how long can a fish live?

Question

someone told me there fish was 22!

Answer 1

I am telling you what I read in the national newspapers also it was on the TV News. An old lady had a Goldfish and it was in excess of 40 years old. I am using 40 years as I cannot remember the exact age of it, but I am sure it was a heck of a lot more.

A lot goes down to how you look after your fish, like regular water changes, feeding it properly, dont stress the fish and being careful how you treat fish during water changes.

Fish will get use to you, they will even come to the surface to take food or treats from you, they even like their underside gently stroked, if they are big enough.

I once saw a coi carp owned by an old lady and what she showed me was unbeleivable, she could do anything to that fish, it acted like a dog or car rolling over to be stroked, it even swam into her hands so she could lift it up which she did, and it didnt struggle, it trusted her as she puts it ouside in the garden pond during summer and brings it in during the winter. That fish behaved like a dog, only thing it didnt do was bark.

II had coi carp in my tank, and they were very tame in no time.
Dont keep feeding your fish with the same old fish food, you can give them treats like lettuce

Ps, It was a cat rolling over, not a car, I am using a laptop and its unbeleivable how many mistakes I make.

Answer 2

Depends on the fish and how well it is being taken care of. The record for the longest living koi is 120 years, but there are unconfirmed records of a koi living 230 years; however, the average age of a properly taken care of koi is around 50-60 years. The oldest living goldfish on record was 43 years old, gotten at a carnival in England, although the average age of a well-taken care of goldfish is around 20+ years. Tropical fish have a much shorter lifespan; only about 1-15 years. 1 year being killifish and 15 being cichlids and catfish. Loaches can live rather long too. Saltwater fish are also shorter lived; about 5-17 years.

Answer 3

Some carp can live for 50 or so years, goldfish being a small type of carp won't live that long but can live to be in their twenties.

The longest living fish is the Lung fish which is also the longest living animal. It can reach well over 200 years if I remember correctly.

Answer 4

Yes many fish can live mutiple decades. Some KOI can live for 100 years. My mother had a fish that lived for 30 years. She got it when she was 12 as a goldfish at the fair and it died when she was in her forties. It all depends on enviroment and the type of fish, etc.

Answer 5

Mine are 7 years old. They're goldfish, so I'm guessing some fish can live for a long time.

Answer 6

The oldest goldfish ever grow to be gained at a honest in the united kingdom and lived 40 3 years. Goldfish stay properly over 10 years, yet 15 or two decades is the norm with solid care. maximum persons placed goldfish in bowls or small tanks the position their boom receives stunted at the same time as the organs proceed to augment, then at the same time as that kills them after many years they imagine the fish died of previous age. it is the important reason people imagine goldfish do not stay lengthy.

Answer 7

It depends on the type of fish. Some do not have long life spans (community like tropical fish typically do not live many years), and some such as koi and Oscars can live 30+ years (yes human years).

Answer 8

Depends on well you take care of it. If you feed it and regularily clean out its tank it can live probably up to 10 years or more. It also depends on the type of fish.

Answer 9

I have had my african lungfish "butchie" for well over 15 years and he was over a foot when i got him. They definately live greater than 100 years but no one truly knows their lifespan. The oldest one in captivity was one of the original fish at the Shedd aquarium in Chicago

Answer 10

Depends on the kind of fish.