How Old is your Gold Fish?

They live a long time. My Nephew got one at a carnival when he was about 10 years old. He had it in a gold fish bowl that was probably held a gallon of water. It was up to him to take care of it. That poor fish. His back fin would sometimes be out of the water because of evaporation.

When my Nephew grew up and went into the Army he gave the gold fish to his girlfriend to take care of. She took too good of care of it apparently. It wasn't used to having clean fresh water and being fed regularly. It got sick~ she actually took it to the Vet! It died anyway. He had to have been 12 years old.