Who has the oldest Pet Fish?
- Thread starter Miles
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My oldest from start to death was Goldfish @ 9 years. Although I had a friend give me some of his fish that he claimed were 10 years old at the time of giving them to me and they lived another 2-3 years(Bala Shark and another oddball fish)
I have kept my rhom (black piranha) for just over 16 years now. Bought him July of '99. You can see the color changing on him and he has HITH that I can do nothing about.
There was a member on here that had a rhom for I think around 32year (more now) and some other fish for more than that.
There was a member on here that had a rhom for I think around 32year (more now) and some other fish for more than that.
You have to post pictures of the rhom! How big is it? What size was it when you bought it?
I bought him around 3in or so and he is between 10-11in. He has only grown about 1/2in a year. Unfortunately I did not do the best maintenance over the years as 16 years ago things were done a bit differently. I used to do only a 20% water change every 4 weeks for most of this life. Starting 3 years ago I started doing about 40% every week. He has been in his own 75g for most of his life and recently got his own 180g. Lots of things I wish I could go back and do to maybe get better growth but also prevent the HITH he has. It is impossible to get rid of at this age and the stage it is.
Here is a post from 2 years ago when I resurfaced on forums after a 10 yr hiatus. He is a bit bigger now.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/meet-shaka.537737/
