What is the lifespan of a goldfish?

Question

The reason I ask is that my goldfish, Golda Meier, is now almost 8 years old. Is that unusual???

Answer 1

well my cousin got one when she was2 and now she's 14 it's HUGE !!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

Normally can last 7-10 years, but have also found to have out-lived to 15 years. But if you are keeping 1/2 goldfish, that is, Waiko, Goldfish body with Koi tail, those can live longer. As goldfishes are from koi family after many many generations of crossed and re-crossed breeding. Koi can live to over 70 years..

Answer 3

Congradulations! It is not uncommon. The oldes gold fish "Technecially on record" is a gold fish named Tish.

The world's oldest captive goldfish has died peacefully in his bowl, 43 years after he was won as a prize at a funfair.
Tish the goldfish achieved fame late in life after being recognised by the Guinness Book of Records only last year.

He was found dead at the bottom of his bowl earlier this week after a short illness.

Tish was buried in a yoghurt carton at the bottom of his owner Hilda Hand's garden.

Golden oldie

Mrs Hand, 72, of Thirsk, North Yorkshire, said she had become close to Tish over the years.

"Goldfish are supposed to have a four-second memory, but I'm sure Tish recognised me," she said.

"He always knew when it was feeding time and I used to talk to him."

As word of Tish's longevity spread, he "became something of a celebrity", she said.

"People always used to ask how Tish was doing. I don't think we will be getting another one.

"We couldn't replace Tish, he was part of the family."

Mrs Hand's son, Peter, won Tish, along with another goldfish, Tosh, playing roll-a-penny at a funfair in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, in 1956.

His parents took on the fish after Peter married and left home. Tosh died in 1975.

Piscean pensioner

In 1998 the fish took the longevity title from Fred, a Worthing goldfish who died in 1980 aged 41.

Although his age could not be verified by biological tests, the Guinness Book of Records investigators were persuaded there was nothing fishy about the claims and recognised his status.

In later life, Tish faded from bright orange to a distinguished silver, but remained healthy until shortly before his death.

Mr Hand said the secret of his long life was not being overfed, and being put in the sun occasionally.

The 11.5cm fish had a habit in his earlier days of trying to jump out of his bowl, and was kept safe by a net placed over the top.

However, there have been reports (None official) of types of carp (Actually gold fish hybreds) in Japan which have lived to be more than 70 years old.

Answer 4

Without water just a matter of minutes. The goldfish is a member of the carp family, and they live to be 18 years old or more.

Answer 5

I too had a couple simple goldfish that I bought at Meijer's dept. store for less than a buck apiece. I named them Spot and Rover. Spot lived 9 years and Rover lived 11 years--both in a little fish bowl with no heater, no aerator, and cleaned out maybe every week or so. When Spot went to "fish heaven", I bought Fido to replace him. He lived for a long time too. Finally, we got a dog!

Answer 6

It is not wierd gold fish lifespan is 10 to 30 years,so long as u take good care of it.

Answer 7

It depends on the type. Fancy goldfish typically have a life span of 15-20 years while the common comet can reach far, far belond that. There have been many documented cases of them exceeding 50 years and one known documented case of over 75 years. (One that I know of that is).

MM

Answer 8

That's not weid. Some goldfish have been known to live up to 50years!

It all depends on the type. If you cantinue to nurture it, it may outlive you, wich you should be proud of as a pet owner!

Answer 9

my brother in law has had his for about 11 years if thats any help, hes a bit slow but still going

Answer 10

if its mine about 24 hrs