How old are your fish?

I had a yellow tang and 2 clowns I purchased in 2003 that went to a friend who recently gave them to another friend.

 

I ve had fresh water fish live well into their 20s and have a friend with a 40 loach. my one spot is 10 this year, and my coral beauty 9. ive known clowns that were around the same. And ive met a couple eels that were in their late 20s.

 

I've got a tomato clown (wild caught) who was purchased back in 2004 still thriving. 10 years and he doesn't look like he's slowing down one bit. Everything else I have is younger by half his age.

 

My oldest fish was a FW loach, he lived 12 years. I have a friend that kept FW angels, the oldest pair were around 15 when they died.

 

I had some that were 5 years until they got washed away in the flood. But yes I agree, once you get them through acclimation for the first month, barring an outside failure, they can live for a very very long time.

There are a pair of clowns in a French aquarium that are going on 36 years

 

The first fish I added to my tank were a pair of percula clowns. One died in '09 and was replaced. The other still is going strong and rules the tank. So he will be 11 yrs at the beginning of December.


My coral beauty is almost 10 yrs old; Bangai cardinal 8 yrs, and Yellow tang 7 yrs.

 

My brittle star is 10 years old.