o for like 2 years but i had to get rid of him whne i moved to a different appart so i got a 40 and a pbt needs alot mopre so bye bye. they are hard to take care of but once you get them eating they never stop and mine got sick again when it was getting bugged by the yellow but after he/she figured out they were like twice the size bigger he was back to normal. but best of luck if oyu get another i bought him small like 2 inches great fish didnt get him sick or hurt so it was awesome.