How Long Will My Fish Live?

[jourdy288]

Simease Fighting Fish - 2 years

It is spelt "Siamese". Still, the list is extremely helpful. Also, under certain lab conditions, they can live nine years-and still be in breeding condition!

I'll put it in tropical chat forum I suppose, and will be fully open to any tweakings. Would you mind posting your severum stats based on these questions?- What PH do my fish like?- What food do I need to make them grow big and healthy?- If I feed them right, how long can they live?- Are they EASY, INTERMEDIATE, OR ADVANCED in difficulty?- Are they Hardy, Fairly Hardy, or Not Hardy? - How big can they get? - And how aggressive?

Good point. The books by Hans Baensch are written in a very similar format. Just loads and loads of info on fish, the fish. I wish there were more fish books like that. Most fish books are a basic overview, and don't give individual species, just the information needed about heaters, filters, gravel, etc.

 

[confusion]

http/www.pondviewkoi.com/koifacts.htm - 100 years
http/www.liveaquaria.com/general/general...ral_pagesid=185 - 200 years
http/www.burkesbackyard.com.au/2003/arch...cials4/koi_carp - 50 to 70 years
http/www.vcnet.com/koi_net/hanako.html - 215 years

The article here: http/www.vcnet.com/koi_net/hanako.html is fairly detailed at about the discovery of some 100+ and 200+ year old Koi.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Lol, anybody have a Guiness Book of Records(sp?) handy? They will probably have this sort of stuff like the koi thing in the book.

 

[Squidman]

so my blue gourami has 2.5 years!

 

[CathyGo]

I think killifish need to be divided into Annuals and Non-Annuals since there will be a huge lifespan difference between the two.

 

[Zafirah]

bettas can live up to 6 years with the proper care, it is vary unlickyl that they only live foir 2 yrs