I'm just wondering how long fish tank fish (freshwater - up to about 7 inches) can potentially last. Have you heard of fish-tank fish lasting longer than 10 years, for example?
2007-02-13 18:05:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
I have a 90 gal. tank. In it I have a Plecostomus that is 22 yrs old. Several Clown Loaches, a Gibeceps, and a Waterlot's Synodontis in the 8 to 10 yr. bracket. Most of your larger fish (although that is not always the case)like the ones I mentioned here, and some Cichlids like the Oscar are long lived. A lot of the schooling varieties are short lived, (Danios, Tetras,etc.) and are prolific breeders, as they are at the low end of the food chain. I have only named a few. There are other examples among the answers here.
2007-02-14 01:22:25 · answer #1 · answered by 6.1fishbob 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have a 30 gal fresh and a 30 gal salt water tank that have been running for 30 years.
Not the same fish as when I started mind you. The fish store where I buy all my fish has been in business for more than 60 years. They have a 1000 gallon display tank that used to house a fish (Frank) who weighed 60 pounds. he was an Amazon fish who ate of all things heads of lettuce! he was so large! Phil the owner got him in a shipment by accident. The fish (Icannot remember the typeof the fish) lived in the tank over 40 years. People would stop in just to see the fish. He passed away from old age.
It really does depend on you with the tank and they type of fish you have. There have been gold fish and carp who live beyond 47 years. Now not all fish will live that long even in optimal water conditions.
I have a Koi in an outside pond who is more than 12 years old.
2007-02-14 03:20:25 · answer #2 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is highly unlikely the glass will just break. Damage to the tank usually happens when cleaning it. At some point you have to move the fish to another container, empty the water, remove the gravel and accoutrements, and scrub off the accumulated algae, water scale, etc. Every time you move the tank, especially a large one, you strain the glue that binds the glass together. Still, I had a 70 gallon (12" wide x 5' long x 24" deep) that I cleaned once a year and nearly 20 years passed before it began leaking. Even it it does leak you can purchase "fish-safe" silicone caulk (See link below) that will seal the leak. Only problem is that you will have to empty it again to apply the caulk to fix it. However, the cost of buying a new tank may make the effort well worth it.
2016-05-24 08:52:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
These first examples are a little bigger than seven inches, but many tropical fish that live a long time eventually grow larger than that since it is generally thought that fish never completely stop growing. Some adult tinfoil barbs were on display on the first opening day of the Cleveland Aquarium, and many of them were still alive and on display thirty years later. Australian lungfish may live for a hundred years or more and are probably reproductively active for over a century. I have had whiptail catfish, which stay fairly small, live for 18 years.
2013-12-12 13:05:00 · answer #4 · answered by Dan M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
each species of fish will have a slightly different life span, from a year to 30-40 years. and in the case of Koi and large wild freshwater fish, over 100 years!
in the case of neon tetras, they used to live for around 10 years, but now I think they're too inbred these days and are far less hardy.
a tank will last as long as you can maintain it! (leaks and wear and tear would need to be taken into consideration of course)
2007-02-13 20:38:51 · answer #5 · answered by catx 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When I was growing up my mother had a tank with goldfish and a huge upside down catfish in it. The pleco was about 4 inches when she got it, and it lived for 11 years in a 75 gallon tank.
Supposedly, there have been Koi that have lived 100+ years but I am a little skeptical.
2007-02-13 18:16:22 · answer #6 · answered by iluvmyfrenchbulldogs 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
record goldfish live for 40+ years. mostly it depends on the fish. some like killifish and sparkling gouramis live a year at most. in labs they have gotten bettas to live 10 yrs. its thought in the wild they only live about 3. cichlids (including angelfish) and loaches often go past 10 years.
2007-02-13 18:14:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Depends on the species. Some live a year (killifish) some live 40 years (goldfish and plecos) and the rest live in between.
2007-02-13 22:13:58 · answer #8 · answered by bzzflygirl 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
depends on the fish and how well u care 4 it
2007-02-13 18:13:34 · answer #9 · answered by kimaya 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if u take the responsibility 2 feed them 2 times a day and change tank 1 time a week they will live10-20years if healthy ~*well by*~
2007-02-13 21:02:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋