Senior Citizen Fishes

[RuGlu6]

I have seen a 17 (!) years old yellow tang. was not mine though. This was few years back i wonder if it still alive. Fish was very happy in 300 gal tank back then.
i don't know if YT can live that long but i was told it was that old.

[Nabey]

Originally Posted by RuGlu6

I have seen a 17 (!) years old yellow tang. was not mine though. This was few years back i wonder if it still alive. Fish was very happy in 300 gal tank back then.
i don't know if YT can live that long but i was told it was that old.

I have also seen a 17 year old yellow tang a few months ago. Pretty sure its the same one. Its really hard to believe it's actually 17 years old!

[Delphinus]

I remember a study a few years back that basically said they believe the natural lifespans of most tang species to be around 20 to 40 years.. So, 17 is not a bad start!

[Lance]

Wow! Some pretty old fishies there guys. Mine are still babies. Although the PJ Cardinal, Coral Beauty and Yellow Watchman were full grown when I bought them, so I'm figuring they are about six.
Tony, I remember Doug talking about his Clowns once a few years back and they were quite old then. Do you remember?

[Trabby]

A couple of years ago we aquired a tank with a handful of fish from a fellow reefer who didnt have time for the hobby anymore. One of the fish is a flame hawkfish named Snoopy. He is 14+ years old.....at first i was skeptical on his age, then the owner showed me a picture of his teenage daughter at two and low and behold there was snoopy peeking out of the tank behind her trying to get in on story time.