Noooo - I was on last night about 10pm and your profile was coming up Banned, there was lots of speculation about what had happened to you. I wasn't on this morning, went to work early, it was defo last night!
It all depends on how good the water quality is that they live in and the temperature, but 2 - 4 years seems to be average. The odd one can last a lot longer though.
ahhh ok thanks the internet said anything from one to five years depending on what site you said. I thought cold water fish were hard to keep healthy. Apart from the begining when my goldfish started going black but soon healed they've been fine.