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View Poll Results: How long?
died within 0-3 months 1 0.77%
died within 4-6 months 1 0.77%
died within 7-9 months 2 1.54%
died within 10-12 months 0 0%
died within 13-18 months 1 0.77%
died within 19-24 months 0 0%
died within 2-3 years 1 0.77%
died within 3-4 years 2 1.54%
died after 5 years + 1 0.77%
currently alive 0-6 months 9 6.92%
currently alive 7-12 months 3 2.31%
currently alive over 1 year 12 9.23%
currently alive over 2 years 12 9.23%
currently alive over 3 years 6 4.62%
currently alive over 4 years 5 3.85%
currently alive 5 years + 14 10.77%
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Old 10-19-2017, 10:22 PM
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Generally the size of the fish is related to the size of the tank. My yellow tang was over 20 years old when it died 4 months ago. Who knows how old she was when I got her in 1997. Most of her fins were gone from the battles she lost many years ago. A 20 year old yellow tang is about the size of any adult yellow tang no bigger and only smaller if housed in a small tank.

I have a male clown fish that I have had for at least 21 years and he is still tiny because the female (over twice the size) is 22. They are both still doing well. It has been about a year since they laid their last batch of eggs.

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how big does an elderly, tank raised yellow tang end up being?

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Old 04-22-2018, 08:56 PM
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Mine has now turned 11 years old.
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400 gal reef. Established April, 2007. 3 Sequence Dart, RM12-4 skimmer, 2 x OM4Ways, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown (pair), Blonde Naso Tang, Vlamingi Tang, Foxface Rabbit, Unicorn Tang, 2 Pakistani Butterflies and a few coral gobies

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