New Goldfish

[Claudia]

watching the pond tonight and for the first time saw some (counted 3) <1
inch gray/brown fish darting about. Could they be anything other than
goldfish? and when would they become "gold" or is brown the recessive color
possible with mutt type goldfish? sorry if I am not being PC, but I am a
newbie. :-)

Outdoor 350 gal liner pond. established 2 months with what started out as
feeder goldfish, and are now 5 - 8 inches in length. 2 plechos added
yesterday (zone 9 - no freezing - cold for us is overnight low of 45)

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[Roy]

On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 04:13:37 GMT, "Claudia"
> wrote:

>===<>watching the pond tonight and for the first time saw some (counted 3) <1
>===<>inch gray/brown fish darting about. Could they be anything other than
>===<>goldfish? and when would they become "gold" or is brown the recessive color
>===<>possible with mutt type goldfish? sorry if I am not being PC, but I am a
>===<>newbie. :-)
>===<>
>===<>Outdoor 350 gal liner pond. established 2 months with what started out as
>===<>feeder goldfish, and are now 5 - 8 inches in length. 2 plechos added
>===<>yesterday (zone 9 - no freezing - cold for us is overnight low of 45)

A gold fish can be a olive green to a dark blackish brown when a
juvenile. Most however when they get older will change to the
traditional common color, but some are known to stay their juvenile
color. I sort of like th olive color of juvenile, but it makes them
hard to see in a pond.

I suppose if you did not introduce fish into your pond, and I think it
would be rather early for your fish to have breed, but I am no expert,
you could still have foreign inhabitants brought into your setup by
way of birds or plants.

When I first built my pond it went unstocked for close to a year, and
when I had it stocked the hatchery seined it just to see what kind of
life it had, and bigger than life it had bream already in it as well
as minnows.......which I was told came from birds such as herons, so I
would think its possible eggs could have been deposited by a visiting
bird and later hatched....
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[Bill Stock]

"Claudia" > wrote in message
news:RtR_c.7637$fF2.2036@trnddc03...
> watching the pond tonight and for the first time saw some (counted 3) <1
> inch gray/brown fish darting about. Could they be anything other than
> goldfish? and when would they become "gold" or is brown the recessive
color
> possible with mutt type goldfish? sorry if I am not being PC, but I am a
> newbie. :-)
>
> Outdoor 350 gal liner pond. established 2 months with what started out as
> feeder goldfish, and are now 5 - 8 inches in length. 2 plechos added
> yesterday (zone 9 - no freezing - cold for us is overnight low of 45)
>
> --
> Totus Tuus
> Claudia (take out no spam to reply)

I was cleaning out the pond land fall when I saw these dark brown things
darting around. I thought I was seeing things at first, but I got the net
and waited patiently. I finally caught two of these guys. It's been a year
now and they are still silver. Although one has orange lips and the other
has an orange spot on his tail. Definitely mutts.

[Crashj]

On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 18:35:27 GMT, "Bill Stock" >
wrote:

>
>"Claudia" > wrote in message
>news:RtR_c.7637$fF2.2036@trnddc03...
>> watching the pond tonight and for the first time saw some (counted 3) <1
>> inch gray/brown fish darting about. Could they be anything other than
>> goldfish?
<>
>I was cleaning out the pond land fall when I saw these dark brown things
>darting around.

So what should I do about the 250 or so fry in my pond? I am sure they
are rosies, and I have three separate spawns. I guess the four feeders
I saved from my aquarium oscar were so happy to be free they had an
orgy?
I am down to two adults now, but lotsa babies, and the love the
waterfall
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Crashj
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Crashj

[Bill Stock]

"Crashj" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 18:35:27 GMT, "Bill Stock" >
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Claudia" > wrote in message
> >news:RtR_c.7637$fF2.2036@trnddc03...
> >> watching the pond tonight and for the first time saw some (counted 3)
<1
> >> inch gray/brown fish darting about. Could they be anything other than
> >> goldfish?
> <>
> >I was cleaning out the pond land fall when I saw these dark brown things
> >darting around.
>
> So what should I do about the 250 or so fry in my pond? I am sure they
> are rosies, and I have three separate spawns. I guess the four feeders
> I saved from my aquarium oscar were so happy to be free they had an
> orgy?
> I am down to two adults now, but lotsa babies, and the love the
> waterfall
> --
> Crashj

Sounds like time to make Oscar happy. :) You can't keep them all, so keep
the best and cull the rest.

I'm sure I had more too, but I ended up with one very fat goldfish.