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who rearanges their tank more than 1 time a year?

My oldest right now I think are 2 of my Neon Tetras, and they would be 4 years old I think? I don't think I have any guppies left from the first generation that I had, but I certainly have plenty of there family still around:%)But, uh don't ask me to pin point which 2 Neons are the oldestthe newest ones have grown to be the same size as the other two

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

fish my cray is 7ish, does that count?

I think possibly my paradise fish, who are about 4 years old... and I lost my oldest betta today, who was about 3 3/4 years.

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

3 or 4 year old goldfish!

Wish-ga is at my work. Had him since 2000. As swishy and lovely as ever. I use his name for my screen name too.

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my silver arowana and clown knife are both 8 years old

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My oldest Fish is a pair of Albino Corys Named SLeepy and Speedy. they have a year and a month.
I also have a Black Moor with 5 days difference
Notice that I only started the hobby a Year and a month before and the corys were my first fish


Face up make your stand and realize your living in the golden Years

had 2 zebra danios that lived past 7 years (died a few years ago), just lost an albino cory who was about 9yrs, have one left now still going. Redtailed black shark who lived to 5 1/2.
IMO, most fish prefer to be ignored. Any time I keep active maintenance on my tanks, fish die. If I leave the tanks alone, they thrive.

IMO, most fish prefer to be ignored. Any time I keep active maintenance on my tanks, fish die. If I leave the tanks alone, they thrive.

BINGO BINGO BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That right these is the secret to have your fish live to old ages.. and I can see yours have.

The only thing that has changed in my dads tank in the past 15 or so years is the plants.

The ONLY thing we do to the tanks is feed the fish, and do water changes.. thats all you need to do.

Changing the gravel around, and aquascaping and all of that stuff disrupts the fish to no end.. i mean how would you like people coming into your house, stressing you out once a week, and changing everything you have around? The stress might not kill you, but it will guarenteed kill the fish.

Well I think that's kind of a given...

Who completely tears up their tank and rearranges everything every week?

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

how big of a tank is that pleco in. it must be about 24" long.

my oldest is a dwarf gourami which is 1.5 years

Changing the gravel around, and aquascaping and all of that stuff disrupts the fish to no end..

I can see what you are saying here and appreciate that you want to keep stress levels to a minimum. However, keep in mind that there are lots of fish that like a bit of a change... I am thinking of some of the cichlids here.

I change the rock configuration quite often. (once a months or so). Gives them different caves to explore. They are very active in checking it all out after a change. If they were freaked out they would hide and sulk instead. (and recently there was a thread about how to stimulate an oscar so some breeds need a bit of spice to life...)

Is also beneficial when adding stock to a cichlid tank as it forces a temporarily neutral status on territory while they work out who is who in the new hierarchy.



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I recently said goodbye to a 7 year old Cardinal Tetra. His buddies are around 5-6 years old.

My Lemon Tetras? Hmm, I suspect one of these is now 8 years old at least, possibly more. Two of my Otocinclus are definitely over 6 years old.

For some reason, Cardinals and Lemons last a very long time in my aquarium. Pity my psychotic male Beckford's Pencils killed off the females, otherwise I suspect they too would have lasted a decent length of time.

As for my Pandas, well, I'd say Mata Hari and the gang are around 2½ to 3 years old (depending upon how old they were when I bought them). And showing absolutely no signs of letting up on their frenetic spawning. Latest spawning (number 89!) was yesterday, August 10th, 2005. At this rate, if one assumes a lifespan of 15 years for Panda Corys (which is perfectly reasonable) then they'll have been responsible for laying something like 13,350 eggs by the time they reach 15 years of age (based upon an estimate of 20 eggs per spawn, and spawning rates maintained througout that time). Which puts things neatly into perspective.


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

My girlfriend used to have a koi(which now belongs to someone else) that is still alive at around nine years or so

I'm sorry, he is not a koi, he's a comet. I have been corrected.

She would also like to include that she got him at the fair for a quarter....

the oldest fish i had was a betta who lived to 3 and 1/2

My oldest fish is a three year old glow light tetra. My dog (Sneaker Bear), however, is nearly seventeen. Not bad for a Chow mix. She was feeling a bit poorely this week, but doing better today. She is a big help with fish keeping, lays right in the way (Ha!).

I had a goldfish who just died at about age 13...I was hoping he'd stay around a bit longer, but I suppose 13 or so isn't bad...

Now I just have a bunch of bettas. I've had the oldest for 3 years.

I have a betta that will be 6 in October, then I have an albino cory who is 4.

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P. punctatus at 13 years.