What names have you given your fish?

[koiboy]

I'd rather not haha. Don't wanna get too attached

 

[WillR1496]

I've named mine. When it comes to a group and I can't tell them apart, I just give their group a name. My kuhlI loaches are called the "Diaz Brothers". Many of the names are after real life gangsters or rappers.

 

[wd67]

Yep, My convict was Bonnie but he turned out to be Clyde. My Firemouth is "Hot Head" and My Oscar is whitey Hes a albino so it fits. But my personal name for him is MR.PIG!!!! My little Bristlenose I am thinking of Ole Yellow. Right now he is just my baby! Love them all. More like my Babys than fish.

 

[grump299]

I do but not all of them get names. It only happens when I get them home and get a close look at them and if a name pops in my head a that minute then that is what it will be.
Ghost knifes are thing 1 and thing 2
Pleco is Fred
Electric blue ram is Oscar
And last my oldest and dearest my clown loach is Charlie.

 

[Minxxy]

yes, I have male female betta named Odysseus and Penelope, I have male female electric blue rams named Solomon and delilah, dwarf gourami named spaz, and my 3 golden zebra loaches will either be ed edd and eddy or curly lary and moe lol

 

[Ronniethewitch]

Absolutely! but I wait until I get to know them first so that I actually know who is who. They all have their own personalities.

 

[Kjeldsen]

Not schooling fish, but individuals do. Usually not right away, but eventually they'll earn a name by some personality trait or whatever.
I think it's a good thing. Jane Goodall agrees -

 

[lilirose]

In the past, the only fish that got names were male Bettas. Right now I only have shrimp, none of which have names except the big female, who I call "Big Momma"- though I only call her that in my head, not to anyone else (until now, at least!).

 

[Ronniethewitch]

So mine are named as follows: the tiger barbs (I can only tell two out of eight of them) are William and victoria and the Royal guard, my dannios are scar, Sandy, Pearl, alby(short for albino) and the Blues sisters. The minnows are the boys in blue - the two I can pick out are sarg and captain, the platys are sunburst, big Burt, mo (for Mohawk) spot, domino and halfpint. I used to be able to tell my black cories apart but over time they have grown to all look alike..so they are now the black watch (named after a Scottish regiment) My Chinese algae eater (who we bought thinking it was a loach ) is called Larry, and Sammy the snail.

 

[wintermute]

My daughter normally names them. She gave all four of our Mollies names but I think she forgot what they were I know one was freckle (it is a dalmation molly but has a small number of orange spots), and one was simply molly. Our last surviving gold fish which passed on at the beginning of the year was called cocoa . The khulI loaches and espeI rasboras are yet to receive names

Tony .

 

[Swlws]

ooohhh I have a wiffee that names all my fish... well, she has the cool names and the memory for them... she feels disgraced at my names

Bristlenose- Spotify
Pearl Gouramis- Sparkles and Moonlight (my types of names)
Betta's- Demos/Phobos (her types of names)
all the Guppies- 300 (aka Spartans)
all the Ramshorn- The Masses

There are so many more with names but I can't remember them all

 

[Thunder_o_b]

Single fish most of the time, school fish no.

As examples.

1. Prissy (passed at 6 years old)


2. Beast. Going on 10 years old. (old shot)


3. Brenda. Less than 1 year old. She is 7 inches long.

 

[Lysander]

I love naming my fish, but I generally only put a lot of effort into naming the ones with a big personality. Ones with less get whatever pops into my head first.
As for schooling fish or just guys I can’t tell apart I assign them all the same name. My snails are both named Roomba.

 

[Ronniethewitch]

My snails are both named Roomba.

I LOVE roomba for a snail!

 

[Gabbie]

I name individual fish! I'll name a schooling fish here and there if it has defining features!

Currently names of some of my fish are Topaz, Zircon, Opal, Gemma, Draculina, Chili, Maurice, Bleu, and Gimpy. Not sure which name is my current favorite, it's between Draculina (Super veil, silver ghost Angelfish) and Maurice (Burmese Loach).

 

[Elkwatcher]

Single fish most of the time, school fish no.

As examples.

1. Prissy (passed at 6 years old)
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2. Beast. Going on 10 years old. (old shot)
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3. Brenda. Less than 1 year old. She is 7 inches long.
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A Pleco called Brenda... that sure does stick with me! Beautiful photo's Thunder o_b.

 

[LynnwoodFishDad]

I name my “center piece” fish (Pretty Boy Floyd and Ugly Kid Jo are my apistos!) and any with distinct personalities or such. I have a Green Fire Tetra that is a little deformed (squished) and we call it Slim!

 

[Brenden]

For me, I've only ever named my fish when that fish becomes special, or has a characteristic that makes it stand out. Usually if I have 2 or more of a species, and they look identical, I don't bother naming them as it's too hard to tell which one is which.

I always name my Bettas. Usually I name them in reference to a TV show or movie character.

I also am trying to name my guppies, but I find that pretty difficult to come up with good names.

Do you guys name your critters?

 

[Popcornlover15]

Yes, I only have a betta and 8 harlequin rasboras right now but the betta's name is Apollo and the rasboras are Billie, Bruce, Buddy, Bubbles, Barrack, Benji, Betsy, and Buster.... so I call them Apollo and the B team. Also, all my snails have C names but I can never remember them all.

 

[Repolie]

I also name all of my bettas because they are each individually different.

 

[NC122606]

For me, I've only ever named my fish when that fish becomes special, or has a characteristic that makes it stand out. Usually if I have 2 or more of a species, and they look identical, I don't bother naming them as it's too hard to tell which one is which.

I always name my Bettas. Usually I name them in reference to a TV show or movie character.

I also am trying to name my guppies, but I find that pretty difficult to come up with good names.

Do you guys name your critters?

I would but I just have to think of some.

 

[Brenden]

Yes, I only have a betta and 8 harlequin rasboras right now but the betta's name is Apollo and the rasboras are Billie, Bruce, Buddy, Bubbles, Barrack, Benji, Betsy, and Buster.... so I call them Apollo and the B team. Also, all my snails have C names but I can never remember them all.

I named my two Nerites after their species name. Lazy naming, but it works.

My Zebra Nerite is called "Zebra"
And my Tiger is...surprise..."Tiger"

I need to get more creative with the naming lol

 

[Crispii]

I named my two Nerites after their species name. Lazy naming, but it works.

My Zebra Nerite is called "Zebra"
And my Tiger is...surprise..."Tiger"

I need to get more creative with the naming lol

If you decide to get another one, name him Gary!

 

[Geoff]

My betta's name is Catfish Hunter.

 

[RyanC14]

I name all of my fish lol. My bettas' names are based on universe based things (Eclipse and Nova), white cloud mountain minnows' names are based on mountains, glofish danios are based on gemstones, panda cories' names are based off of bubble tea related things lol (like Coconut, Mango, etc), and platies' names are based on roman gods and goddesses.

 

[chromedome52]

I think there is something about Bettas that just seems to beg for naming. I even named one male Valentino when I was young and dumb. It was because of the way he wrapped his females during spawning, with a flamenco type flourish.

Thank goodness I grew up and got cynical.ldman:

 

[VictoriaB]

the betta's name is Apollo.

Wow! My betta is also Apollo! Clearly a popcornlover of great taste!

 

[Brenden]

If you decide to get another one, name him Gary!

I do feel another one would be a tad bit of overkill in a 10 gal

But when I get a 5 gallon, which I plan on doing so I can get a betta...I will add a snail of some sort.

I think there is something about Bettas that just seems to beg for naming. I even named one male Valentino when I was young and dumb. It was because of the way he wrapped his females during spawning, with a flamenco type flourish.

Thank goodness I grew up and got cynical.ldman:

Every betta I have had, has had a name

When I was 5 I got my first betta, and thought the name "Cutiepie" was a great name for a Betta fish lol Then, a few years later after it died, I got another betta and named it "Cutiepie 2".

Didn't get another betta until I was 17, and I named it "Timmy". Was a reference to the Fairly Odd Parents cartoon cause I grew up watching it, but I feel like Cosmo would have been the better name since "Timmy" was never a fish...

I'm realizing I'm just really bad at naming things lol

 

[MaximumRide14]

When I was younger I'd name my bettas, but I haven't really named anything since. The only two that come to mind were my first two platy fry. The first one was named Ponyo, and the second was French Fry (because his color was bright orange while his parents were Mickey Mouse color variants). Sometimes I think about naming my fish after my favorite singers, but that never stuck on haha.

 

[david1978]

I have way too many bettas to name them. Lol. Everr since my Oscar I haven't named any fish. My kids do occasionally but I don't. Its like after having a favorite dog. Once it dies all others have so much to live up to and few ever do.

 

[MissNoodle]

Yes we name ours, even if we sometimes can't tell them apart. Our 4 year old son named most of his fish (ill mark those names with a * lol)

Blue* the betta girl
Red* the dwarf gourami
Wormfish* and Wonton the java loaches
Lo Mein the weird panda kuhlI loach
Ramen, Udon, and Soba the kuhlI loaches
Whiskey, Rum, and Gin the black skirt tetras
Cookie* the dalmation molly
Trip and Chopper the false juliI cory cats
Chinstripe, Blackspot, Headspot, and Dusty the molly fry
And currently choosing a name for our new betta boy

 

[AJE]

I only name my favorites, I can think of 4 fish that have names: my Moonlight gourami is named Whiskers. My angelfish is named Michelangelo. My gsp is named Puffy and my rainbow shark is named Hoo Ha Ha

 

[saddleupjep]

I always name mine. Usually I just look at them until a name comes to me. A lot of the time it's based on color. Some people say naming a fish is bad luck. Right now I have Devil snails named Tom and Cecil and a gourami named Garrus.

 

[nicholasrjohnson]

Do you guys name your fish????

 

[Wardonianfungus]

Yes, unless they’re schoolers, or are unique

 

[Feohw]

At the moment just my Bolivians have names.

 

[jkkgron2]

Only in established tanks with fish I can be certain are healthy and I won’t lose due to a disease they came with.

 

[kallililly1973]

For the most part yes we name our fish and even the schools get group names

 

[Leeman75]

It's forbidden in my house to get fish and not name them. The kids forbid that!!

 

[Thunder_o_b]

Sure do.....But not school fish.

 

[jinjerJOSH22]

Not really, I only have one named fish.

 

[yeti79]

Yes my picture is of Gorgeous George. Pretty much as long as it can be individually recognized they get a name

 

[juniperlea]

I do, if I can tell them apart, but not until I've had them long enough to know they're healthy! I also name my special houseplants! My Australian Chestnut tree is called Bruce (thanks, Monty Python) and my Queen's Tears Plant is called Lady Jane Grey (if anyone gets that historical reference!) LOL!

 

[86 ssinit]

Nope! I’ve never named a fish.

 

[JoshuavanWyk]

Only my Bettas, I should probably name my Bolivian ram and dwarf Gourami too at some point.

 

[MissNoodle]

Most mine are named. The schooling fish usually get a collective name unless a certain individual stands out.

Names:

Corydoras: Aggy, Tripp, Chopper, Freckles, Ghost, Jalapeno, Habanero, Xinyi, Miyu, Kevin, Blip, Hobbs, Jaxx, IzanagI (Izzy), Smoke, and Spice.

Pygmy Corydoras I collectively call "The Pigs" for now as I'm still learning to tell them apart.

Danios: Collectively "The Vultures", one named Big Jo

Cherry Barbs: collectively "The Barbs"

Mollies: Cookie and Pumpkin

Platies: Pilati, Juniper, Gooseberry, Clog, Crafty, and Rocket

Kuhli/Java Loaches: Ramen, Udon, Soba, Wonton, Lo Mein, Somen, Gnocchi, Linguine, Pad Thai, and Wormfish

Farlowella: Twigbranch and Tree

Dwarf Gourami: Red

Sparkling Gourami: Nyx and Aster

Black Neon Tetras: not named yet, except Twintail (a female with two tails)

Skirt Tetras: Rum, Bacardi, Whiskey, Daquiri, Kraken, Daniel, and Morgan

Betta: Franklin

Apple Snails: Treasure, Charizard, and Jii-san

Nerite Snails: Spiky, Green, Stripe, Roadster

 

[Dewclaw83]

I name all my fish, but if I can’t tell them apart easily they get names like Cu and Au or Pescado and Poisson or Fred and George, names that are similar (just like them lol)

 

[86 ssinit]

Most mine are named. The schooling fish usually get a collective name unless a certain individual stands out.

Names:

Corydoras: Aggy, Tripp, Chopper, Freckles, Ghost, Jalapeno, Habanero, Xinyi, Miyu, Kevin, Blip, Hobbs, Jaxx, IzanagI (Izzy), Smoke, and Spice.

Pygmy Corydoras I collectively call "The Pigs" for now as I'm still learning to tell them apart.

Danios: Collectively "The Vultures", one named Big Jo

Cherry Barbs: collectively "The Barbs"

Mollies: Cookie and Pumpkin

Platies: Pilati, Juniper, Gooseberry, Clog, Crafty, and Rocket

Kuhli/Java Loaches: Ramen, Udon, Soba, Wonton, Lo Mein, Somen, Gnocchi, Linguine, Pad Thai, and Wormfish

Farlowella: Twigbranch and Tree

Dwarf Gourami: Red

Sparkling Gourami: Nyx and Aster

Black Neon Tetras: not named yet, except Twintail (a female with two tails)

Skirt Tetras: Rum, Bacardi, Whiskey, Daquiri, Kraken, Daniel, and Morgan

Betta: Franklin

Apple Snails: Treasure, Charizard, and Jii-san

Nerite Snails: Spiky, Green, Stripe, Roadster

I guess it’s me! But I could never remember all those names. Oh and fish can’t hear!!.

 

[MissNoodle]

I guess it’s me! But I could never remember all those names. Oh and fish can’t hear!!.

I can tell most of my fish apart, even the same species mostly. Sometimes its harder with the fast schoolers.

Even if they could hear, I don't think theyd come when you call them anyways. Unless you have food.

Naming is for my own enjoyment, I'm sure they don't care what theyre called. But I do like to get to know each one as an individual, so naming helps with that too.

 

[nicholasrjohnson]

I want to name my Angelfish Larry, Moe, and Curly, but I might have to do it secretly since my wife forbids it since they die so easily. But, maybe since I’m learning to really take care of fish then I can twist her arm