Can I add one more fish?

[Gabe]

My pond is small, roughly less than 350 gallons. I have a bucket filter rated 900gph. I have lilies, water lettuce, irises, and pickeral rush for plants. I started this past spring. Currently I have 4 shubunkins and I am very happy with them. I like that I have to look for them but my father in law lives with us and he has a hard time seeing them and wants to put a new fish in, one that is bright orange typical goldfish. I would be ok with it but I worry that it would be too much. Any thoughts?

 

[DutchMuch]

eeeeeh....
I'd say no...............
Its more about space, not filtration. Idk, let someone else chime in here.

 

[Faebinder]

You can easily put 10 goldfish in that pond..... one per week is best though.

 

[sissy]

They will have babies and goldfish breed to much ,several times a year .You could get fat fantails but shubbies do get pretty big and also have lots of babies .No more fish unless you want water quality issues

 

[Tula]

Maybe get some fantails, like @sissy suggested. They're slow to breed and are easier to see wiggling their little fish fanny's

 

[Lisak1]

One more would not be too much, but as has already been noted, your fish are going to multiply (unless by some miracle you have an all male or all female group right now!). Also, your shubunkins are going to grow larger and they will be much easier to see as they grow. So it's up to you - encourage your father in law to be patient, or go ahead and add a nice orange comet and make a plan to re-home the babies in a few years... or start drawing up plans for your bigger pond!

 

[addy1]

I agree with sissy get a bright orange fan tail, slow and easy to see and slow to breed.