Fancy Goldfish stocking

[pseudodiego]

Hey everyone.

I have a 300 liters/80 gallon tank where I want to have fancy goldfish.

The tank have a 80 liters/20 gallon sump, an aquaclear 70, a JBL 1500, and a aquaclear 30 as filtration.

I have multiple photos and peace lillies in the hang on filters which will help with waste.

So, in those conditions, how many fancy goldfish can I reasonable keep on it?

Thanks.

 

[plantnoobdude]

Hey everyone.

I have a 300 liters/80 gallon tank where I want to have fancy goldfish.

The tank have a 80 liters/20 gallon sump, an aquaclear 70, a JBL 1500, and a aquaclear 30 as filtration.

I have multiple photos and peace lillies in the hang on filters which will help with waste.

So, in those conditions, how many fancy goldfish can I reasonable keep on it?

Thanks.

I think a group of 5 or 6 would look great. Though you will need frequent water changes. Back when I had a goldfish tank, I was doing 50-80 percent twice a week. Tank cleanliness is essential to keeping frail fish susceptible to disease healthy. I also would not recommend keeping any substrate other than a very thin layer of sand, sand is good enrichment since the goldfish can sift through it which is a natural behaviour.

 

[mort]

Do you know which fancy goldfish you like? I don't know much about them tbh but some get bigger than you'd think and I've seen oranda's 8-10" in length. Other species don't get as big but the amount you may wish to stock could depend on if this is a forever home or if you might change things later on.

 

[pseudodiego]

Do you know which fancy goldfish you like? I don't know much about them tbh but some get bigger than you'd think and I've seen oranda's 8-10" in length. Other species don't get as big but the amount you may wish to stock could depend on if this is a forever home or if you might change things later on.

I was thinking about red cap and black moor.

 

[mort]

With either of those I think 6" would be quite a decent sized adult although some do grow a little bigger. I think the suggestion earlier of 5 is a sensible number to see how they get on but you will likely need to up the maintenance/water changes as they grow.