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Tesla_HV

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With the cold weather coming, my water hyacinths were dying so Saturday I removed them and guess what I found to my surprize...small fry. I have both Comets and Kois in the pond so I don't know which species were busy. They are about 3/4" long and black. Do goldfish get their color later? Anyway, I left one hyacinth plant for shelter. Do adult goldfish eat young fry?

Edit: These fish are in an outdoor pond.
 
these fish could be the comets or the koi, could even be minnows if you have a creek nearby. It's not unheard of to find minnows or killies mysteriously show in a pond when all it really is, is a fish or two dropped in transit as a bird had found a meal. Are you sure they are goldfish?
To answer your question, yes, the goldfish will eat the young if they find them so chances are these babies have this coloring as a camaflouge and have made it this far bacause of it. Goldfish do color up at different times for different reasons but I believe it's rare to have an entire batch of the same colored goldies when the goldies are range or multicolored.
 
Thanks Dangerdoll...interesting name... The fish are in an outdoor pond of about 200 gallons. This is my first year attempting an outdoor pond. The fountain/pond was installed by a previous owner of the house. I just resurrected the pond. I was very surprised to see little ones swimming around. I hope they make it.
 
it is exciting, I do agree.... my sister has a pond in her back yard, has it or about 3 years now. It's about 900 gallons and with a bit of trial and error, doing great. I suggested the babies might not be goldies at all because al of a sudden this year, her pond is teaming of striped minnows. She's got a couple full schools of them and the only reasoning I have is that a bird caught a handful acrossed the street at the creek and dropped a few in flight.
 
I used to wonder how isolated ponds across the world could have the same species of fish but birds dropping live fish would explain it. BTW, since buying the two Kois earlier this season, I have found out that 200 gallons is too small of a pond for them. The kois are still small but I am considering putting them up for adoption. Know of any koi adoption agencies?
 
interesting about the minnows mysteriously appearing :)

But I've heard that koi and goldfish will rapidly revert to their wild coloration (muddy or brown) if left to breed on their own. I'm talking in the next generation, not that the individual fish will change color in their lifetime. My friend had a small goldfish pond and all her babies, bred from the original orange/white comets, were a drab brown color.
 
I have 2 ~150 gallon ponds, and put 10 cent feeder goldfish in them.

To my surprise, they grow to a good 7-8'', and if you pick some good ones at the store, you can get some pretty good coloration.

They're also easy to breed. As long as theres ample plants and such, they breed every year. We see litlle 1-2'' guys swimming around each summer.

they also survive the winters (granted I live in texas) but even with 2-3 inches of ice over the pond, they still come through in the spring.
 
Tesla_HV said:
. The kois are still small but I am considering putting them up for adoption. Know of any koi adoption agencies?
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you can advertise them here in the classified section or place them up for bid on aquabid.com
 
Fun fact: fish also appear in isolated bodies of water across the world from hurricanes and whatnot that can actually move the fish from place to place.
just felt like saying that sorry if it's off topic :)
 
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