I didnt know where to post this thread cause i want to include Cichlids and non Cichlids, even Saltwater Fish.

What fish have you's kept or had for the longest of time and what was it?

I never wrote mine dumb dumb

I had 4 Tomato Clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus) for around 6 years until i sold them recentlly to convert my SW to FW Cichlid tank :Sad:

This is another great thread. Mine was my ob zebra had him for like 6 or 7 yrs.

cool topic Good Job

I have a ruby red peacock male that is going on 7 years old

Well Ive only been in the hobby for a little under 4 years now but I have a Agamyxis pectinifrons (spotted rapheal cat) that has been with me for the duration.

I would have to say that our oldest fish right now would be a synodontis...They hide in the rocks and we forget that we have them! They would probably be around 6 years old now.

We keep different species all the time due to limited space for tanks, so our stock list is constantly changing.

Kim

This is my oldest fish, or I should say, the one I've had the longest. He was one of three blue gouramis that I bought to cycle my tank when we moved into our new house.

Looking pretty old at 5+ years.


I have a few cichlids that I've had for about 5 years. Unlike most hobbyists, once I buy a fish, it's mine until it dies. I've given away a few fry, but I have yet to sell or trade a grown fish. They become like pets and I just can't part with them. :Sad:

Aura, do you remember seeing pics of that gourami that Pete and I saw in a LFS here that was over 25 years old??? He finally died last year.

I have a friend here who has a Synodontis that he got in 1985! That's over 20 years old!

Kim

So, what is the average life expectancy of a cichlid? Hmmmm Now this should be good!

No Kim, I don't remember or I didn't see them. Twenty-five years! yikes That had to be really sad to lose a fish after that many years.

My oldest fish are a Taiwan Reef male and a Copadichromis Chrysonotus male. They are by my estimate 5 years old each.

Here is a recent pic

Awesome looking fish, DaveB!
Bouncy Drooly
Okay, what is the average life expectancy of most cichlids? Hmmmm Now this should be good!

Funny looking fish those Gourami's Aura, looks like its upside down Giggly

He's even funnier looking from the front, geelite. I can't find my good close-up, but this will give you an idea.

Hee hee...alien/fly!

I've got a catfish that i have had for at least 8 years and a male frontosa burundi that i've had just about the same length of time the cat isnt showing his age the way my male front is...

I've had my auloncara hansbaenschi and petricola cats for five years now and hopefully will have them for many more years!

I gave away the last of my cichlids this spring when my last tank cracked and spilled water all over the living room floor. I was able to save all of the fish by bringing them to my friend's store. My wife cried when I brought this guy to the store that day.



We had this particular Synodontis flavitaeniatus for 8+ years. He ended up back at the store where I had originally purchased him from.

My Dad still has a rather faded goldfish that occupys an unfiltered, unlit 55G on his lonesome - his last +22 year old Weather Loach tank-mate passed on just over a year ago...

Every now and then his swim bladder plays up, and he'll spend a day or so upside down, before righting himself and continuing on his way!

I "won" this goldie at a funfair when I was 8 years old. I'm now 37!

Wow, Windowlicka, that's amazing.