Oldest living?

[aquanot]

What is the longest anyone has kept a fish and or coral?

[exee]

my clownfish is over 3 years old now and still going strong... I don't know how old she was when I bought her... Went from a 10 gallon tank to a 20 gallon to a 72 gallon :P She has been in all my saltwater tanks

[Willow]

i know a guy in town who has had a yellow tang in his tank for over 20 years.

[EmilyB]

Yes, I have talked to people with fish much older than mine, but I am happy to have my oldest at seven years (YT and Trigger) with some others following in right behind.

I never seem to keep a coral in place long enough to have it for years....

[Tom R]

I have a few fish that were the first S/W purchases that i made about 8 or 9 years ago. My first purchases were Blue Damsels @ $3.00 each to aid in the cycling of my first setup.

You know it is a murphy's law that the cheapest will last the most expensive will die.

Tom R

[Ruth]

I have had my tanks set up for a year and a half and under and have continued to aquire fish over this time. I have lost 2 firefish (jumpers) 3 gobies (dottyback) and one Moorish Idol (killed by Yellow Tang). Most of my fish in my 230g have been there for over a year and like Tom I still have the first 2 fish that I got - blue devil damsel and tomato clown.

[Tangman]

The Sailfin Tang ,as seen in my avtar, is about 6 years old, it's about 7 inches long too

[BMW Rider]

Yellow tang - 7+ years
Tomato clown - 7+ years, it was fully mature when I got it, so I expect it is at least 10-12 years old

[sumpfinfishe]

My pink skunk clown is 6yrs, sixline is 4yrs, and I lost two yellow watchmens back at Xmas that were both 7yrs.

As for coral, I have a few pieces that I started with 9 yrs ago which include my candycane, frogspawn, and gorgonians-all have been fragged more times than I can count.

[Skimmer Juice]

I have had a tank since dec 2004 and I have a cowfish for 1 year.Got him the size of a loonie now he is 6-7 inches.I also have a cling fish wich was my first fish.