1yr old pond doing well.

[Howard]

I bought a house last year, built a small pond about 4' x 5' and have a
couple koi and some other smaller gold fish, the fish lived through last
winter and all did well over this past summer, I hear about people have
breeding problems, too many fish etc.. how come my fish never bred, NOT
that I want any more fish, but I am curious.

I must have some combination of male/female fish with what I have, 14 in
all.

I know, small pond, too many fish, but the pond is clean, clear and the
fish are doing well.

[Karen]

In article >, Howard
> writes:

> how come my fish never bred, NOT
>that I want any more fish, but I am curious.

it could be that they have and you just can't see them. they do tend to hide
and stay out of the melee until they are bigger. check in the spring, bet you
find a few new faces to greet you.

Karen
Zone 5
Ashland, OH
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[jammer]

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 21:29:25 GMT, Howard >
wrote:

>I bought a house last year, built a small pond about 4' x 5' and have
a
>couple koi and some other smaller gold fish, the fish lived through
last
>winter and all did well over this past summer, I hear about people
have
>breeding problems, too many fish etc.. how come my fish never bred,
NOT
>that I want any more fish, but I am curious.
>
>I must have some combination of male/female fish with what I have, 14
in
>all.
>
>I know, small pond, too many fish, but the pond is clean, clear and
the
>fish are doing well.

The big fish gobble up the babies.

[Howard]

jammer > wrote in news:vubqk0pf9apckbl1c37b6otb62a211qa00@
4ax.com:

> On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 21:29:25 GMT, Howard >
> wrote:
>
>>I bought a house last year, built a small pond about 4' x 5' and have
> a
>>couple koi and some other smaller gold fish, the fish lived through
> last
>>winter and all did well over this past summer, I hear about people
> have
>>breeding problems, too many fish etc.. how come my fish never bred,
> NOT
>>that I want any more fish, but I am curious.
>>
>>I must have some combination of male/female fish with what I have, 14
> in
>>all.
>>
>>I know, small pond, too many fish, but the pond is clean, clear and
> the
>>fish are doing well.
>
> The big fish gobble up the babies.
>
>
I suppose that one way of keeping the population under control. :-)