Haters Gonna Hate

[George]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Why is that? if a copperband is eating well and it is healthy why would it not last more than one year?

I have my copperband for a year now and I surely hope he'll live longter than that because he's my favorite fish. Very fat, active and healthy.

Do they have such short livespawn as 1 year???

It's most likely because of their diet. Both CBB and MI are very specific about what they eat in the wild. Therefore their digest systems are adapted to what they eat. If you feed some foods that not their nature diet, they may eat them. But they probably won't be able to digest them. Or maybe they can digest the food, but there are some specific nutrients in their diet that are missing from what they are eating in our tanks. This specifically apply to MI since we know that their main diet is sponge in the wild.