How old is your oldest tank mate? Is he/she healthy?

[John D Hirsch MD]

I have attached a photo of an O.R.A. red goniopora frag which I acquired in 2013 and is now volley ball size. Next to the red goniopora is a black tang who was acquired in 2011 and is fat and happy. How about some photos from readers of their oldest and healthiest tank inhabitants.
Doc

 

[Mr.First]

Paul ?? Where are you ?

 

[OOtzie]

I have a hermit crab thats 6 yrs old.

 

[Jazeel55]

I have a 5 year old Clarki. As mean as they come attacks hands on sight

 

[duke62]

10 year old clown

 

[tttony]

marine beta, with me 11 years, was 4" when I bought it from local pet shop as customer bring back

 

[John D Hirsch MD]

How about some photos of these senior citizens. My was taken with an iPhone 6 under 20K Ecotech lights.

 

[Jazeel55]

Will send when I get home

 

[reefiness]

Paul ?? Where are you ?

STOP. dont call him in yet.... let some people live in the spotlight before he comes in and crushes all of our dreams. haha.

Oldest thing i had in my tank was my toadstool leather before I sold it. I had it since 2004, so it was about 11.5 years old. Its now in SIReefer's tank so he can take the bragging rights. I still have some other corals that i added at the same time as the leather such as polyps and mushrooms, but i dont count those being that i cant really be sure that the original polyps are still in the tank or if they died, were sold or what not.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Does my hand count?

 

[Zuska]

percula clown fish pair 13 years old

 

[jayblock]

Goni that size and that old. Amazing, as i understand, goni's are hard to keep and especially hard to keep for any length of time beyond a yr or 2. What kind of system do u run to keep it so healthy.

 

[polywise]

I've got these from 2004
green hydnophora colony
green tipped torch coral
2 yellow tangs, blue hippo, and a maroon clown..

All doing well

 

[Mr.First]

reefiness- good call, your right. Oh yes, by the way. I collect old small metal/chrome framed aquariums. This one is an 7 1/2 Gall. Metaframe, with working light. Sorry I know it's a bit off topic. But kind of cool. Thinking a few Hippo's would look good in it.

 

[reefiness]

reefiness- good call, your right. Oh yes, by the way. I collect old small metal/chrome framed aquariums. This one is an 7 1/2 Gall. Metaframe, with working light. Sorry I know it's a bit off topic. But kind of cool. Thinking a few Hippo's would look good in it.

Not sure if youre talking about hipo tangs or actually hippos. Either way i think about a dozen or so would look nice in there.

 

[John D Hirsch MD]

Attached is a photo of an almost 4 year old Rhomboid Wrasse from sub male to super male. Healthy Nutrition works. Long life and sexual maturation are the results.

 

[salpet]

i have a 12 old blue damsel and a 15 year old kenia tree that i have propagated at least 20 times

 

[salpet]

old metal frame tanks

reefiness- good call, your right. Oh yes, by the way. I collect old small metal/chrome framed aquariums. This one is an 7 1/2 Gall. Metaframe, with working light. Sorry I know it's a bit off topic. But kind of cool. Thinking a few Hippo's would look good in it.

i have an old 3 gallon if your'e interested in it.

 

[Mano29]

I have a pair of clowns a blue hippo and a cleaner wrasse for 6years

 

[clasystems]

My 15yo doctor fish tang died today. Not sure what happened. Been breathing rapidly for a week. Been thru a lot with this fish as it's been in 7 of my tanks thru the time I had him. Was a stray caught on the south shore. My vlamingi was following him around most of yesterday and this morning getting him out of trouble, off my vortechs and out of the rock work. Literally pulling him by the tail out of cracks he got stuck in. The Vlamingi got my attention this morning and I finally isolated the doctor fish in a drop in isolation box. Vlamingi tangs are much smarter then I thought. Ohh well