Just curious.. what's the oldest Clownfish you've had?

tallyho · Jun 14, 2020

An update: Harold passed away at 41 years of age. Maude had passed at 36 years. Their web site is http://69.39.232.74/~heartwor/haroldandmaude.html

Nick Steele · Jun 14, 2020

tallyho said:
An update: Harold passed away at 41 years of age. Maude had passed at 36 years. Their web site is http://69.39.232.74/~heartwor/haroldandmaude.html

Although that is sad I applaud you for being able to keep them for so long. Seems they were happy as well!

I know of a tomato clown that is 43 yrs old at the moment and still producing babies.

damselindistress · Jun 14, 2020

tallyho said:
An update: Harold passed away at 41 years of age. Maude had passed at 36 years. Their web site is http://69.39.232.74/~heartwor/haroldandmaude.html

I visited your website, amazing accomplishment !!

Thank you for updating everyone and sorry for the loss of Harold and Maude, incredible story.

ThRoewer · Jun 15, 2020

Spbk84 said:
That is awesome. I didn't know they lived that long.

A. percula females are estimated to live 30 years in the wild. In theory, they could get even older:
An extraordinary life span estimate for the clown anemonefish Amphiprion percula

Some large angelfish (Pomacanthus sexstriatus) males live over 40 years in the wild, some reaching even 60 years:
Age-based demography and reproductive ontogeny of angelfishes belonging to the family Pomacanthidae

tallyho said:
An update: Harold passed away at 41 years of age. Maude had passed at 36 years. Their web site is http://69.39.232.74/~heartwor/haroldandmaude.html

Sorry for your loss. They lived far longer than average. Did you notice any signs of aging or them slowing down? I had a pair of wild ocellaris that lived in my care for slightly over 20 years until a stuck heater killed them.

bmhair03 · Jun 16, 2020

I had a True Percula for 12 yrs. I also have a Maroon clown .He now a she is 10 yrs old. Its mate lived
9 yrs. I mated her with a Maroon with a smiley face tail.Took about a month to pair them.They are vicious when pairing! I have also had the same RBTA for 12yrs.

Zionas · Mar 8, 2021

Just dug up this thread. At this rate Paul B will have the second oldest pair of Clowns in the world, or maybe even set a new world record. I’m sure he can pull it off, and we’d be darn proud.

Daniel@R2R · Mar 8, 2021

I've had mine since 2013. 8 years definitely isn't a record, but I'm pretty proud to have had them that long.

Jekyl · Mar 8, 2021

lyrical said:
I was curious what's the oldest captive bred clownfish you guys have/had?

Paul B has one over 30yrs old. Mine are about 2

Zionas · Mar 8, 2021

Keep going!

I wish yours a long life and wish the same once I have my own. Any fish, really.

Daniel@R2R · Mar 8, 2021

If the old saying, "the good die young," is true, then my female black ice clown will probably live to be 100. LOL

Foomanj · Mar 8, 2021

My pair of Ocellaris just turned 26 years old and there anemone celebrates the same 26 years. My male clown was the only fish that survived my fish only tank crash back in 1995. I switched to a reef tank, picked up the female and Atlantic anemone and the rest is history.

Dallascowboys16 · Mar 8, 2021

I worked at my local fish store (Neptunes if any of you are in the Denver area) in high school and we had a 21 year old clown fish in one of the display tanks. She is still going strong and should be around 26 or 27 years old at this point.

She was definitely the meanest old fish I have ever met.

Terry Le · Mar 8, 2021

My mean Yellow stripe maroon clownfish is 14 plus years and getting meaner by the day

code4 · Mar 9, 2021

Not actually sure, mine are at least 12 years old. Captive bred snowflakes. They were less than an inch when I bought them 12 or 13 years ago. I hope they outlive me.