My first fry have hatched

[Andy]

Hi all,

My first ever fry hatched this evening :)

I inherited the fish (Koi, goldfish, comet) from my step father and had
to rush build a pond to keep them late last year. I added a couple of
comets and shubunkins in early spring and they spawned last Tuesday. I
lifted the weed into a small tank and kept it indoors. A few minutes ago
I saw several fry dashing about in the weed.

When the fish spawned it looked like a single shubunkin was mum...
anyone tell what I can expect the young to look like with their mixed
parentage?

TIA,

Andy

[Reel McKoi]

"Andy" > wrote in message
.. .
> Hi all,
>
> My first ever fry hatched this evening :)
>
> I inherited the fish (Koi, goldfish, comet) from my step father and had
> to rush build a pond to keep them late last year. I added a couple of
> comets and shubunkins in early spring and they spawned last Tuesday. I
> lifted the weed into a small tank and kept it indoors. A few minutes ago
> I saw several fry dashing about in the weed.
>
> When the fish spawned it looked like a single shubunkin was mum...
> anyone tell what I can expect the young to look like with their mixed
> parentage?
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Some will be very attractive, some will be plain and unattractive. I prefer
the matts myself. A few will probably always be a mud brown. I'm trying to
cull out everything that's not a shubunkin in my ponds. The shubunkins are
the prettiest (in my opinion).
--
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[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>On Sun, 22 May 2005 21:34:20 +0100, Andy > wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>My first ever fry hatched this evening :)
>
>I inherited the fish (Koi, goldfish, comet)
>
>When the fish spawned it looked like a single shubunkin was mum...
>anyone tell what I can expect the young to look like with their mixed
>parentage? Andy

A little bit of this, a little bit of that. Many will be dark, others may
color early, the dark ones will color later, and some will stay dark. ~ jan

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