Do you name your fish?

[tengbells]

I was wondering if other pond/fish owners name their fish. We have 7 koi and 6 comets and I have names for all of them! here are just a couple pics of: Patch (in honor of Robin Wms), Luna (in honor of our koi that disappeared last winter), Big Kahuna (formerly Bert of Bert and Ernie til Ernie passed), Sunshine, Madame Butterfly, Chance, Waldo,Darryl, Darryl, Callie, and Shadow...then the little ones Lil' Bit, and Shadow Jr.

 

[tengbells]

oops...have a typo in the poll I started...how do you edit poll questions?

 

[Tula]

We have a Madame Butterfly too.......and Sushi, Sumo, Saki and Mikimoto

 

[Dave 54]

Brown top, Tiny ,Old Red Eye and mmany more

Dave

 

[Mmathis]

Every fish that I've named has died, so no, not any more.....

 

[Lisak1]

Of course! Although we have a few goldfish that are so similar that we refer to them as a group - The Sisters. No idea if they are male or female though!

 

[BlueOrca]

My daughters have named a few...wiggle bum (fantail) Sara (sarasa looking comet) Shubby (shubunkin) The koi don't have any names as of yet.....

 

[bettasngoldfish]

I name some of them but not all

Shamu is a big white common goldfish I got when I first started my pond. Pandora is a big telescope eye goldfish that I adopted (she was injured and lost an eye so could not be sold). Romeo who is a big orang oranda with an adorable face and big wen (birthday present from family)

These are just some of my favorites

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I don't name fish. I never named the snakes or lizards I used to own either. I just name cats, dogs, and a bird.

 

[dieselplower]

I have named 3 of my fish. Beefcake, a large male fantail. Mango, an even larger male oranda. And Vader, my one foot long pleco. They live in my 125 gallon aquarium in the house. No outside fish have names.

Also isn't it cheating to change a fish's name halfway through it's life?

 

[ZmanArt007]

Oddly enough I don't. Sometimes when my fish are small I give them names but after a while the names pretty much fall away. It's just not something that's important to me I guess.

 

[steve/gridnot]

I had a Koi thirty years ago that liked to come over to my hand and flip upside down so I could rub her belly. I named her Friendly; after she died I haven't named another. Still waiting for her to come back.

 

[tengbells]

Of course! Although we have a few goldfish that are so similar that we refer to them as a group - The Sisters. No idea if they are male or female though!

our two orange comets are Darryl and Darryl...anyone familiar with the Bob Newhart Show will understand!

 

[CometKeith]

I stopped naming my goldfish after the first year when some of them died. Now naturally since I stopped naming them they are all mostly doing well, but I won't start naming them again!

 

[steve/gridnot]

Just because I don't name them any more doesn't mean I like them any less.