Do you talk to your fish??

[FrozenFins]

Okay I'm curious how many people talk to their fish, I do all the time!!

[KaitieG]

My 2 year old got us all in the habit of saying  "Nigh-night, Fishies" before bed at night.

[lefty o]

i dont talk to the fish. i do however talk to the dog! LOL

[Fonske]

I talk to my fish. And to my plants as well. I think as long as they don't talk to me, it's ok.  

[Kristianmunn156]

I always talk to my fish at least once a day especially when I'm feeding them and when they're acting like they want to be fed and I just fed them that's Oscars for you

[Emika_B]

Is it weird that I felt it was rude not to talk to my fish? My last fish passed about 5 months ago, the last of my zebra danios.  Every morning it was, “Good morning, Fishy,” and “Here’s your breakfast, Fishy.”  And I’d wish the snails a good morning, too.  At night it was, “Good night, Fishy.”  Sometimes I’d forget to turn his light off and I’d apologize to him in the morning.  Yup, fish are family.

[Kristianmunn156]

Makes it a lot easier to talk to them when you actually interact with them taught my oscar to of eat out of my hand I talk to him more now that I've done that 

[wendypizza]

I try to tell my ricefish they need to lay their eggs on the spawning mop, not just on the plants...I also scold the goldfish when I put my hands in the tank and they go and nibble on my arm.

[starsman20]

I always talk to my fish. Sometimes the better half yells upstairs what and I'm like I wasn't talking to you then she says who were you talking to. Then I have to say Big Blue. Or Darth Betta. Or Corries. Yeah I talk to fish. As soon as they start talking back I will know it's a problem.

[Lemon]

10 hours ago, lefty o said:

i dont talk to the fish. i do however talk to the dog! LOL

who doesn't talk to dogs? lol

[Maggie]

Yes, all the time!

"Boys, please quit bickering; please come out, where are you? [to the otocats]; come and eat; don't be afraid; the big hose won't hurt you; water change time; mmmm, your favorite, live baby brine shrimp!; you're so beautiful; I love your fins; I love your tail (lol); night night, good morning", etc., etc.

Also I have whole conversations with my doggie, and cats when I had them. 😃

[Tanked]

Of course I talk to the fish.  The barbs meet me as I enter, and follow me as I move around the room.  It would be rude not acknowledge them. The other residents, could care less unless food is involved.

Like talking to yourself, talking to pets is not a problem unless you start an argument.

[David W]

Yes and No. I often tell them hello, good night, how are you, or stop begging, you already had your dinner. They are as bad as Pugs most days.

However, I am not on speaking terms with Lorenzo. He gets the cold shoulder after murdering his friends. 

[Brian P]

My mollies are in the garage now, so I tell hi and bye when coming and going.  

[H.K.Luterman]

I sing to mine because I'm a complete weirdo. My catfish gets to hear "Pooka-de-doo-dah" (like zip-a-dee-doo-dah only catfish themed). My bichirs get to hear me sing "Pyewacket in flight, polypterus delight!" (like "Afternoon Delight," my female is named Pyewacket).

I also just talk to them. I ask them how they're doing and what their thoughts are on the current world events. Maybe some day they'll answer. 

[Hobbit]

I mostly only talk to them when they seem like they’re trying to communicate with me. Mom Fish almost always comes forward when I walk by the tank, so I often say, “Hi Mom Fish, Hi!”

Reading this thread though I’m wondering if I should talk with them more. 😉

Edited December 29, 2020 by Hobbit

[Dawn T]

Yep, but then I talk to houseplants, so that's probably not saying too much. LOL

[CorydorasEthan]

I like to talk to my corys when I give them food. Sometimes I scold them, like whenever I open the lid to my tank, one of my albino corys always seems to think it's a good time to come up to the surface to breath (she swims really fast to the surface) and makes a splash that gets the floor wet as she breathes. I also scold my pearl gourami for picking on the corys when it's feeding time.

[binkysmom]

I like to keep a fish (or group of fish) in charge once I leave the house. So, "pygmy cories, you're in charge today". No one has burnt the place down yet. Also if they're acting weird or I think I see something ("what's that on your fin?")

[shkote]

I find myself lecturing my fish about eating my plants. 

As a vegetarian, I realize this is a hypocrisy that needs to be worked on. 😬

[Harpsandfish]

Yes! Collectively they are “The Kids”, as in “Hi, kids!”. Individually my pair of sunset honey Gouramis are Cedric and Emma, my reticulated hillstream loach is Nigel, my original pond snail is Fred, the six lamb chop rasboras are The Flock (get it?), the ten green neon tetras are Los Chiquitos because I’m bilingual and they are from Colombia 🇨🇴.
Yesterday I got four cherry and four Amano Shrimp; I don’t know their names yet.

[KoolFish97]

From time to time I openly vocalise my thought on the aquarium or something around that to the fish. Not directly to them as "talking" but just in that direction. 

I'm probly a bad fish owner I have lots of individual large fish and ones you can clearly tell apart (Fahaka, goldfish, rays etc) and I don't even name then I just call them the species names or common names for example I just say the "puffer" haha. 

In my eyes if it cant "respond" I don't see the reason to name them or talk to them haha. Doesn't mean I don't love them just don't need to say come here (insert name here) because I know it's not the name that calls it but the actions or recognition of food source haha.