How long do your fish live?

[Anonymous]

My fish have been with me between 5 and 7 years now, and unless I am being lied to by the moron currently taking care of them, they are still alive and well (blue and purple tangs and a breeding pair of maroons).

How long can I expect them to live? What is the longest anyone has had a fish here?

Sorry in advance if this is too off-topic.

 

[Anonymous]

Why didn't you post this topside? We need more traffic up there, not fish posts in the sump.

Jim

 

[Anonymous]

We have a clown fish that has been in the family for over 15 years.

 

[Anonymous]

8) Maybe we'll go North with this one? 8)

~wings~

 

[Anonymous]

I have had fish for 3 years max. That is not because they died tho. I had to tear my tank down to move so I sold some of my fish. The longes current in my care is a clown that is 4.

 

[Anonymous]

In before the move. :lol:

I have had fish live 5 or 6 years before a crash.

 

[Anonymous]

I have a couple that are going on 6 years.

 

[Anonymous]

I have a clown that I have had for 9 years.

 

[liquid]

North it goes.

Shane

 

[Anonymous]

Now that we're in the proper place, I'll answer.
My fish don't generally die, I end up moving and starting over, or changing setups. I recently loss an imperator angel to ich that was introduced on a live rock. :evil: That was my only loss in recent memory.
Currently my 2 year old fridmani and my 4 year old sixline wrasse are my oldest fish.
Most marine fish should live for 10 years or longer, even smaller fish such as damsels and such.


Jim

 

[Anonymous]

At what point should I start to worry about "old tank syndrome" and that sort of thing? Is it inevitable, or an old wife's tail?

 

[Anonymous]

At what point should I start to worry about "old tank syndrome" and that sort of thing? Is it inevitable, or an old wife's tail?

I don't see that happening with modern tanks at all, (live rock, protein skimmers, fine sand beds) but 15 years ago, with the old-school undergravel setups it was quite common. Aquarists would suddenly have die offs, one fish after the other in rapid succession.

Jim

 

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[Anonymous]

Doing okay, AOTS? :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

At what point should I start to worry about "old tank syndrome" and that sort of thing? Is it inevitable, or an old wife's tail?

I don't see that happening with modern tanks at all, (live rock, protein skimmers, fine sand beds) but 15 years ago, with the old-school undergravel setups it was quite common. Aquarists would suddenly have die offs, one fish after the other in rapid succession.

Jim

Sand beds are probably the greatest contributor to "old tank syndrome"

Read some of the now legendary DSB threads.

 

[Anonymous]

I have. There doesn't seem to be a consensus, except possibly "don't fix it if it ain't broke."

 

[Anonymous]

At what point should I start to worry about "old tank syndrome" and that sort of thing? Is it inevitable, or an old wife's tail?

I don't see that happening with modern tanks at all, (live rock, protein skimmers, fine sand beds) but 15 years ago, with the old-school undergravel setups it was quite common. Aquarists would suddenly have die offs, one fish after the other in rapid succession.

Jim

Sand beds are probably the greatest contributor to "old tank syndrome"

Read some of the now legendary DSB threads.

He's talking about (I think) fish deaths that were attributed to "old tank syndrome" back in the day, which is a different issue from a crashed sand beds we're seeing now, which don't necessarily cause mortalities among the resident fishes.

Jim

 

[Anonymous]

At what point should I start to worry about "old tank syndrome" and that sort of thing? Is it inevitable, or an old wife's tail?

I don't see that happening with modern tanks at all, (live rock, protein skimmers, fine sand beds) but 15 years ago, with the old-school undergravel setups it was quite common. Aquarists would suddenly have die offs, one fish after the other in rapid succession.

Jim

Sand beds are probably the greatest contributor to "old tank syndrome"

Read some of the now legendary DSB threads.

He's talking about (I think) fish deaths that were attributed to "old tank syndrome" back in the day, which is a different issue from a crashed sand beds we're seeing now, which don't necessarily cause mortalities among the resident fishes.

Jim

True, but they can.

BTW, we have fish that are well over a decade old.

 

[Anonymous]

Mine are only 2 years old since I forgot to move the tank before I lit my house on fire. Talk about a newby mistake!

 

[Anonymous]

Hey in the vein of "talk about your tank" day, I just ordered 2 new 400 watt 14k Coralvues. Woohoo! Now just gotta wire the ballasts and make the fixtures out of excess solatube parts.