Poll: How old is your oldest SW fish? And what is it?

[RtomKinMad]

My yellow tang and Hippo are still lived for more than 5 yrs now. They both survived several power outage for several days during the cold winter and battery power air pump.

Thank goodness! That always scares me.

 

[Jack Hellmuth]

I had two clowns which I bought in 1992. The male died last year at age 25 and the female died 2 weeks ago at age 26. When I first got them my tank was basically fish only. After I retired 4 years ago and had more time, I paid more attention to water parameters, water changes and skimmer cleaning and have softies that seem happy. Why did they live so long? Beats me... Good genes maybe.

 

[pingzing47]

Ten plus years in my tank. True Percula Clown from Indian Ocean. Feed mainly small pellets

 

[pingzing47]

Ten plus years in my tank. True Percula Clown from Indian Ocean. Feed mainly small pellets

 

[tdowning]

How old is your oldest SW fish?

I have a 6 1/2 year old Blue Hippo Tang...my success story is I bought as a 6 year old Blue Hippo Tang from someone else that was getting out of the hobby

 

[silvernblackr35]

8 years for my purple tang, my yellow tang i've had 6 years but he was an adult living in a frag tank at a lfs that was closing so he might even be older.

 

[smellfishy]

Dussumier Tang 16yrs

 

[Musovski]

Prior having made my current reef i had kept two $20 clowns from petland in a small 20L, since i was 6. they died two months before my high school graduation. Im now 20.. lol.

So.... 12 years... in my captivity. haha

Im now hoping for these two bonded clowns i have to live that long.

 

[Terry aka Cr@sh]

I had two clowns which I bought in 1992. The male died last year at age 25 and the female died 2 weeks ago at age 26. When I first got them my tank was basically fish only. After I retired 4 years ago and had more time, I paid more attention to water parameters, water changes and skimmer cleaning and have softies that seem happy. Why did they live so long? Beats me... Good genes maybe.

I also has a pair of peculiar clowns I bought 21 years ago. I gave them to my buddy for his tank years ago. He returned them with his tank and gave up the hobby. I still have them and they still lay eggs under a few rocks in back of tank. I now have them in a 55 with two red and green bubble tip anemones all to them selves. They are spoiled because their to aggressive or territorial to put in my reef tank.....now that would be funny if they outlive me being 57.

 

[Thomashtom]

Dussumier Tang 16yrs

Wow awesome how big is he? what size tanks?

 

[sam.veilleux30]

For me it's a yellow tang i bought 2 weeks after starting my first tank 13 years ago.
He was the sole survivor of a wipeout 6 years ago.
No particular tips, i feed a lot and include nori in the diet.

 

[sam.veilleux30]

I got Gary in 2003

Hi Gary!, triggers definetly seem to be the kind of fishs who need a name.
The only "named" fish i had over the years were 2 valentini puffer.
Ludo and Ludo the second, both decided on their own terms when they had enought of captivity life (yeah, they jumped).
I might name my copperband soon, he got a lot of personality.

 

[smellfishy]

Wow awesome how big is he? what size tanks?

never really measured but I would say shy of two feet in a 380gaollon

 

[anemone man]

I have a yellow tang that I purchased in 1994. She is the only fish in a 150 gallon tank. Hope to celebrate her 25th birthday next summer.

 

[don_chuwish]

6 years, 9 months since I got her
1) True Percula Clown
2) Husbandry Tips: she's outlived every husband. I can't take credit, she's just tough.

 

[Dom3rd]

Snowflake Eel and 2 Lionfish 3 years old

 

[Stephen Glover]

My 15 year old Maroon Clown lives in my frag tank, I keep my hands out of the tank for good reason.

 

[Sonor]

Oldest are: Green chromis, tomini tang, foxface, dispar and lyretail anthias. all 3 to 4 years old, the tank is 4 years old. So chromis then tomini were the very first added.

 

[JMetaxas]

FWIW, I was in a small Reef shop in Orlando, Fl about a year ago, and the guy there insisted their maroon Clown fish was 42 years old.

I wish I could remember the name of the shop.

 

[JMetaxas]

FWIW, I was in a small Reef shop in Orlando, Fl about a year ago, and the guy there insisted their maroon Clown fish was 42 years old.

I wish I could remember the name of the shop.

 

[JMetaxas]

FWIW, I was in a small Reef shop in Orlando, Fl about a year ago, and the guy there insisted their maroon Clown fish was 42 years old.

I wish I could remember the name of the shop.