a rule on apisto age

[blueblue]

I have recently thought about a mapping between
apistos' age and ours; the mapping is based on a simple
assumption that most apistos species (of course, NOT all)
will not live more than 3 years and most of them can
live for 2 years. Of course, it is just for fun and is not
based on any scientific analysis

The rule is:
"1 month of the apisto age = 2.8 years of our age",

so:
1. a 3 months old apisto is similar to a "8.4 years old"
child, still in the infant phase.

2. a 6 months old apisto is similar to a "16.8 years old"
youngster, that can breed already.

3. a 1 year old apisto is similar to a "33.6 years old" adult.

4. a 2 years old apisto is similar to a "67.2 years old"
very "matured" adult.

5. a 3 years old apisto is similar to a "100.8 years old" very old man.


As a remark, the above rule is based on a simple linear relationship;
a non-linear one (e.g., an exponential one) definitely can yield a better
fitting.

 

[aspen]

water temp is a huge factor on age with cold blooded species. f/i, the exact same species of small mouth bass in florida and those in colder climes in canada have a huge difference in life cycle.

rick

 

[cageman]

Like Your theory,...
however isn't is so that heart rate is usually a factor in age ratio's?

 

[blueblue]

Thanks rick and cageman for the comments

Well, the rule i posted is a simple mapping which is
not scientific... the purpose is to answer some questions
such as
"is my 8 months old aggie mature enough for breeding?"
"i have kept a caca for two years, is it old?"...

So, the mapping here will tell people the answer by linking
the apisto's age with human's... of course, it is not
precise and accurate, while it seems to make sense for
most apistos ^.^

 

[aspen]

the youngest humans to reproduce successfully were, i believe in china, at 9 yrs old or so. i've had apistos breed successfully, at a very young age as well, maybe 4 months of age?

really i was only wanting to make note of the fact that water temp is ONE factor that brings apistos and other fish into 'breeding age' more or less quickly, and also lengthen or shorten their total life cycle.

apisos can breed when a lot of species can barely be sexed ime. 'how good are your eyes' can make a difference in sexing apistos. i'm 46 and wear reading glasses now, in fact they are a big help in fish keeping too!

rick

 

[blueblue]

Rick, of course you are right and this age-mapping thing
also depends highly on species..
(diplo can breed at an age of 3 months, 1.5cm long;
many bigger sized apistos such as caca can live up to 5-7 years!!
quite surprising, isn't it?)

Well, what i am saying is a simple rule, NOT too serious,
but could be a pretty nice way to link up the two expectedly
(i.e., say, if age follows a normal distribution, it is the mean.
There is certainly a variance and we always have extreme
cases while the chance for an extreme case is smaller.
Changing water parameters such as temperature could
speed up the life-cycle of the apistos
(mature earlier and also die earlier) while i am just referring to
a "normal" temperature under which we observe most apistos
will get matured in 5-6 months... and die in 2-3 years.

 

[Konigwolf]

the youngest humans to reproduce successfully were, i believe in china, at 9 yrs old or so. i've had apistos breed successfully, at a very young age as well, maybe 4 months of age?
rick

Close but no cigar :biggrin:

Actually by Blueblue's reckoning its fine
the young parents were 8 & 9 and from china in 1910, but the youngest mother was a mere 5 years or 2 months apisto age from peru, another case of a 6 1/2 year russian girl, this all fits in with your apistos breeding at 4months (according to blueblue's chart)- while these are far from normal cases I'm sure its not normal for apistos to breed a 4 months (though it is for guppies). So give the guy a break will ya , sheesh some people gotta pick at everything

Andrew

 

[aspen]

sorry, you were mis- intrepreting what i'm saying, no offense meant.

sometimes me writing and others reading gets a little mixed up i'm sure.

rick

 

[cageman]

ofcource it absolutely wasn't my meaning to critisize Bleu bleu,...
I hope he knows this

 

[blueblue]

haha... i am certainly fine with all the comments.
Again, it is a proposition just for fun, please
don't take it too serious