Do you name your fish or corals?

[pdxmonkeyboy]

Fish yes, NEVER name corals... it will make them RTN

 

[I’ma tempermental coral]

As a general rule we try not to name them but they all eventually do. The monster of a huge cleaner shrimp we have that eats Aiptasia and chases fish to the point of exhausting them, and now lives in the sump. His name is Razor. Can you guess why? Hahaha

 

[MJ in Boise]

Diamond watchman named Jim. After yelling 'dangit Jim' a few times when catching him burying acans it stuck I guess.

 

[Kris 2020]

I name some of mine, and some I try to name and it just doesn’t stick. Like a long time ago I named my clowns Elphaba and Fiyero, but I never got into calling them that. Over the years I’ve had several urchins, and they are all named Gossamer. My pajama cardinals are all PJ’s. I have an emerald crab named Emily. It seems like some names stick better than others.

 

[IslandLifeReef]

Of course!

Barnum and Bailey the clown fish.

Tim, the Duncan coral.

Larry, the night watchman goby (Night at the Museum)

Kermit the Frogspawn coral.

 

[ErehwoN]

Of course!

2 clowns, Krusty and Pennywise
2 chromis, Cher & Dion
2 Banggai cardinalfish, Grace and Frankie
1 Coral Beauty Angel, Tyrael
and 1 bicolor blenny, Kravitz!

;-)

Jim

 

[ChrisNH]

The deal is my daughter names the fish and I name the invertebrates. That’s why we have names like “avacado” and “blue“ for the fish and the shrimp is named “Frank” in her freshwater tank.

 

[Sebastiancrab]

Was wondering, do you name your fish or corals? If so, what are some cool names and why did you choose it?
I have a Midas Blenny who's name is Shakira because she shakes her hips when she swims!

I am waiting for a video of that! Too cute!!

 

[Sebastiancrab]

Yes, I broke down and named most of mine after a friend teased me to.
My clowns - Yankee and Esty after the movie "Orthodox" (which is a really good movie and the names were her suggestion)
Royal gramma - Popsicle
Yellow Tail Damsel - have not come up with a name yet and am open to suggestions!

 

[I’ma tempermental coral]

Yellow Tail Damsel - have not come up with a name yet and am open to suggestions!

May I suggest satan? Satan the yellowtail devil damsel? Lol.

I’m editing this to add I say satan because I’ve never had one that didn’t eventually turn itself into a problem child! Hahaha

 

[Jen1978]

I name my fish. My corals I have not.

 

[Sebastiancrab]

May I suggest satan? Satan the yellowtail devil damsel? Lol.

Well, that made me laugh. He/she has actually been quite good so far! Yes, I figured that had been problematic for you. Actually, I already returned two and swapped them out so I know what you mean. This one was a tiny one when he came home and I am keeping my fingers crossed.

 

[I’ma tempermental coral]

Well, that made me laugh. He/she has actually been quite good so far!

I had one in a 180 years and years ago with groupers and tangs and such and it was well behaved unless one of the groupers perched near it den. Ever see a video of a sparrow pestering a hawk? Lol. A lot like that hahaha

 

[Sharkbait19]

I name all my animals. Of course I have so much fish it is sometimes hard to remember, but naming is fun!

 

[Twotone24v]

I never got into giving names to my fish but my girlfriend has and that is fine by me!

I have Joe and Carol the clownfish pair (Carol is kinda a *****)
Rango the yellow tang
Briggs the lawnmower blenny
Victor Wrasse
And three striped blennies that have yet to be named.

 

[Reeferdeluxe]

My daughters 4 and 2 have named the bulk of our fish

Darwin oscellaris. Minnie and Mickey
Wheeler goby Big eye
Lawnmower blenny Bums
Ornate wrasse????
Helfrichi fire fish????
Candy cane pistol Mr.gump
Midas blenny??

 

[NCMamacita]

Yep! My clowns are Oscar and Hank, chromis are Chip & Dale, banded coral shrimp is Jacques, and diamond goby is Hoover. I’ve lost track of CUC names, but my son has named every one of them!

 

[jaxteller007]

Well since you asked lol..
Black and white clowns - Harley and Joker
Chromi - Vinnie (or Chucky, or Mikey, etc. We had 4 or 5 and all but one died. He's been solo for like 9 months now)
Cardinal - Ozzie (same, had 3 or 4, all Cardinals players)
Lt Tang - Lt Dan duh
Scooter Blenny - Scooter real creative on this one
Horseshoe Crab - Frank the Tank
Marine Betta - Billie the Betta
Watchman goby and pistol shrimp - Grumpy Gus and Dozer
Coral Beauty - Cora
Flame Tang - Tom (since it's a Tomini)
Aiptasia eating filefish - Little Karen
Magnificent Fox Face - Duke Silver
Yellow Tang - Leslie Nope
Yellow Tang - Pootie as in Pootie Tang (we let a friend name that one lol)
Sleeper Gold Head Goby - Goldenface
Vlamingi Tang - Michael Scott

Can you tell me and the wife are big friends of The Office?
Picking up a group of Anthias tomorrow and gonna have a hard time naming them all. After the 2 week waiting period before naming fish of course haha.

 

[jaxteller007]

Just big boy. I don't even know if it's a male. Lol

He's at least 8 months old and 10" top fin to bottom fin.

I mean the obvious answer is Batman

 

[JJMS86]

Yes, since the very beginning over 10 years ago...all of them!
Clownie (percula clown)
Sweet Pea (lyretail anthias)
Rocky (diamond goby, the work horse)
CeCe (blue- green chromis) she had sisters that fought and eventually killed each other (BeBe & DeDe) RIP
Benny (midas blenny)
Cora (coral beauty angelfish)
PW, short for Pretty Wriggles (fairy wrasse)
Miss Tang (kole eye tang)
Rosie 1 & 2 (rose anemone that split)
Hulk (green emerald crab)
Stevie Wonder (cleaner shrimp)
Mandy (mandarin goby) RIP
Sir Patrick (red coral starfish) RIP