what is a mandarin longevity?

bergzy · 01/05/2010, 11:49 PM

probably asked a million times but i just lost my second one in six years. none has lived past three years. all my other fish are, thankfully, indestructible.

snorvich · 01/06/2010, 04:26 AM

Hard to say, but mine is approaching seven years.

surferboi2113 · 01/06/2010, 06:26 AM

Seven years!! Amazing! I've had mine for a month!! I'm stoked its even eating!

snorvich · 01/06/2010, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by surferboi2113

Seven years!! Amazing! I've had mine for a month!! I'm stoked its even eating!

I hope you have sufficient copepods for it as you are unlikely to sustain it on added foods.

Elysia · 01/06/2010, 11:28 AM

Damn! I knew as soon as my male spotted reached two years on frozen foods in a smallish tank w/ no 'fuge and no copepod supplementation that the bar for "success" would be raised to something far higher! We have an upcomming tank move to plan, and he and his mate are plump and have been spawning, so hopefully the move does not set them back at all.

01/05/2010, 11:49 PM	#1
bergzy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: OC CA USA Posts: 5,324	what is a mandarin longevity? probably asked a million times but i just lost my second one in six years. none has lived past three years. all my other fish are, thankfully, indestructible. __________________ The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it. H.L. Mencken Ben. Current Tank Info: 180g sps, 90g cube clam biotope.

01/06/2010, 04:26 AM	#2
snorvich Team RC member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Flatlander Posts: 25,966 Blog Entries: 27	Hard to say, but mine is approaching seven years. __________________ Warmest regards and best wishes, ~Steve~ It is my policy to not respond to those who ask questions not to learn but to be bellicose. Life is a series of decisions serially executed but collectively judged. "Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others." - Anthony Calfo

01/06/2010, 06:26 AM	#3
surferboi2113 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: China Posts: 140	Seven years!! Amazing! I've had mine for a month!! I'm stoked its even eating!

01/06/2010, 11:28 AM	#5
Elysia Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Central PA Posts: 1,693	Damn! I knew as soon as my male spotted reached two years on frozen foods in a smallish tank w/ no 'fuge and no copepod supplementation that the bar for "success" would be raised to something far higher! We have an upcomming tank move to plan, and he and his mate are plump and have been spawning, so hopefully the move does not set them back at all.