Genetics must play a role with individual fish.
Makes me wonder how long today's designer clowns will last compared with the less inbred stronger morphs of the past. My guess is anything over ten years will be doing well.
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Genetics must play a role with individual fish.
With regard to basslets, I'd be curious to hear reports on lifespan. I had a Royal Gramma for 4.5 years, and another for about 3.75. I have my third now, a little over 2 years now I think???This leaves me with a couple of fish whose average lifespans are a mystery:
1. Butterflies
2. Basslets of the orders Grammatidae, Liopoproma, Lipogramma, Assessor, and Serranus.
3. Boxfishes, Filefishes, And Puffers.
I am not sure about the rest of them and I don't keep records any more and have a horrible memory.For wrasses, I know the Fairy, Flasher, Possum and Pink Streak all have fairly short lives averaging 4-6 years. The lined wrasses and the Halichoeres seem to be longer lived, 8-10 years or more is what I’ve been told.
Hi Paul!I am not sure about the rest of them and I don't keep records any more and have a horrible memory.
What was this about again?
Oh yeah, I have a possum wrasse more than 6 years but I don't know how much longer because it was in my tank in my old house for at least a couple of years and I moved here almost 3 years ago. I also have a Janss pipefish and blue stripe pipefish from my old house about 6 years, but it could be a little more.
I have about 25 fish and most of them I had in my last house.
That’s awesome that you tracked this back then. You really are a pioneer of saltwater fish keeping. I’ve used a lot of your advice and have a CBB in my DT who eats clam slices, LRS Reef frenzy and white worms based off reading your posts and research.I said I think my possum wrasse is over 6 years old, I don't remember him being 9.
I have almost always had a copperband in my tank but since they live about 10 years (In my tank) I have only had a few of them. I don't remember keeping one of them or a hippo tang longer than 10 years and a couple of them jumped out.
They could live longer but I have not kept those particular fish longer.
I see I had a copperband here in my log book in 1976.
I see my French Angel was 4 years old here, I would have to find my notes to see how long those fish lived. But that was long before reefs and before I figured out how to keep fish immune so I doubt they lived very long.