How many people have pet names for their fish

Well now I have 10 adults z.danios, and well over 170 baby z. danios and they all no longer have names. I think I'm going to have to get some unique fish and stop breeding identical fish! Not to mention my memory is bad enough as it is!
 
I've named a few - its true that you get more attached to them if you name them which makes it harder if they go to the big aquarium in the sky. My common pleco is Pleco Bill, but when my dad took care of my tanks while I was on holiday, he asked me what that Darth Vader fish was. Apparently, Pleco Bill came out to greet him with his dorsal fin up - very impressive fish.
 
Two goldfish: Sid (Fishous, of course!) and Nancy, who unfortunately turned out to be another male. We still call him Nancy, tho'.
 
fish names

I don't name all my fish but some of them are named. I tend to name them when I think of something I really like. Currently my horse-faced loach is named "Seabiscuit" and one pair of my breeding convicts are named "John and Lavinia Fisher" after a pair of serial killers who were put in jail in Charleston, SC (executed in 1820). I am still trying to think of a pair of convicts for the other convicts (everyone suggests Bonnie and Clyde but I don't think they were taken alive and thus never served time in prison). Our bristlenose pleco is named "Gandalf".

Then there are my skunk corydoras which my 6 year old daughter named. She named 2 of them "Stinky", 2 of them "Flower", and the littlest one "Nemo". One of the fish she named "Flower" (after the skunk of Bambi fame) she reports to be Nemo's mom, and she decided one of the remaining larger corys is Nemo's dad so she named him "Plant". The final cory is sadly nameless. But he has a pretty good chance of being named 5/6ths of the time as only the small one is easy to tell apart from the others.

She also named our blue betta "Blueberry".
 
Had a betta in college named Ed (I was an education major).
Used to have three Platies: Willy, Nilly and Tilly
Used to have a marbled angel, Stars, and a striped angel, Stripes.

Now I have a betta named Sparky.

Pair of kribs: George and Martha

True Siamese Algae Eater: Frank

Elegans Cory: Ellie

I've got lots of other fish but no names for them.

Edit: Silly me! I posted twice!:rolleyes: :o
 
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Names

Betta: Ryu
Banded Gourami: Frodo
silver hatchet: big jaw
chinese algae eater: who flung chow
thats all i can rember right now!
 
usually for me, I give individual names to unique fish and group names to those I can't tell apart. I Just got a betta from my local reptile store and named him Tiny LeFeet.... or maby it's La Feet.

anyway, other betta names:

Loki: My first and most awesome betta ever.

Grendel: the meanest betta to swim in one of my tanks

Posidon: dissappeared under mysterious circumstances.

Horace: all yellow. Eaten by tetras. poor guy
 
My fish names_ african cich's:Skye, Patches, Prince, Princess, Tigger, T-fish, Ladybeau, Speck, Christine, Jojo, Bearkat, Lucky, Lemondrop, Baby, Misfit, Brownie. Rainbow shark: Shadow. Bala shark: Bala. CA cichlids: Oreo, Terror, Sally, Jewel, Goldie, Scarlett, Nemo, Mickey, & Angel. Pearl Gourami: King. Flame Gourami: Flame. Paradise Fish: Styx. Cories: Pepper & Leo. Yoyo Loaches: Yoyo, Alpha & Omega. Clown loaches: Tiny, Larry, Curly & Moe. Skunk Loaches: Simba, Nala, & Mufasa. Gold snail: Mystery
 
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