I don’t, usually. If it’s a wetpet I might
Do You Give Your Fish Names?
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I give most medium to larger fish names. Tetras and cories (unless I only have a few of them, like the Brochis cories, in which case I just simply name them a band/group, the brochis cories were the Beatles) don't get names. I don't want to try to figure out which is which, lol. But then again, while I do name my fish, I usually don't call them by their names, I just refer to them by their species name (ie. Raphs, Gouramis, Acaras, etc.).
No*
*there have been a few over the years who got a sarcastic name or name due to a concern to differentiate them, a giant danio named scoliosis as in, " wow scoliosis is nearly bent in half but still swimming laps 2 years later) another called fat lip,
Then there was a violet goby named big earl and a blue cray named Lobby by my kids, but that's pretty much it over a couple decades.
*there have been a few over the years who got a sarcastic name or name due to a concern to differentiate them, a giant danio named scoliosis as in, " wow scoliosis is nearly bent in half but still swimming laps 2 years later) another called fat lip,
Then there was a violet goby named big earl and a blue cray named Lobby by my kids, but that's pretty much it over a couple decades.
Oh and a half dozen pictus cats affectionate dubbed the puppies
I don’t - but my 7 and 5 y/olds name every fish I bring into the house.
Really ups the pressure to make sure every fish I take home can live with me for their entire lifespan, if need be. Or at least until the kids age out of caring.
Really ups the pressure to make sure every fish I take home can live with me for their entire lifespan, if need be. Or at least until the kids age out of caring.
Selectively, hell yes. If I'm going to have a big personable fish for 10-15 years why wouldn't I name it? No different than naming a dog or a cat. So my big, obviously individual fish like my midas, argenteus, fenestratus, etc. do have names. My tank full of angelfish and rams and tetras? Nadda. My group of juvenile heterospila? Not now, can't tell the buggers apart lol. When they eventually mature and I get a pair formed and pull the rest, the pair I keep will get names.
My bettas and my goldfish all get names, always. The exception was when I was BREEDING bettas and had hundreds in my fish room at a time. But even then, my adult "keepers" had names.
My bettas and my goldfish all get names, always. The exception was when I was BREEDING bettas and had hundreds in my fish room at a time. But even then, my adult "keepers" had names.
Lol, I actually have avoided naming some fish for that very reason. It's funny because I consider myself logical and I think believing in them isn't but I can't help myself when it comes to some superstitions.Nope… im superstitious
… name and die
I can definitely feel that. I deal with the same, a cute little girl that names every fish and is always checking on them, talk about pressure.
My grandkids have assigned names to various fish over the years. My 12 yr old midas was named big brain yrs ago. Seemed logical, large nuchal hump = large brain. I'm ok with that. On a recent visit our 11 yr old granddaughter looked at the 2 younger boys while they were admiring the midas, and proclaimed "I've known Big Brain my whole life". As though they barely knew him. I thought that was funny.
But personally, I generally don't attach names to animals that will never understand or learn to respond to that name.
But personally, I generally don't attach names to animals that will never understand or learn to respond to that name.
When they achieve Wet pet status yes. A pig pack of catfish, fry nope. Heck I even name my cars, lol. My Envoy was named Grace, after Grace Jones, if you are old enough you know. Elegant and beautiful, but step on the skinny pedal and turns viscous just like she could.
