I've scoured the internet looking for some information on the life expectancy of rainford gobies to no avail, so I figured I'd post here and see if people who have owned them have a general consensus. I have a captive-bred rainford from Biota that I got in January of 2017. He's by far the largest rainford goby I've ever seen compared to any I've seen in person at the LFS's or in others' tanks, and he arrived to me at nearly the size he is now so I'm guessing he had to be at least a year-ish old when I received him. So if I had to guess, he's at least around 5 years old. He's always eaten like a champ and been out and about sifting sand around the tank, but as of late he just looks a little poorly...resting on the sand, lost quite a bit of color in his dorsal fin, part of his tail on the bottom is missing and it looks like he drags it when he's out moving. None of his tank mates are behaving aggressively towards him from what I've observed to make me think he's stressed or getting chased/attacked to the point of exhaustion. I'm just wondering if this is the end and he's an older gentleman on his way out, or if he's still young for his species and I should start trying to figure out if there is something wrong with him.
For those of you that have/had them (in general, but particularly the captive bred ones), how long did your rainford live for?
For those of you that have/had them (in general, but particularly the captive bred ones), how long did your rainford live for?