How long has your goldfish survived?

I never have goldfish in my life. But i think my cousin used to have one, and it can stay about few months only. I think it really need attention to take care of goldfish in your aquarium.

My gold fish lived only one week, when I was a child I like to feed the goldfish. I have not continued to buy any more since then. I don't want to see it die again.

The last goldfish we had (a feeder fish won at a fair) lived about a year. The longest I have ever had a goldfish live (this was a feeder fish too) was 6 years. It got to be about 4 lbs and lived in a 40 gallon tank (largest fish in the tank).

we had fish when I was a kid, but I don't remember how long they lived, mom took care of them. I do know they wouldn't last long around here, the cats would think they were a GREAT toy!

Even goldfish have certain requirements to be able to live healthy lives, that is up to 35 years. Number one is that people put them in too small a tank (bowl) that is not cycled. Since fish give off waste materials including ammonia the waste materials will pollute the water and often kill the goldfish (or any other kind of fish that is not put into a cycled tank). There are certain bacteria that will eat this ammonia and turn it into nitrite. Nitrite is also harmful to fish. Another group f bacteria will eat this nitrite and turn it into nitrate which is not too harmful to fish. It takes time to get these bacteria to grow in an aquarium. Another thing that people do is to put too many fish into too small a tank. (they think that since the fish are not running into each other there is plenty of room) That is like saying that you can put several people in a closet and keep them there without letting them out. Another ting that people do is to overfeed the fish. The fish will eat some of the excess food but the rest will go to to the bottom and be eaten by the bacteria which uses oxygen and gives off carbon dioxide. Fish need oxygen (just like us humans and all animals)and so the fish will suffocate.

hi, megumiart.. everytime my goldfish wont survived too long.. i don't why.. if me buy 5 goldfish.. after one month sure all die.. may be the water no good or what...

one week.

its funny because my goldfish will die at few hours because i dont know how to care a pet like this but we have some fish thats so brave they will attack you if you put your hand on the water where they live it as flowerhorn you how about you? pls.

The record for me is probably eight to nine years. And they got HUGE. I really believe goldfish have a high mortality rate for the following reasons - Initial health. If they came from a pet store or previous owner where they were in poor conditions sometimes - People just don't treat them like they are regular fish. They put them in a little bowl and neglect to add stress coat when they are putting them in or when changing their water. - they use bleach to clean their bowl - they fail to give them a home large enough to grow in - they don't protect them from sudden temperature change