Massive goldfish discovered in South Carolina lake: 'This might be... Methuselah'
A massive 9-pound goldfish has been discovered in a South Carolina lake after officials were performing a routine water quality test, a report says.
Massive goldfish discovered in South Carolina lake
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luvmygdaughters
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My husband had one in a good size aquarium, I think our granddaughter won it at the fair one year. It grew to be huge!! I read somewhere, they grow as big as the tank allows. It wasn't 9 lbs, but, I'd bet it weighed a good 4 - 5 lbs.
frequentflier
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My husband bought some cheap goldfish at a big box pet store when we bought this house 5 years ago. There is a plastic pond in the yard. They have reproduced over the years and I have given a few away to another pond owner. The largest one is easily 6-7" long and huge and a few are not too far behind in size. I got overruled since I wanted to dig the pond out. They have an expensive filter, get fed daily when warm and have a heater in the winter and places to hide. We also quite a few frogs that hang out there, too.
Always amazes me that a frog, who needs water to survive, manage to find backyard ponds in the middle of nowhere. One pond I made was at least 5 miles from any other source of natural water, but the frogs still show up.
