Lost this old girl today.
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It's certainly an impressive fish but there could well be a clue to its demise there. That fish looks like a football, it's all out of proportion to me. I know that tinfoils are a very greedy fish, I have them. Couple that with their immense speed and they can clean up food before any other fish has ate it's first mouthful. That fish looks like it's eaten itself to death!
They have not been big eaters in years, the males were way smaller and more sleek in body shape, recently this one had taken to freaking out at lights out and bouncing off the tank sides which i think has hastened it's demise and accounts for the red marks.
Also is 13 and a half years not a good lifespan for a tinfoil then?
Yeah that's an exceptionally good innings for a tinfoil. Are you after replacing it? I'm only up the road in Lancashire. I have two tinfoils i'd let go free to a good home. Mine are about 11-12". They're about 4 years old. It would probably only take an hour and a half to get to me.
I've never kept a fish over 15 years, so yes that's pretty good for captive fish.
I had a couple tin foil barbs for a short time back in 1977, when I knew nothing about them.
But they grew just as fast, and I had them in a 10g LOL
I don't recall what happened to those fish. I got them just before my first child was born and we moved to the country.
But I do remember also having a bala shark and a pictus in that tank and probably a betta.
Most probably perished in the move.
I had a couple tin foil barbs for a short time back in 1977, when I knew nothing about them.
But they grew just as fast, and I had them in a 10g LOL
I don't recall what happened to those fish. I got them just before my first child was born and we moved to the country.
But I do remember also having a bala shark and a pictus in that tank and probably a betta.
Most probably perished in the move.
I have two right now that are medium sized. I almost got rid of them at six inches or so but decided to keep them for life. They are now a little over seven inches. They are amazingly fast and a great way to get rid of excess snails which they gladly swallow whole. I hope they live as long as jprp`s and get as large and impressive!