Do You Name Your Fish?

**bmwguy525** · 11-01-2011, 04:35 AM

Only have a Betta while cycling my first 20 gallon, but after not being able to have cats or dogs to name (apartment) I had to at least name him. I went with the name Alpha.

When I get around to stocking my other tank I'll be coming up with some random names for the schools of fish, rather than naming each individually. If I get a pair of medium size fish those will get named individually, but anything more than a pair is getting labeled "The Darkness" or "The Swarm" or something similar

**Fishkeeper** · 11-10-2011, 05:19 PM

Short answer: yes. Long answer:
Female bettas: Redfin, Stormcloud, Icicle
Male guppies: Comet, Candy, Sunset
Hatchetfish: Choppy
Raspora: Blackspot
Blue danio: Streak
Leopard daino: Cheetah
Zebra danio: Old Stripe
Celestial pearl danio: Little Dipper
Neon tetra: Texie
2 Glowlight tetras: Flash & Dash
Sparkling gourami: Jewel
Salt-and-pepper cories: Salt & Pepper
Julii cory: Maze
Bamboo shrimp: Fans
Amano shrimp: Spot
Hillstream loach: Stingray

**Cecile1** · 11-10-2011, 06:40 PM

I usually go by the rule that as long as they live two weeks after I acquire them, they have passes the mark and get accepted into the gang, or if a betta are given a name.

**free3tbz** · 11-11-2011, 01:15 AM

tiger oscars: bill and charlie

piranhas: chucky, chewy, leno

pleco: pleco

black moores: riddick and samson

**Fizgig** · 11-11-2011, 06:18 AM

Only my Goldfish have names here... Two of them anyway, haven't named the newest addition yet. So, Hershey and Pepper =)

**Pele** · 11-14-2011, 04:23 AM

Short answere: No
Long Answere: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Good Answere: Only my betta, I can't keep track of all the fish in a school.

**bignellm** · 11-18-2011, 12:36 PM

Used to name them, but found naming seemed to put a VooDoo curse on the lifespan of my fish... Soon as I named them, they'd start getting sick and then die. Stopped naming... have had better luck.

**ldoerr** · 11-19-2011, 02:58 AM

Originally Posted by bignellm

Used to name them, but found naming seemed to put a VooDoo curse on the lifespan of my fish... Soon as I named them, they'd start getting sick and then die. Stopped naming... have had better luck.

Same here. Except with my bettas.

**freshwateraquariumkid27** · 11-19-2011, 05:18 AM

haha i am a beginer aquarist and i have two fish in a little 5 gal tank but its a holding tank till i get my 75 gal i have me beloved pictus catfish named mr.butters and a electric yellow lab cichlid named fries and tomorow i am getting a common plecostomus and his name is going to be buddy :D

**peavs** · 11-19-2011, 12:23 PM

Ive named a bunch of my fish but its hard when i have roughly 50+ fish in a total of 4 tanks and a pond

Aquarium Fish
Super Delta betta - buddy
gbr(m) - dodge
albino cory - gimp

Pond Fish
5 koi - george, bandit, waldo, pongo, tigger
goldfish - nemo, lil guy,
shubunkin - jap, spot, sunny