Disus age

[Condor]

How old can domestic discus get?

[oodi]

Hi Adrian,

I've heard they can live for several years. The oldest ones that I have are nearly 3 years old.

Judi
:)

[Dkarc@Aol.com]

I know someone is Canada who had a domestic female die just a few days short of 10 years.


-Ryan

[Howie_W]

With proper care, many fish belonging to the cichlidae family can live fairly long lives.

It's not unusual to expect your Discus to live for close to ten years.

Howie

[RyanH]

6-7 years seems to be pretty common with proper care and good food.

[CARY_GLdiscus]

I agree ;)

[Condor]

Thanks all,
I was hoping someone would say 12, but i guess that maybe that's a good number to shoot for. ;D Is there any known variation between strains? How about between domestics and wilds?
-Adrian-

[aggie_67]

When do they stop breeding?

[Terrybo]

I had a "brilliant turquoise" discus that lived to be 7 years old. He was raised in a planted/gravel tank with a wet-dry filter and a 20% water change every week or two. He was gorgeous, and I wonder how much longer he would have lived had I known to do more frequent water changes. (His fellow discus tankmates lived an average of 5 years each).

He spawned a few times with a pigeon blood, but the corys always ate the fry.

Terry

[acorn54]

my oldest discus is 6 years
gil curtin a breeder here on long island told me they can live up to 12 years. he's been with discus as long as anyone so it must be true
guy (acorn)

[CHEWAL]

I have 4 discus that are almost 9 years old they just dont look as good as they did 4 or 5 years ago Had a customer come over and he told me they dont look good anymore that I should get rid of them All I did was ask him how old his mother and father were This way we could get rid of them all at the same time ;D

Butch in Chicago