very shy.
Champ got its name when the biggest fish, Zucchini was hogging his zucchini and Champ tried all day to steal away. He did it, after hours of trying. He got that zucchini food and took it down to the bottom.
Neon Tetras, well The Boys. (group name)

DJMonty

I name all of my fish that I have atm, thinking of names for the fish I can't tell apart (the Neons, my guppy fry, and my Flying Fox's when I get more)Currently thinking for names of my guppy fry.

kenzone

Personally, I don't have the time or desire to name my fish. but I have a 6 and 9 year old who feel it's critical to name them. They even keep the names written in a book.

They are thus called the following names:

Opaline Gourami - "Whiskers"
Pleco - "Alge"
AngelFish - "Finny"
Snail 1 - "Poke"
Snail 2 - "SlowPoke"
Parrot/RedDevil 1 - "Sunny"
Parrot/RedDevil 2 - "Dawn"
Parrto/RedDevil 3 - "Dusk"
My 6 Red Rosies are nameless because the look so much alike you can't tell them apart.

bettawaters

I name all of them