[Melissa D]

what fresh water fish lives the longest and is easy to take care of?

[mad_mike_j]

Goldfish. You could probably try to kill them and fail.Make sure you ask for the regular goldfish and not the feeder goldfish. They usually have larger eyes that stick out. Kind of like mini hammer-head sharks.

[nannerz24]

Gold fish.

[hhhhhhh]

Goldfish, most probably. They are known for living upto 30 years. If u feel that they are old common, boring fish, try cichlids, they live over 10 years, are beautiful, tough, resistant to many diseases . Even catfishes do the same, most of them living for ten yrs. The best thing is go and do a thorough study yourself before taking anyones advice. Heres a good link, with very detailed info about many fish varieties. Outlook of the site is a bit outdated but it is one of the most vast fish & small pet index u can find on the web. http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/

[loz_chyna]

I have black skirt tetras and they are extremely hardy fish. My incredible 6 have been living for 3 years now and have survived ick breakouts and mean neighbor fish!

[doc'smom]

Angel Fish are great! I've had a tank for a lil over 3 years and all the original fish are still alive. I have angel fish, bala sharks, and rainbow tailed sharks....they all went 7 days without electricity after a hurricane...all they had for air was a lil battery powered aerator in a 50 gallon tank.

[Sam H]

I have been able to keep Betta for a pretty long time... the thing is to not keep them in a bowl on your table. Thats where you always see them but they do a lot better in a tank with a running filter and they are very easy to take care of. My betta survived 3 ick breakouts and lots of other fish being in the tank with him. people at the pet stores will tell you that you can't put betta with anything else.. not true. They will chase the others around for a day or so but he wont hurt them. And he ends up ignoring them most of the time.

[Iniaz]

The trick question here is -- 1. live the longest and 2. easy to care. So gold fish and Koi live long but not easy to care - especially Koi. My answer is -- the African Catfish. They grow from one inch to 3 feet long. Maybe more. They eat a lot, crap a lot if there is food. They fast for months if there is no food. They live in water with zero oxygen so you dont have to clean your tank for years. If the water dries up, so long as they are moist, they will still live. They eat vegetation, frogs, lizards, chicken guts, dog food, your fingers, stray cats, your mother-in-law. And like the mother-in-law, they are ugly as sin...

[Redhawk]

small mouth Bass