[goldfishees]

Ok, I want to get clown fishes, but I don't know how long they can live in a fish tank if you take good care of them??????????????? Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ninong]

Originally Posted by goldfishees

Ok, I want to get clown fishes, but I don't know how long they can live in a fish tank if you take good care of them??????????????? Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know how long they can last in the average aquarium but their natural lifespan can be 15-20 years. I know of several aquarists who have clownfish that they have kept for more than 10 years.

P.S. -- Goldfish can easily live 20 years in captivity if given optimal care. They are members of the carp family and their close relatives, koi, can easily live to be 60 years old or older under ideal conditions. The oldest documented lifespan for a koi fish in captivity is 217 years! That one was kept in the imperial pond in Tokyo.

[goldfishees]

And your telling me the life span of goldfishes because???????????????????????????

[Ninong]

Originally Posted by goldfishees

And your telling me the life span of goldfishes because???????????????????????????

Because I felt like putting that information in my post.

[Poseidon]

Originally Posted by Ninong

P.S. -- Goldfish can easily live 20 years in captivity if given optimal care. They are members of the carp family and their close relatives, koi, can easily live to be 60 years old or older under ideal conditions. The oldest documented lifespan for a koi fish in captivity is 217 years! That one was kept in the imperial pond in Tokyo.

217 YEaRS!!! Are you sure Ninong?... You must be. or you wouldn't have posted! BUT HOLY COW!!!!

[Ninong]

Originally Posted by Poseidon

217 YEaRS!!! Are you sure Ninong?... You must be. or you wouldn't have posted! BUT HOLY COW!!!!

Oops!

Looks like I was wrong. She was only 217 years old when the book I read was published in 1968 but she lived until 1977 and died at the age of 226 years: http://www.vcnet.com/koi_net/hanako.html



Thus ended my broadcast. For your information, I shall attach below the dates of birth and chronicles of the six carp that live in the pond of my native house in Gifu (The age is calculated from 1968).

1. Hanako (scarlet) - 217 years old; born in 1st year of Horeki (A.D. 1751); in the preceding year there arose an internal feud in the Kaga Clan; and the birth was 25 years before the Declaration of Independence of America.
2. Aoi (white with red spots on belly) - 170 years old; born in 10th year of Kansei (A.D. 1798); in the same year Norinaga Motoori published "Kojiki-dan",Juzo Kondo discovered Island of Etoroff, and Napoleon went on his Egyptian campaign.
3. Chikara (bluish black) - 155 years old; born in 10th year of Bunka (A.D. 1813); in the same year Kumpei Gamo died, Stevenson invented the steam engine, and in the following year Bakin takizawa published "Nanso Satomi Hakken-den".
4. Satoru (white with black spots on back) - 151 years old; born in 14th year of Bunka (A.D. 1917); in the same year an English ship visited the port of Uraga. Death of Gempaku Sugita.
5. Santa (black with an indented scar on the face) - 141 years old; born in the 10th year of Bunsei (A.D. 1827); in the same year Sanyo Rai published "Nihon Gaishi". Great Fire of Yedo in the following year.
6. Yuki (white) - 141 years old; born in the same year as "Santa".

As documented previously, Hanako was the oldest carp in the Japanese Islands. The name has been well known by the foreign fanciers and specialists as well as among the Japanese. It is regrettable to announce that Hanako died on July 17, 1977 (Showa 52), ending her life at age 226 years.
* "LIVE JEWELS" General Survey of Fancy Carp, Masayaki Amano, Kajima Shoten Publishing Company, pg.199-205

[vtec si]

Hello,
I have a tomato clown that I have had now since Nov' 1992 and is sitll kicking.

Laters,
Vtec si

[Reefland]

Thats awesome Vtec!

[szwedo]

they are close relatives of koi but also part of the damsel family. so they aren't as nice as you think. They have teeth like a vampire. The lady at the lfs had two percs in one of her tanks and every time she'd put her hand in there the perc would bite her and even draw blood leaving two little marks above her knuckles. OUCH!

[Ninong]

Originally Posted by szwedo

they are close relatives of koi but also part of the damsel family.

What are you talking about, clownfish???

My comment was that goldfish are close relatives of koi because they are both members of the carp family: Order Cypriniformes (Carps), Family Cyprinidae. Koi are Cyprinus carpio and goldfish are Carassius auratus.

Clownfish are damsels. They are not related to koi.

[Key Of David]

226 years! WOW! They just may have tortuises (sp) beat! And they're much better looking. haha