Do you look down on the Nemo and Dory people?

[Chaz88]

I have read many times on the site that many of us are fed up with the people that want Nemos and Dorys.

Even though I am not one of them, I can understand the frustration from the people that can rattle off the scientific name of all 52 species of fish they own and readily recall at least another 253 others.

But for the rest of us, Is Nemo or Dory really any worse than many of the other common names given to fish?

Also, isn't it a good thing if Nemo and Dory bring new people into the hobby? That will hopefully become long term responsible fish keepers.

In the interest of full disclosure my attitude is softened somewhat from the smile it brings to my face every time I witness my youngest daughters delight at seeing a Nemo or Dory in a fish tank. Yes, she knows the common name for both fish but Nemo and Dory is the first thing that comes out when she discovers one of them on our many visits to the surrounding shops. I think she will be particularly happy to discover we have two baby Nemos (Clarkii Clowns), in our new tank, when she comes home on Sunday.

 

[Darth Scohin]

Yes, Yes I do, because it's like saying: "Look Mommy it's a Marley Dog"
It's okay if the kids know the common name of the Clownfish/Blue Tang (or is it Hippo Tang IDK I'm a freashie) or in my example Labrador but if they do not know the common name....

And Most (not all mind you) of these "new" hobbyists, will just go to a LFS want a "Nemo" and not set up the tank properly and kill the fish, that's not truely a good thing....there are exceptions

 

[celithemis]

Actually, many of my saltwater customers started out just because they wanted "nemo" or their child/grandchild wanted "nemo." They spent hundreds, even thousands of dollars on a saltwater setup because they love their "nemo."

I often call clown fish "nemos" when talking to customers because they consider it a cute nickname and they like it. They know full well that they are called clown fish, nemo is just a cute nickname.

The people that bother me are the ones who want to put "nemo" in a bowl or in with their freshwater fish. Seriously, did they even WATCH the movie? The whole thing is about him being from the ocean/reef/sea/whatever - saltwater! Have these people never swam in the ocean before and found that its SALTY? Sheesh, if they put two seconds of thought into it they would realise how rediculous they sound. /end rant

EDIT: I know some people actually haven't swam in the ocean, but I live on an island, we are surrounded by saltwater. People here should be able to understand the difference from our surrounding ocean and our lakes and rivers.

 

[Fat Homer]

Personally doesn't really irritate me if its a really young kid thats saying it (since i'd presume they may not know better or be able to research what it actually is called)... but if its a full grown adult by themselves looking for nemo then i might think to myself, sheesh another "nemo" most likely headed for the toilet in the near future...

But thats just me, and living in HK has made me a little jaded towards the way a lot of people here keep certain monsters...

 

[Bottomfeeder]

I do. I think kids who hear "Clownfish" and "Hippo Tang" might be more likely to become interested in them. In fact, I believe a zoo around here (not to be named in case I'm wrong) encourages employees and volunteers to gently correct kids and adults who say "Dory" or "Nemo".

I didn't really like Finding Nemo anyways... not enough predatory fish

 

[Fractal]

All the power to them. I'm not irritated one bit, but will pity them, because it cost about 2-3x as much to setup a saltwater tank and about 5x the care that goes into saltwater vs freshwater.

It'll be one hell of an expensive learning experience. I think that is a deterrent for most people wanting a solitary clown and tang in a expensive setup.

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

In a perfect world, I'd like to think it is generally good, because it might help get people, especially kids into the hobby...but in reality it is frustrating knowing most end up dying since some of these people will take their kid to the LFS and attempt a SW tank for their brand new nemo, which is also their first ever aquarium. The adult/parent will also probably come into the whole thing assuming he can keep nemo in a bowl "since thats what we did for goldfish when i was a kid, and it lived really long, like 6 months". I've had people coming to buy clownfish when I worked at petco years ago that actually didn't understand that nemo can't just go in water right out of the tap, and that there is a thing called saltwater. The lady honestly didn't grasp the idea of "saltwater".

 

[TTTT]

I didn't really like Finding Nemo anyways... not enough predatory fish

The big one at the start that killed Nemo's mom was cool.

IMO, it's fine when a 5 year old calls it a Nemo. But when a 40 year old mom wants to buy a nemo for her kids, in a bowl, with no saltwater.. that's not cool.

 

[krichardson]

What's a Dory?

 

[Zander_The_RBP]

The big one at the start that killed Nemo's mom was cool.

IMO, it's fine when a 5 year old calls it a Nemo. But when a 40 year old mom wants to buy a nemo for her kids, in a bowl, with no saltwater.. that's not cool.

wasen't that a barracuda ? yeah that thing was sick


anyway yeah i do usualy look down on them a little becuase ususaly there is a profound ignorance associated with those names (I.E there not smart enough to know the proper names) and usualy there the ones that end up putting them in freshwater and killing them


i can't stand it when were at the LFS and my mom calls them Nemo fish but she's slowly stopping and calling them clownfish (still calls the tangs dorys though *sigh*)