Oldest fish you have had

I know koi get older than we do, and there are numerous sites with the approximate lifespans of tropical fish, but I was wondering what is the oldest fish you have?

I got a call from my cousin this morning, I had given her a tyre-track eel in 2005, and the eel was found dead this morning (jumped out and dried up - a trick he has repeated many times like Houdini). I bought this eel on the South Coast in 1997 - so he was 16 years old (that's older than any dog I have had).

Anyone else got some golden oldies?

 

My oldest is a 2 year old Moonlight gourami. Not that old but she is my first fish so she is very special to me.

 

Comet Goldfish..... 17 years old......

 

I had a 3 spot gourami that I bought from Sam's Aquarium for R11 for 2 of them. I only bought them because they went into communities well and there was nothing else in the shop that I wanted. The 1 gourami died after a year or so, but the remaining female lived for 8 years. She died when her tank's heater broke and shot the temp up to 34C.

 

2 comet goldfish still very young 3years now and hoping for a decade.

 

I have fish of varying ages.
We have comets & Koi from before 2006 that are still with us.
Kribensis female I bought in 2007.
Black Ghost Knife fish pair I bought in 2008. I unfortunately lost my female last year, but I still have my boy & he's large.
Pair of Pearl Gourami's I bought in 2008 that are still with me.
Cory's I got when I started again in 2007 that are also still with me.

 

I had a betta for two years, which I believe is quite a while. I had a koi for about four years until it jumped from the pond or something. Was very fond of the fish. Died about a week ago. Also have a few comets of about 5-6 years.

 

Had a pleco for about 6 years

 

Kuhli loach. 11 years. Just died overnight, it seems.

 

Have 6 silver dollar's that I purchased towards the end of 2004, and they are doing well so far, outlived the bosmani I bought with them, who died within a few months of one another 2 years ago. @FishLover 2years is not bad for a betta, especially if store bought, could be up to year old at that point, though I have read that in the right conditions, they can almost last a decade.

 

I had a 3 spot gourami and a male Pearl Gourami both of them were 4 years old when I eventually had to sell my tank,don't know how long they survived at new owners place...oldest boy I've got now is a 2 year old Clown Pleco,he survived a bust tank heater that pushed the tanks temp well into the high forty's before I saw what had happened.

 

@nesretep , I had no idea that bettas could live that long. The betta was the first one I ever got from my LFS. Had no idea about bettas but I researched and got him a good 10l-15l home. He liked it with all the plants. Maybe thats why he lived so long.

 

I Have a Black Widow Tetra that is more than 7 years old. Survived a move from Durban to PE in 2007.