2006-06-28 01:12:00 · 13 answers · asked by ADAM J 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
Fish live according to how well they are looked after. 20 years ago I started off with 4 goldfish. They were in a pond. I lost the first goldfish after 3 years. Some algae had done a lot of damage and I couldn't solve the problem for any great length of time. I then brought the remaining 3 fish in. I use one of those extremely large tanks you need 12 square inches of tank for every goldfish. That is for it to be healthy and stand a chance of reaching full size. Some 4 years further on, I lost my second fish. I had tried to save it but thought that maybe it would be kindness to let it pass away, it did so in a smaller quarantine tank. Next to the tank it had spent the last four years in. I lost the 3rd fish two year ago and the last fish about 6 months later. I don't know what age my fish were in fish years but the last two were 18 and 18+ years old, when they died. They were quite large to.
I now have the same tank full of tropical fish, all of which are a year old now and to date, I have lost none.
BTW fish like a varied diet, so don't just stick to the same old flakes, they do like live food occassionally.
You should also make every effort to do a 20% tank change every 10 days and once every 6 months a complete tank water change. But please, please consider leaving your tap water in clean pans for the PH level to settle prior to use. Otherwise you will burn your fish.
2006-06-28 01:45:35 · answer #1 · answered by Nosey parker 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Depends I had a goldfish which lived for about 3 1/2 -4 years
2006-06-28 01:15:50 · answer #2 · answered by buzybee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the species & water they swim in.
Perch = 15 years
LM Bass (North) 6-8 Years, (South) 8-10 years
Sturgeon = 100 years
Catfish = Some catfish (biggies) have lived for 20-90 years
Those are the ones I Know on the top of my head but if you search around yahoo some pages/sites might give you more information.
2006-06-28 04:53:10 · answer #3 · answered by Tim G. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it depends on if they get too close to me and my fishing pole....lol....
No seriously, some varieties of sharks and catfish are reported to live to close to sixty years old. And in Australia they say the oldest lungfish in thier aquarium in Sidney is a lungfish that arrived in 1933 as an adult... they estimate its age to be near 85 years old. A few years back there was a goldfish in Chicago that was reported to be 65 years old when it died.
2006-06-28 01:30:25 · answer #4 · answered by tcatmech2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it all depends some fish can live for ages then the next 1 can only last a few weeks
2006-06-28 01:18:09 · answer #5 · answered by Scottish lass 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like the other answer's not only what kind of fish it is........it is also what part of the country you live in. Water temp yaer round can effect how old they get and how long it gets to grow each year. The faster they grow the shorter there life span.
2006-06-28 01:41:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It varies from species to species for example a carp will live a lot longer than say a Roach but a Catfish will live longer than a Carp
2006-06-28 01:15:42 · answer #7 · answered by rockin mermaid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the species. i know salmon live 4-6 years before they return to spawn and die but others like sturgeon can live for hundreds of years and grow to a huge size.
2006-06-28 03:07:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on species, i no carp can live to be about a 100
2006-06-28 06:21:42 · answer #9 · answered by nikgy71 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i once met a carp who told me he was 87 years old when i asked what his secret of longivity was he said " ask my grandad he'll be here any minute!
2006-07-02 11:54:55 · answer #10 · answered by lentilsoupwithchillieater 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋