Dizzy Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 ....how long do indoor housed goldfish usually live for ? Not special types of goldfish (if there is such a thing)... but plain old normal goldfish won from a stall at a fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 Depends if you feed it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 3 days 5 hours 43 minutes and 17 seconds. or there abouts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadako Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 According to the Fish Fanatic magazine, it is actually 3 days 4 hours and 33 minutes. Check your facts Sid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 Cos they're half dead when you win them. They need oxygen ASAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 My mate bought my little lad a goldfish for his 3rd birthday.... The fish lived until last year when my lad was 9... so 6 years. Bob the fish has now been replaced with 4 more goldfish; such was the size of the tank!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadako Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 Get some tropical fish next week when it dies. I've got a tank with some silver sharks, tiger, green and Odessa barbs along with some Congo tetras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 How fond of this fish are you, Diz? If you want it to last it will need a tank with an air supply and someone to clean the tank regularly. We called ours "Tempofish". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadako Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Dizzy could call hers "Deadfish". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Dizzy could call hers "Deadfish". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 My one and only goldfish became deceased a few weeks back after a heron got at it. It was a rescue goldfish from an extremely small water feature that I took pity on and so put he ended up in my pond. That was about six years ago and back then, it was about the size that you’d get from the fair. When he finally snuffed it, he was at least a foot long, a good six inches deep and probably well over a couple of pounds in weight. Proof if it’s needed of the theory that a goldfish will grow proportionally to the size of the container it’s kept in. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 a goldfish will grow proportionally to the size of the container it’s kept in. then why don't we have river sized goldfish?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 So from your answers I guess 14 years is pretty good going then Sorry I didn't mean that I had only just got one. My question was just to do with my dilemma... Do I just stop being mean and buy him/her a new tank (OUCH !!) seeing as though his/hers is looking a bit worse for wear and I accidentally broke the corner of it (not to mention that for years I've wanted to throw the sideboard away that the tank stands on but can't as there's nowhere else to put a fish tank) .... or should I just hold out for a little longer and save my money and put up with my sidebaord as Tom (who I suppose could be a Tina) could be nearing last legs or rather fins ? PS Fugs... your comment that "If you want it to last it will need a tank with an air supply and someone to clean the tank regularly" is not necessarily correct when it comes to some goldfish it seems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 PS Fugs... your comment that "If you want it to last it will need a tank with an air supply and someone to clean the tank regularly" is not necessarily correct when it comes to some goldfish it seems A bit cruel that!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Why is that cruel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Well, I was speaking generally. You do get the odd MUTANT SUPERFISH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Well, I was speaking generally. You do get the odd MUTANT SUPERFISH. From Widnes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 (that's to you both ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Tom!? Tom!? What kind of a name isthat to give to a goldfish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Two goldfish in a tank and one says to the other "do you know how to drive one of these" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Gosh that's an old one Evils, but still made me giggle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Tom!? Tom!? What kind of a name is that to give to a goldfish? My son named him and he was only 4 when he won his two little fishes at the fair. He called the other one Jerry. Now prize for guessing what his favourise tv cartoon was at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Bugs Bunny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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