Nasabeau
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Just curious how common it is for people to name their fish/corals/inverts etc. I have been coming up with names for mine and was wondering if that was normal. Share your names below if you have them!
Do you name your fish?
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Nasabeau
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in interest of sharing mine, I was trying to net my first clownfish into the tank (I pour the bag of water into a small tank that floats in my main tank with the fish to acclimate, then when the salinity and pH are matched close enough I net the fish and put them in the main tank) but the little bugger kept jumping out of the net. in frustration I yelled "BILBO BAGGINS! I AM NOT TRYING TO HARM YOU! I am trying to help you." shortly after I got him netted and into the tank, so I decided on a LOTR naming scheme, but since I got a pair of clowns, he didn't actually end up being Bilbo, I've got the clowns, Frodo and Samwise, a coral beauty angelfish named Aragorn, a yellow tail blue damsel named Boromir (because he is fancy but grumpy), a Royal Gramma named Gimli (because he digs), a hermit crab named Sméagol, and a beautiful new Flame Fin Tang that has been named Gandalf the Grey. I also have the 8 snails which are unnamed hobbits 1-8, because I can't even find all of them half the time XD
tricky_tran
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my kids do
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Nasabeau
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that's adorable XD. I wonder if its more common for younger reefers to name their fish than older. my wife and I just started reef keeping and I get the sense at 23 we're starting in this hobby a little younger than most
WV Reef
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Yes! Everybody! 2 clownfish - Nemo and Marlin. Nemo happened to be female lol. A Pajama Cardinal - PJ. A green Chromis - Shimmer. A Cleaner Shrimp - Sabastian, A Blue Legged Hermit Crab - Eugene. An Emerald Crab - Emmitt. Then we got 2 more Blue legged Hermit Crabs - Keith and Kevin (Hodge Twins lol). There are 5 snails, all named Gary.
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Nasabeau
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ALL THE SNAILS ARE GARY I'M DEAD YOUR TANK IS SO CUTE!!
WV Reef
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My daughter, 16, gives me a hard time because I've named them all and talk to them lol.
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Nasabeau
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lol, tbh when I was 16 I probably would have given you a hard time too. kids are kids XD I love your fish names!
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Thank you
NeonRabbit221B
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Fernando - the urchin
Versace - Valentini Puffer
F***ing French Guy - my female clown
Matilda - My male clown (whoops, wait to name after they transition)
Big Yellow ***hole - Electric Yellow Cichlid
White Claw - OB Peacock Cichlid with a jaw deformity
I only name some of them and the remainder I call by the type of fish they are. I have about 30 Cichlids so it became tedious and they can look very similar.
Versace - Valentini Puffer
F***ing French Guy - my female clown
Matilda - My male clown (whoops, wait to name after they transition)
Big Yellow ***hole - Electric Yellow Cichlid
White Claw - OB Peacock Cichlid with a jaw deformity
I only name some of them and the remainder I call by the type of fish they are. I have about 30 Cichlids so it became tedious and they can look very similar.
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Nasabeau
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I was not aware there were salt water cichlids XD I thought they were all brackish! My wife wants a Valentini puffer! don't think we're going to get one in this tank though. Love the names!
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Nasabeau
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Awww. lenny is adorable!
My son has named this one Lenny. He wonders why he’s so mean to starry the dartfish. I have to tell him it’s because daddy didn’t do his research...
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Nasabeau
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I started naming fish because if I didn't my wife would, which is why my fresh water tank has Slugger the angelfish and Watermelon the Dwarf Gourami XDI'm a teenager and don't name my fish. Probably should before my sister does
NeonRabbit221B
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Nah they are all the FW variety but figured I would include them lol
