2006-08-02 13:02:34 · 11 answers · asked by curious mind 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
They can live up to 10-18 years. If you take really good care of them.
2006-08-02 13:05:23 · answer #1 · answered by princess consuela banana hammock 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the Guinness book of world records, a goldfish called George lived to be 41 years old in England.
If you have goldfish in a large aquarium, and do regular partial water chances every few weeks, a goldfish could easily live to be over 10 years old. If goldfish live in a pond where the water doesn't freeze over in the winter, they could live even longer. Somehow wild birds, coons and even your pet cat seem to catch a few.
A goldfish seem to live longer then a tropical fish because they are in the carp family and it takes more to kill them concerning water conditions.
2006-08-02 13:32:58 · answer #2 · answered by Amanda J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
30+ years
Goldfish DO NOT grow to the size of their container, the outsides stop growing but the insides continue to grow causing the fish to die.
Goldfish cannot live in bowls. Baby-juvenile fat fancy goldfish need 10 gallons per fish and baby-juvenile long bodied goldfish need 20 gallons per fish, adults need atleat 50 gallons PER fish. With alot of filtration and alot of partial water changes.
2006-08-02 17:06:53 · answer #3 · answered by lady_crotalus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read about a KORI goldfish being passed down from generation to generation in JAPAN, It was supposed to be over 75 yrs. old
2006-08-03 00:44:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Householkd golfish live up to 6-8 years. They can live up to 20 yrs.
2006-08-04 10:41:54 · answer #5 · answered by Tea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anywhere from 1 day- 30 years I have heard. Personally my gold fish was 8 when she passed away.
2006-08-02 13:37:55 · answer #6 · answered by ChrissyLicious 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anywhere from a year(bowl) to over 10 years (big tank/pond)
2006-08-02 14:58:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a bowl... not long... in a twenty gallon tank... possibly up to eight years... over 20 gallons... a long time if u take care of them.
2006-08-02 13:42:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine lived nearly seven years, but I heard they can live longer than that.
2006-08-02 13:08:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know exactly..i had one live 2wks, and another one live 5 yrs.
2006-08-02 20:07:15 · answer #10 · answered by dplovincalvinist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋