how old are your fishes?

Harry Zonard wrote in message
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Just out of interest.

How old is your oldest aquarium inhabitant?

OK not really tropical but our local garden centre has a pond in the main
shop,
'Jaws' has lived there for 25 years and is now a regular goldfish
approaching
3 feet from nose to tail!

Dave

OK not really tropical but our local garden centre has a pond in the main
shop,
'Jaws' has lived there for 25 years and is now a regular goldfish
approaching
3 feet from nose to tail!

Dave

If Jaws is a regular goldfish he is a world record. Recently the worlds largest
goldfish was recored at 14.5 inches or so.

Moon
I breed dwarf crayfish for planted aquariums and grow trees in aquariums.
My groups

"Harry Zonard" wrote in message
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Just out of interest.

How old is your oldest aquarium inhabitant?

my gripe with encyclopedia is they don't state the potential longevity
of fishes.

I have kept aquaden itaniyyi (Dolphin cichlid) to the ripe old age of
12 and I had to move house ...so gave them away to the local fish shop

I am back in the hobby now , slowly, nothing drastic just 500l of
water encased in glass 3 bronze cat...10 neon tetra and 2 pulchers
(kribs)

I think the range is 3 to 7 years for the smaller fishes, and 5 to 15 for
larger fish (with lots of exceptions, like Koi at 50+ years).

the addiction is coming back slowly...

shall I look for help or just let go ?

It's probably too late.
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On 28 Apr 2004 18:13:31 GMT, ospam (Moontanman)
wrote:

Man what a bummer of a summer holiday!
do you give all your fishes winter and summer quater?



I had a elephantnose that was 7 years old when a bird caught and ate him in his
summer pond. I've had Cardinals live to be more than five years old.

Moon
I breed dwarf crayfish for planted aquariums and grow trees in aquariums.
My groups

On 28 Apr 2004 23:33:20 GMT, ospam (Moontanman)
wrote:


OK not really tropical but our local garden centre has a pond in the main
shop,
'Jaws' has lived there for 25 years and is now a regular goldfish
approaching
3 feet from nose to tail!

Dave

If Jaws is a regular goldfish he is a world record. Recently the worlds largest
goldfish was recored at 14.5 inches or so.

Well not bad for the garden center to be there for 25 years
Jaw might be a Koi! they do grow pretty big and can live into they
nineties.

Cheers!


Moon
I breed dwarf crayfish for planted aquariums and grow trees in aquariums.
My groups

Man what a bummer of a summer holiday!
do you give all your fishes winter and summer quater?


Yeah, I like to give some of my fish a outdorr pond summer. It makes them
prettier and healthier. but it has it;'s draw backs too.

Moon
I breed dwarf crayfish for planted aquariums and grow trees in aquariums.
My groups