fishbites Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I have a Cambodian comb tail male from this spawn coming up to his 3rd birthday next month.... He's been living in a compartment of my moss tank for the last year - feeding on baby cherry red shrimp and the occasional pellets - he doesn't swim very much - finds the moss a nice bed to lay on at times.... the last of his 202 brothers and sisters..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Woah. I haven't been back in the game long, but I had a VT in my barracks that was around the 3 year vintage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I had a chocolate VT who reached 5 and a half years of age. He went blind, and starved to death. Tried live food, vibrations, everything. What did seem to work was put food on the water surface as he came up - he would then gulp frantically eating as much as possible. His name was Chips (also had a red VT named Fish... Fish & Chips. Fish was about 3 or 4 yrs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbites Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 remarkable fish Sarah and congratulations on looking after them so well..... 2 - 3 years is the normal lifespan of a splendens but I read about one that was kept at a uni in the USA that was supposed to have lived for 10 years... a rarity though.... Has anyone else got fish from spawn date to a good age? We read about life expectancy for people, fish, etc... but given how we are supposedly looking after our fish better than we did 20 years ago - it would be interesting to get a few more responses to see if Bettas are living longer in general .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumofthehoarde Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Only been into Bettas for 2 years...I still have one of my first LFS guys. So how ever old he was there plus 2 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyarlla Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 I've had a few make it to 5 years. My eldest was Aramazon, he was 5.5 years. His son is now 3 years 1 month old :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 I currently have a lavender girl spawned by Neffy that must be at least 2 and a half if not 3. Very surprising given my lack of care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Hi Wayne I have had two Vts that reached three and a half but havent had any others mine average about two and a half for most Cheers Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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