Do You Ever Speak 'Baby Talk' to your Fish?

dormfish

I'll admit it, I do use 'baby talk' when speaking to my fish. I can't help it; my platties are just so cute!
Anyone else do this with their fish, or am I just crazy? :P

Groovysunflowers

Not baby talk per se, but I look at the tank enough times of the day to just talk to them in general. I have two older Dalmation Mollies that follow my finger around the tank glass, so today I caught myself doing the kissy face at one of them while it was staring at me...I'd probably gotten some weird looks if anyone had been around XD

dramaqueen

I always talk to my fish. lol

chevysoldier

I talk to them a little bit but I don't even talk "baby talk" to babies. Think that is why my 4 year olds vocabulary is so good. Lol

Zorse

I talk to my fish too LOL I was beginning to think I was the only one until I saw this thread. No baby talk for me though.

1077

Most of the vocabulary I direct towards fishes in my care is not widely accepted on a family forum.
I curse at fishes such as Emperor Tetra's that pull on the hairs of my arms while I am working in the tank, or.. I curse at fishes such as Green Terror, that can deliver painful bite, and enjoy's displacing a gallon or two of water whenever he is bored .
I also curse at pleco's in driftwood tank that refuse to let go of the wood when I remove all of it for gravel vaccuming, and force me to manually remove them with very real chance of painful prick from their spines/pectoral fins.
But I love all of them, and the tanks bring me Loooong moment's of serenity.

aunt kymmie

Same here! I have a few choice words for my Blue Diamond when he decides to go into bully mode with his tankmates.
I had a nice long cursing rant when my Pictus got stuck in the overflow chamber and I had to scoop him out with my bare hands as no net was small enough to fit in there.
Had another nice word when I had to scoop up a loach off of the floor after he had somehow escaped from a covered tank. Loaches have spines located just under their eyes that they will extend when threatened. The *insert curse word here* spiked me while I was trying to get him back in the tank. No good deed goes unpunished, lol.

iamgray

Hahaha yeah I'm in the same "swearing at my fish" boat as so many others. I mostly direct my words to the mollies, who are the most annoying nibblers when my hands/arms are in the tank.

Boredomb

LoL Aunt Kymmie and 1077 y'all crack me up! I generally don't talk to my fish except when I am cursing at them for one reason or other. Usually when I have to net one and have to tear down the tank just to do so.

aunt kymmie

I think we should add a poll to this thread.
Do you:
1. Talk baby talk to your fish
2. Curse @ your fish?
3. Give them the silent treatment