old ass fish

[Belial]

when i was in high school (20 years ago) i started keeping a spreadsheet of all my fish including the date they were born or purchased because that's what cool teenagers do. ive been looking it over and comparing it to google searches of "'X' fish lifespan" and found some of my lads exceeding expectation, including --

14 year old silver dollar
14 year old tinfoil barb
8 year old black tetra
7 year old gold barb
12 year old convict (female)
9 year old rainbow shark

so what fish of yours are kicking ass into old age?

 

[krichardson]

You know when some of your fish were born?Impressive numbers btw.

 

[TwoHedWlf]

My oldest is my redspot. Be 17-18, can't remember if I got him late 2000 or early '01.

 

[TwoHedWlf]

BTW, took me a minute to find it but the thread title reminded me of...

The gonad eating buttfish.
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124130

 

[esoxlucius]

When i started both my set ups 2 years ago i purposely stocked them with fish that are all long lived, if looked after correctly of course. Clowns, balas, tinfoils, RTGG just to name a few. Here's hoping in 10-15-20 yrs time i can start a thread like this one. But for now i'm afraid my stock are just children!!

 

[Jmart159]

Right now my oldest is a 10 year old female convict who was born from my original pair.

 

[mattison187]

I had a syno cat live over 16 years. Only oldish fish i have right now is an ob peacock that has to be around 7 or so.

 

[Allan01230]

just lost my black shark kept him in a 125 with giant danios he was 20 and 22 inches

 

[Greenboy]

I've got some loaches, plecs and synos that are close to a decade old and still going strong, but that seems to be norm for those types of fish. The surprise fish for me is my solo glowlight tetra, she must be ten years old now! She's survived everything.

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

Very nice, I like the tracking idea, I think I might start doing that too.