Can i put my common goldfish in a pond.?

Question

i had 2 ten gallon tanks but one broke and i cant afford another one. i have too many fish and I'm desperate for a place to put them. 5 minutes walking distance from my house are three man made ponds. they have ducks and turtles and stuff like that in them but they are really algae filled and you cant see them bottom because it is muddy. i was wondering if they would be happier there with so much room to swim but if not then i wont do it. I'm not trying to get rid of them i just want them to be happy. I already tried to give them to a hole bunch of fish stores but they wont take them. I love to death but they don't have enough space and I dont have enough money to make any.

Answer 1

what are you telling this person. first you had better find out if this is public or private. if it is private ask permission. they may not want goldfish in their pond. If it is public you need to get permission. if some one sees you doing this and the  city people don't like it you could get fined. Just find out who owns it and ask first

Answer 2

Of course you can! They'll be GREAT dinner for the turtles! So sweet of you to offer them food! And if they aren't eaten by the REALLY fast turtles who LOVE gold fish then I'm sure a duck would not mind having a bite!  

Answer 3

put them in the pond, they will live alot longer.

as for going around a asking for permission, don't

its a waste of time, just dump the fish in, make sure nobodys watching.  nobody would notice the fish anyway.

Answer 4

they should be happy as long as the pond is very large so the turtles don't pick off your goldfish one by one but it sounds perfect for them and you can feed them 1 time a week since they will have plenty to eat in the pond

Answer 5

Yes they will do fine, goldfish are related to carp which could live in a vat of toxic waste and survive (sarcasm!)  But in all seriousness, goldfish are very hardy, and so long as no predators like herons are common visitors to the pond, they should be able to survive off algae and grow to a much larger size than they could in a ten gallon.  They are a coldwater species (meaning they can survive winters, not that they should be under ice all the time) So even if you live in a northerly state I am sure they will do fine.