oldest anemone

[claytonfaulkner]

so whats the oldest anemone yall have had? come on i wonna hear all the stories on this, what kind it was, where it came from, how bit it was when you got it...

 

[traveller7]

Current "oldest" arrived late 90's. E. quad, BTA. It has moved around between locals quite a bit, divided, etc., so not really sure how to determine which is the original

 

[reign]

I have a carpet anemone that is pushing 12 yrs. and still looking good..

 

[phender]

I lost a H. crispa last year that was over 16 years old. It lived its whole life with me in a 40 gal tank with 4 - 30 watt fluorescent tubes over the tank. There is a pic in my gallery.

I have several different species (H. crispa, haddoni, bta)that are 5-7 years old.

 

[Amphiprion]

I still have a 14 year old female H. crispa. I didn't realize you had lost yours, Phil. It was an incredible specimen--sorry to hear that. I honestly thought I had lost mine during my tank crash a while back. It turned out that she was one of the few things that actually lived.

 

[phender]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13348834#post13348834 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Amphiprion
I still have a 14 year old female H. crispa. I didn't realize you had lost yours, Phil. It was an incredible specimen--sorry to hear that. I honestly thought I had lost mine during my tank crash a while back. It turned out that she was one of the few things that actually lived.

Yeah, it was a tough one. My school shut off the air conditioning the last two weeks of summer. Since I usually go in in the mornings I didn't really notice, but the tank temp got pretty high. He hung on for about two months, but just failed to thrive after the summer heat wave.

 

[Rod Buehler]

My S.gigantea is 15 years in my presence
BTA' is 10 in my presence
purple gigantea is 3
mag #1 is 3-4
mag 32 is 1

 

[Ron Popeil]

ive had a purple based magnifica since mid 2004. it had been in someone elses tank for two years before that.

 

[garygb]

My oldest is a Heteractis magnifica that I've had 7 years in November. It split a couple of years ago and I still have both of them.

 

[phk36]

Had a bta over four years, split three times