How old is your oldest fish?

[Anonymous]

What type of fish do you have and how old is your oldest. I have a yellow tang that has been with 3 owners and is estimated at 5 +/- a year. I have had him for 7 months.

 

[Anonymous]

Yellow Tang 8+ I've had it 5 years & previous owner for 3 but it was an adult when he got it.
Female Ocellaris - 6
Male Ocellaris - 5.5

 

[Anonymous]

I had a piranah that I bought the summer between 6th and 7th grade (1989) and it died the year after I got married (2002) - so ~13 years.

My tank is only 2 year and 2 months old - and my clowns have been with me all but 2 months.

 

[Anonymous]

I've got a goldfish that's going on 7 years... but nothing near that with Marine.

~wings~

 

[Anonymous]

5 year old false perc clown fish.

Other fish are 2 years or less with me.

Louey

 

[Anonymous]

6 year old Female maroon clown. Used to be a male. The original female passed away last year. I have a 5 year old dogface puffer and zebra moray eel. I've been in the hobby 6 years, so...

I used to help take care of a Stichodactyla mertensii anemone that had been in captivity for 18 years! 8O

 

[postie]

Had a hippo tang for 9 years now. Bought "Dory" when she was the size of my thumbnail! She has been through thick and thin...got me through the "learning" stage and is fat and happy!

 

[Anonymous]

My oldest fish is a flame hawk, at 6 years old.

 

[Anonymous]

My tomato clown and damsel are both 7 years old. Tang is about 5 and my clark's clown is about 4.

 

[LA-Lawman]

5yrs on a YE tang and 4 yrs on 2 true percs, and a six line wrasse

 

[Ben1]

http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=57234

So I guess mine are 8-9 years old now...

 

[vair]

I have a tomato clown that is at least 9 yrs. old and some damn damsel that is 6 years old. I hate that damsel and so does every fish in my tank.

How do we really know how old any of our fish are? The question should be how long have they been in our tanks other then that age is a guess is it not?

Dave

 

[fishfanatic2]

I did have a 6.5 year old FW tetra, but it died recently (I think b/c of old age).

Right now I have a rasbora that is almost 6 years old, but I can't remember exactly.

My oldest SW fish is probly 2 at max.

 

[Anonymous]

I also have some 5-7 year old goldfish in my pond.

 

[stevebydac]

I purchased a snowflake moray 11 years ago when he was already 18". He lived with me for 10 years before passing away from what I believe was old age (no symptoms or problems). He was 30" when he died, which is their max. size. So he had to be AT LEAST 13 years old, maybe more.

 

[Anonymous]

my oldest fish is almost 2

 

[dadstank]

my eldest is a convict blenny i assume must be at least four years old, he is just under 10"...

 

[Anonymous]

I have a striped Raphael catfish that is around 7 years old, it survived a 3 day power outage in Edinboro, PA...lake effect snow central and kicks it with my freshies. As for marine I had a Huma Huma trigger live 4 years.

 

[Anonymous]

I have a 7 year in captivity sailfin tang, very nice fish, he is huge.

A hippo tang that is about 5.5 years in captivity, he was about the size of a quarter when I bought him

Also, I have a LTA that is about 7 years in captivity too.

 

[LTrain]

yellow tang since 10/00, so over five years now.
pink psuedochromis for 6.5 years,
in a previous tank/life, a pair of ocellaris that between me and a subsequent adoptee went 10 plus years.