Life span

[D4nny17]

Hi i just wanted too ask (sorry about the new thread for one question) what is the life span of different fish? Ive been wondering this for a while i don't want to know any specific fish life span just any fish you know there life spans for. Thanks.

 

[jm1212]

what fish are we talking about here?

some fish do not live long at all, like the "annual" killis that live less than a year.

others can live for decades, like clown loaches which have been known to reach 40 years.

 

[D4nny17]

what fish are we talking about here?

some fish do not live long at all, like the "annual" killis that live less than a year.

others can live for decades, like clown loaches which have been known to reach 40 years.

I just meant any fish that you know the life span of .40 years for a fish i thought 10 years was probably the maximum for tank fish.

 

[Eupterus]

I'd say average small tropical fish lifespans are about 2-6 yrs.

 

[pacalan]

I don't know their true life span is supposed to be, but I had a couple of Rainbow Shark that lived for 12 years.

 

[Lupin]

Most tetras can live for about 3-5 years. Angelfish at 10-15 years. Guppies at 2-3 years. Platies at 5-6 years. Swordtails at almost 10 years. I cannot comment on mollies though 5 years for sure would be about right.

 

[12 Volt Man]

they say 7 to 10 years is average for most fish, with the fish like killis and some notable others (dwarf gouramis and rams) being the exception as they have a shorter life span.

I have a lot of fish in my fish room that are 10 years old, and my oldest is a rapheal cat that is 15 years old and counting..

 

[beblondie]

Adolfos Cory - 5 years
Angelfish - 10+ years
Apistogramma - 3 to 5 years
Archer Fish - 5 years
Armored Catfish - 7 to 15 years
Bala Shark - 10 years
Bandit Cory - 5 years
Banjo Cat - 7 to 15 years
Banjo Catfish - 5 to 8 years
Betta Splendens 2 years
Black Neon Tetra - 5 years
Black Phantom Tetra - 5 years
Black Shark - 4 to 10 years
Black Tetra - 5 years
Black Widow Tetra - 5 years
Blackfin Cory - 5+ years
Bleeding Heart Tetra - 5 years
Blindcave Fish - 5+ years
Bloodfin Tetra - 10+ years
Blue Gourami - 4 years
Boesman Rainbow - 5 years
Bronze Cory - 5 years
Bumble Bee Catfish - 5 to 8 years
Cardinal Tetra - 4 years
Cherry Barb - 5 to 7 years
Chocolate Gourami - 4 years
Clown Loach - 15+ years
Columbian Tetra - 5 years
Congo Tetra - 5 years
Convict - 10 to 18 years
Diamond Tetra - 5 years
Discus - 10 to 18 years
Dojo Loach - 10 years
Dwarf Gourami - 4 years
Emperor Tetra - 6 years
Festivum - 10+ years
Figure 8 Puffer - 5 years
Firemouth - 10 to 15 years
Frontosa - 8 to 15 years
Giant Danio - 5 to 7 years
Glass Catfish - 8 years
Glassfish - 8 years
Glowlight Tetra - 5 years
Goldfish - 10 to 30 years
Guppy - 3 to 5 years
Harlequin - 6 years
Hatchetfish - 5 years
Hog Nose Brochis - 10 years
Honey Gourami - 4 years
Jack Dempsey - 10 to 18 years
Jordan's Catfish - 10+ years
Killifish - 1 to 2 years
Kissing Gourami - 5 years
Lemon Tetra - 5 years
Leopard Danio - 5 to 7 years
Leporinus - 5+ years
Livingstoni - 10+ years
Midas Cichlid - 15+ years
Mollie - 4 years
Moonlight Gourami - 4 years
Neon Rainbow - 3 to 4 years
Neon Tetra - 5 to 10 years
Oscar - 10 to 18 years
Otocinclus - 5 years
Pacu - 10 years
Pearl Danio - 5 years
Pearl Gourami - 4 years
Pictus Catfish - 8 years
Piranha - 10 years
Platy - 3 to 5 years
Pleco - 7 to 15 years
Rafael Catfish - 7 to 15 years
Rainbow Shark - 4 to 10 years
Rams - 4 years
Rasboras - 5 to 10 years
Red Eye Tetra - 5 years
Red Rainbow - 5 years
Red Tailed Catfish - 15 years
Redtail Shark - 8 years
Rosy Barb - 5 years
Royal Pleco - 10+ years
Rummy Nose Tetra - 5 to 10 years
Rumy Nose Tetra - 5 years
Severum - 10 to 18 years
Silver Dollar - 10+ years
Silvertip Tetra - 5 years
Swordtails - 3 to 5 years
Texas Cichlid - 10+ years
Tiger Barb - 6 years
Tigerfish - 5 years
Tinfoild Barb - 10 years
Upside Down Catfish - 5 years
Weather Loach - 10 years
Whiptail - 10+ years
White Cloud Mountain Minnow - 5 to 7 years
Zebra Cichlid - 10+ years
Zebra Danio 5+years

 

[StereoKills]

Somebody did some homework! Nice list

 

[Lupin]

Wow, Anne! You amazed me yet again with such a list. :thm: