Oldest Fish

[Swva]

My Silver Dollar is at least 28 years old. I got it in 1992. Anyone have an older fish?

 

[Fishmanic]

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[itiwhetu]

I thought around 10 years. So you have proven the books wrong

 

[itiwhetu]

Any chance of a photo?

 

[Lajos_Detari]

I heard that the Koi and Goldfish can live very long.
But I dont have any of them. Lol

 

[itiwhetu]

I think they say goldfish 20-30 years. Cold water

 

[Lajos_Detari]

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[Swva]

Any chance of a photo?

 

[Swva]

I bought four Silver Dollar fish when I graduated college. Two lived about 10 years, one about 15, and my last one is still going strong. He is currently in his third tank that is only a 10 gallon. I have had tetras, pictus cats, angel fish, and various algea eaters in the same tank but he has outlived then all. I only have a small algea eater in the tank with him now. There hasn't been a heater in the tank in at least 10 years.

 

[itiwhetu]

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It looks in pretty good shape for it's age

 

[Fishmanic]

So tell us about about his living conditions. What size tank? Temperature? PH? hardness? filter? Plants? Aeration? What do you feed it and how often?

 

[Munroco]

My Silver Dollar is at least 28 years old. I got it in 1992. Anyone have an older fish?

28 years is amazing. Well done for looking after him/her so well for so long.

 

[Swva]

So tell us about about his living conditions. What size tank? Temperature? PH? hardness? filter? Plants? Aeration? What do you feed it and how often?

I do very little other than feed him daily and clean the tank when needed. I vacuum the tank a few times a year and add water about once a month and change the water completely about once per year. My Dollar started in a 35 gallon hex tank but after it started leaking, he has been in two of the cheap 10 gal tanks in my spare bedroom. There has not been a heater in the tank in over 10 years so the water is probably 72 degrees in the summer and 68 degrees in the winter. I have never tested the water PH or hardness. I used a hot tub test strip tonight and the hardness looks to be over 1000 and the PH is below 6.8. I haven't had any plants in the tank in years. I use a Whisper Power Filter over the back of the tank and I give him a small pinch of Wardley Tropical Flakes every morning when I turn his light on.

 

[Fishmanic]

You must mean your hardness is over 100 (not 1000). Most would not consider that to be ideal conditions but why change want seems to be working in this case.

 

[Swva]

My fish died this weekend at the age of 29 years. 1992 to 2021.