# The Goldfish That Will Not Die **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 24, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goldfish-that-will-not-die/540570 "2010-05-24T14:48:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goldfish-that-will-not-die/540570/41 "2010-05-26T17:54:05Z")
> [@campp](#): > > See if you can donate him to someone with a pond? He would probably be very happy. And the neighborhood raccoons will thank you! (Heron ate all the fish out of my friend’s pond, so if it ain’t the raccoons…) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goldfish-that-will-not-die/540570/42 "2010-05-27T01:55:48Z")
> [@artemis](#): > > Goldfish can live 50 years or more with proper care. And they really need about 50 gallons of water per fish. (Of course, the pet stores never tell you that before you buy one.) Time to look for a new pond home for Chad. Official record is 43 years. I know of an unofficial fish that went 44. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goldfish-that-will-not-die/540570/43 "2010-05-27T04:13:31Z")
Just this past summer, we lost Fezzik the featherfin synodonis catfish. At 12+ years old, he is the longest lived fish I’ve ever owned. In the same tank, I also had a 10yro kuhli loach, an 8yro glass cat, and a 7yro angelfish–all gone now. ☹ Something got in my tank over summer and killed all my older fish. BOO. Fezzik’s replacement Vizzini is now happily keeping our tank properly catfished. He’s only about 3" long, so he’s got a ways to go to reach Fezzik’s 8" adult size. And yes, there is an Inigo. He’s our cat. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goldfish-that-will-not-die/540570/44 "2010-06-08T23:38:10Z")
Sadly, Chad the Apparently Immortal Goldfish died today. We buried him in a brief ceremony by the Big Rock in the backyard where all the small-sized pets gp. He was wrapped in an old washcloth, carried in the plastic cup Pepper Mill used in cleaning out his tank. We each placed a flower and said a few words (“Chad was the oldest goldfish I ever had.” “Now I won’t have to clean out the tank again.”). Then we covered him up and hoped that the local wildlife wouldn’t see an opportunistc meal in him. So, sorry - he won’t be transplanted. And now MilliCal can move that computer in. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goldfish-that-will-not-die/540570/45 "2010-06-08T23:53:38Z")
**RIP, Chad**. You had it better than most. Now you’re floating under the Rainbow Bridge. 😉 StG [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goldfish-that-will-not-die/540570.md?page=2)