Average life span....

[Jimmy Twotimes]

Friends

Anywhere I can go to get the average life span of most common tropical fish? Like to gauge my success in some way...!

Cheers

Jimmy

 

[Alien Anna]

That's comparing apples and oranges, but here's a few common species I know about:

Killifish - 1 year
Beckford's pencilfish - 18 mths to 2 years
Black neon tetras - 6-8 years
Cardinal tetras - 6 years
Bettas - 2-6 years in captivity
Goldfish - 25 years
Mollies - 2-3 years
Oscars - 20 years

 

[Jimmy Twotimes]

That's comparing apples and oranges

Sorry Anna how do u mean?

Thanks for the info on the ones u know about but not sure what u mean about comparisons? I just wondered what age I can expect from keeping certain fish if the community water parameters are kept well...

Cheers again.

Jimmy

 

[kev]

I think she means that you need to be more specific. All fish live different lengths of time. If you post the fish you have / want i'm sure someone will be able to come up with some figures for you.

 

[Jimmy Twotimes]

All fish live different lengths of time.

I kinda guessed that!!!!

Just wondered if there was a website that contained a listing...

Anyway, the ones I am most interested in Kev, are:

Kuhli Loaches
Zebra Danios
Platys
Guppies

Thanks again for your quick responses...

Jimmy

 

[guppymonkey]

Guppies usually live about 2 or 3 years. I think platies are about the same.

 

[brookie]

that was a great question i never really thought about how long fish were supposed to live

 

[skiltrip]

i'm very curious as well. if someone could find a list online or something that had average lifespans that would be very cool.

i am most interested in ...

firemouth cichlid

redtail shark

tiger barb


so if anyone knows the lifespans of these, let me know!

- kip