Naming fish?

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My 12" Oscar is called Santa cos we got him right near Christmas, and my tt eel is called wormy. Other than that we have bristle the bristle nose pleco, jag the jaguar catfish and pang the pangasius. Everything else we just call them what they are...

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Chicxulub said:
I do things slightly backward. I don't name fish to get attached to them, I name fish that I've found that I've grown attached to. Most of those fish develop names organically through some trait of theirs that stands out.
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I'm the same way, generally it's after I've had a fish for awhile that they endear themselves to me enough for me to name them. Though I tend to name fish after mythical figures though I do try and name them after a mythical figure whose traits they seem to exemplify. I had a big old Lyonsi male who just had this regal, stoic, powerful presence about him so I named him Odin. Feel kind of kid like naming them such eccentric names but that just adds to the fun in naming them for me.
 
Chicxulub said:
I do things slightly backward. I don't name fish to get attached to them, I name fish that I've found that I've grown attached to. Most of those fish develop names organically through some trait of theirs that stands out.
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I don't generally name fish period. I just named panic and pain that because like you said its traits that stand out. Panic seems to always panic when I come in the room or by the tank and pain is pain cause that's what he causes his prey to have during thief last moments


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Only name the fish I have for a longer time or the ones I grow fond of.
I call my Oscar -Oscar my rainbow cichlids jut and jol.

My dad tries to remember the names by calling them their scientific names
Example: Pseudotropheus Kingsizei is named King.
He seems to get more attached to the ones he can remember .

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I bought a 92 gallon tank for my brother's office.

I then stocked the tank with fish which represented members of his family. 4 kids were each a fish, and then a pair signifying him and his wife. it was a big hit. the kids love coming to the office and seeing how "their" fish is doing.
Gold Severum Pair = parents
green terror = son 1
jack dempsey = daughter 1
blood parrot = daughter 2
Geophagus = son 2.

With all of that said - its kind of pain in the ass if a fish dies because you're compelled to replace it immediately. though i agree - if you're not inclined to take care of the fish, you're likely not going to do it anyway. ...unless you're a kid - kid's definitely responded to the names.
 
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