How long do they live?Dat lifespan

[krichardson]

With all of these 12inch plus ST being shown,sold and talked about I was wondering what the age of a dat of such size would be if that could be determined,and what is the lifespan of these fish?

 

[BRYANT]

With all of these 12inch plus ST being shown,sold and talked about I was wondering what the age of a dat of such size would be if that could be determined,and what is the lifespan of these fish?

Li (Neoprodigy) went on a trip to Taiwan and took pictures of a 24" widebar

 

[T1KARMANN]

Li (Neoprodigy) went on a trip to Taiwan and took pictures of a 24" widebar

got a link to the pictures

 

[Ade]

If there's a 2 foot pulcher in captivity, we have to see it. Get some pics off him Bryant...

 

[L.BelcherII]

i would say about 10 year to 15 year is MAX ,

I would say double that, at least. Anything that grows this slowly does so because it has plenty of time to grow.

 

[jcardona1]

i would say about 10 year to 15 year is MAX ,

i doubt it. has to be more than that

 

[benzjamin13]

I'm sure I heard or read 30+ years somewhere before.

 

[T1KARMANN]

mine is 16 inch and was 2 inch when i got it and i have had it 7 years it shows no signs of age or stop growing

20+ years for sure

 

[krichardson]

Rather encouraging answers since little ones probably wont be brought here anytime soon and the big ones must be in the prime of their lives and still have plenty more years of life left.

 

[T1KARMANN]

all the large ST you see for sale 12 inch + must be around the 5-9 year old so lots of life left