What is the life and the largest lenth of a godfish?

Question

How big will they get and how long do they live

Answer 1

The world records include 42, 43 and 44 years old are the claims for comet goldfish. One of the largest in the UK is a comet which is 15.4" long (excluding tail).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7353831.st...

And then there's Bruce the Oranda, he was bred in Hong Kong and is 16" long (excluding tail).

http://goldfish-kiki.blogspot.com/2007/1...

This is the wild type carp that goldfish were originally bred from:

http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/worl...

In good quality tanks average fancy goldfish should reach around 6"-8" excluding the tail, and commons/comets/shubunkins in ponds (they live longer in ponds) generally get 12"-14". In healthy environments they generally should live for around 20 years or so.

Answer 2

usually the only live until to 3 weeks or something...

Answer 3

The Golf fish hold the title for being # 1 in several aquarium categories, they are also the 1 st to be kept in aquariums # 1 for popularity and most people have Gold fish as 1st fish in there 1 st aquariums.

If properly taken care of  they can live to be 20 years old or longer and  is on record for living for 43 years.

Gold fish grow fast with the right care and environments they grow to a foot long and some may grow longer this is when they reach maturity

Answer 4

can get up to 18 inches and the record is 43 years old.