Most Beautifull & Longest Living Fish ?

[Alind]

Please suggest me Acording to you which tropical fish is most beautifull and having longest life span ?

You can also give me few options !

First priorty is Life Span !

 

[Wills]

All depends on tank size really, you generally find some of the larger species will live longest. There was an article about this in PFK a fish magazine in the UK a few years back, I remember some ages but not all. I had a featherfin catfish and they can life to 25 years. But that said some of the smaller fish had suprised life spans with quite a few getting to 10 years or so.

But yeah like I said tank size please

 

[england]

Well my hoplo catfish is getting onto 8+years and is still going strong....

large South America usally between 10-18years

small tetras between 5-10years

large tetras between 8-12years

small barbs between 5-7years

Goldfish<Cyprinidae any between 10-90years

livebearers usally between 3-5years

Killifish usually between 1-2 years

 

[Bebobb]

Goldfish and Cyprinidae. WOW! 90 years?!

 

[england]

"The world's oldest captive goldfish lived for a full 43 years.

Tish the goldfish, recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's longest living goldfish was won as a prize at a fair."

check this one out
http/www.marinebuzz.com/2008/03/20/worlds-oldest-fish-in-an-aquarium-is-granddad/

 

[snowflake311]

Emperor tetras they are pretty 3" are really fun mine nip my hand when it's in the tank. They live over 10 yr. Plecos. Are long lived. Many catfish seem to life for ever. Cory cats can live 15+ yr.

But yes it depends on how big of a tank you are willing to have. Like said before larger fish live longer.

 

[Honeythorn]

A lot of catfish and eels can live well over 20 years, My grandad had an oscar for over 18 years I recall .

As mentioned a properly kept goldfish can live 40 years+ and many types of carp (one species of which goldfish is simply a colour morph ) can indeed live for even longer.

check this one out
http/www.marinebuz...um-is-granddad/

Grandad! Aw I remember reading about him in the paper. I think he's adorable

 

[K-Holed]

Not a tropical fish, but the longest lived Koi carp was 226.

 

[Honeythorn]

Do you have a source for that info at all?

 

[Big_eyes]

Do you have a source for that info at all?

Hmmmm......I don't believe it but google gives me this - My link

 

[Honeythorn]

I'm finding that story very unlikely. I want to see further evidence of this fish and it's age. But if it is true then that's supremely impressive indeed.

 

[Honeythorn]

Hmm Wikipedia has mentioned the same fish and said it's age was determined by taking a scale sample and dating it.

http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koi

Koi can live for centuries. One famous scarlet koi, named "Hanako" (c. 1751 – July 7, 1977) was owned by several individuals, the last of whom was Dr. Komei Koshihara. Hanako was reportedly 226 years old upon her death.[sup][11][/sup][sup][12][/sup][sup][13][/sup][sup][14][/sup] Her age was determined by removing one of her scales and examining it extensively in 1966. She is (to date) the longest-lived koi fish ever recorded.

I'm certainly impressed.

 

[Gill]

Not a tropical fish, but the longest lived Koi carp was 226.

I remember reading the article and watching the video of these Koi. They are kept at a Monastry in China and range from 226 - 150 years old. I think it was on National geographic, or one of the nature blogs.


For me it would be the Hi-Fin China Shark, A Beautiful fish up untill it starts to morph into the adult form when reaching 20 years AFAIK.

 

[kelly528]

Not a tropical fish, but the longest lived Koi carp was 226.

I remember reading the article and watching the video of these Koi. They are kept at a Monastry in China and range from 226 - 150 years old. I think it was on National geographic, or one of the nature blogs.


For me it would be the Hi-Fin China Shark, A Beautiful fish up untill it starts to morph into the adult form when reaching 20 years AFAIK.

Makes sense to me. Colecanths and sturgeons reach centuries old in the wild.


For a beautiful, long-lived fish I give my vote to fancy goldfish. Some of the show-quality ones are absolutely exquisite and i don't think it is unreasonable to expect 15 years out of them, given proper care. I assume commons would live for longer though. Of course for either of these you are going to need a larger tank.

For a small, elegant, long-lived fish your best bet would be a betta. They definitely win in the 'beauty' category, lol!!! They can get up to 7 if kept in a reasonably-sized tank and given proper care.

 

[meguro]

clown loaches?