what is the longest you have kept a fish?

[fishy88]

how long have you kept a fish ?

 

[flamehawk]

yellow lab and dobiosi african chiclids. Still have them. 7 years and counting.

 

[pufferfan]

a few years back when i kept SWF, i had a Porcupine Puffer for almost two years until i had to move and gave him away.

 

[krunk]

i have a cichlid tank, 3 years, nothing died yet.
i have a oscar (12" long), 4 years, his tank mate is a 12 year old pleco(15" long)

 

[fishy88]

i ment how long for sw fish

 

[bang guy]

I have an 8 yr old Mandarin Dragonette. My oldest fish. In the past I had a Percula for 15 years. It wasn't tank raised so I don't know how old it was when I got it. The rest of my fish are 3 - 4 years old.

 

[hondo]

I still have the first fish I bought for Saltwater a false perc. The rest of my current fish I have all had for between 14mo - 26mo. Prior to that I went through alot of fish due to ignorance.

 

[ophiura]

I have a striped damsel which was my first SW fish- nearly 8 years. Poor thing has been the subject of some rather steep learning curves that cost the lives of others. I even moved him from Virginia to Texas with me in his own little cooler. And now the little b***ard bites me every time I am in 'his' tank. Gratitude. Guess it is payback for the early years

 

[sebae0]

i had 2 false percs for 7 years b4 a power outage took them out, other than that most of my fish are 3-5 yrs old right now.

 

[phil1964]

Way back when I had a lion for 6 years and a snowflake for 7 years. Neither died. I gave them away when I moved.
WHAT WAS I THINKING?!

 

[tahoe ocean]

Out of the 6 years in SW I have 2 captive bred clowns who are now 4 years old.

 

[sinner's girl]

So far, we've had the clown for 3yrs (she was added shortly after the tank cycled). there is damsel that is older than that, but we've only had him a few months. no clue how old he is,

 

[ohioballer]

one of my co-workers has had their lion fish for over 15 years now

 

[lionstorm]

only been doing this for about 7 months on freshwater and coming on 5 months for saltwater, so far mostly everone is still alive except one maroon clownfish

 

[myescape0]

Our tank has been up for about 5 months...the only originals are a large marroon clown,snowflake eel,two cc starfish,horseshoe crabs,some snails and hermit crabs. Sadly all others have died or were killed by others in the tank....... ...