Goldfish are cold-blooded which means they don't need to eat as much as warmblooded animals who use a lot of energy to warm their bodies. A goldfish can go a week of more without eating. They won't starve to death like a warmblooded animal would but they will be hungry and stop growing. Once food is reintroduced, they will begin to grow again.
-goldfish food from a pet shop, although they may not live long anyways, sad as it is...
For househeld goldfish, they generally live 6-8 years
it can live for 23 years
Goldfish can live over 20 years or so if they are propely housed and looked after.
Goldfish can live for a very long time. 41 years is the current record.
Goldfish are carp. Carp can live to 100 years.
No bettas live for 2 years. goldfish live for long as 25 yaers if conditions are clean.
I heard this from someone. Though it is unbelievable, goldfish, if tooken care of well, can live up to 25 years! I have heard of a goldfish that lived 50 years! I cannot imagine my little one inch goldfish living for THAT long. =)
well, not long. i had a goldfish and it died in like 8 hours.
Goldfish in the wild are thought to live around 40 years. They live around 30 years when held in captivity.
A LONG time. +25 years
they can't