My fish is old!!!

meandmycatromeo · Member Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 39 Location: .........

First I got three fish in January, and 2 of them died. And the one that did not die, is still alive! he is 7 months old! do you have a fish that is that old? because I did not know if fish can live that long.

Nameless · Senior Member Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Posts: 958

I have had goldfish and convicts for 3+ years, I think it depends on what species of fish because some I think have shorter livespans than others, that is if they died naturally and not because of bad water quality, or somthing along those lines.

Aqueous · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 4:54 pm Post subject:

I have a panda cory that will be around 2 this December. He's my oldest fish I have right now.

When I was younger I had a red eye tetra that outlived all my other fish and made it to around 4 years.

t_chelle16 · Moderator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3437

What kind of fish are they? Depending on the species, some fish will only live for 1 - 2 years while other fish (like goldfish & some cichlids) can live 15 - 20+ years.

My oldest fish would be my oscar and a few african cichlids. They're about 2 1/2 years old.

I had a betta that lived to be about 3 years old (assuming he was around a year old when I got him).

-Chelle

Fish Addict · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:16 pm Post subject:

i have a silver dollor thats is around 3 1/2 years

Trickster · Member Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 309 Location: My Chair

Tea like said all depends on species. Goldfish live long. My oldest fish is my full sized blue gourami, i dont know how old he is cuz i got him with the tank, and i dont know how old the person bought it or how old he was kept. My oldest fish will be my convict, most convicts live 10 years +.

So yea tell us the fish species and we can help u out.

hooterhead · Member Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 86

my yellow stripe maroon clown is about 3 now.

kc5gvn · Moderator Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 1147

When given good care the freshwater Killie Fish has the shortest natural lifespan that I know of which is generally 2 years maximum.

OnixRevolution · Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:46 am Post subject:

My Oscars lived to be about 16 years old before one just died of old age(probably), and the other we think died from a bad batch of feeder fish that all died while my parents where on vacation...they all rotted there and he was dead when my parents got back. Damn house sitter didn't say a thing.

I had a rainbow shark that lived to be about 6 years old before Ich killed him, and an algae eater who lived through the Ich, also 6 years. I swear those things could survive a nuke attack.

tyler_medeiros · Member Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Posts: 329 Location: Canada

In my dads pond he had a goldfish for 9 years. It sadly past away in the winter.

Fish Addict · Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 1:24 pm Post subject:

when fish are taken care of properly they can live a long happy life

red devil · Member Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 237

My oldest fish is my angel fish hes 7 years i had a red tailed shark that was 5 but became sick and died i used to have a 6 year old oscar and i have two 4 year old convicts.

darkrabbit213 · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:01 pm Post subject:

I have a betta who is 1 1/2 and another who is 1yr.

dude412 · Member Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 148

my jellybean blodd parrot is 4 years now and my redtail is about 2 1/2 years

nick_no_11 · Member Joined: 31 May 2005 Posts: 66 Location: usa

my red eyed tetra is 1 1/2 years old

Fishfirst · Member Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 88 Location: Wisconsin

My Red Bellys are 4 years old now, and my oldest sw fish my yellow tang is 6 years old. All these fish were dime in size when I got them... now my piranhas are 8-9 inches long and my yellow tang is 5 inches long.
My oldest fish was a goldfish that I got when I was 5. He lived until I went to college in his 10 gallon tank (he was the only fish in there). That was 13 years!