George Wrote:
Hi all. Well, I was feeding my fish today and noticed that there was a
little
munchkin lurking about in the mid-level of the pond. I kneeled down to
get a
closer look and discovered that it is a goldfish (just now starting to
change
color from its baby black) fingerling about 1 1/2 - 2 inches long.
Now, my
goldfish haven't spawned yet this year as far as I know. They spawned
last year
at about this time of year or maybe a little later, and it took the
surviving
fry all summer to reach the size of this one. Where it came from is a
mystery.
I haven't seen any others in the pond. last years' brood are about 3
times the
size of this one. He appears to be healthy. I checked all the typical
hiding
places that the fry congregated in last year, and found nothing. This
one has
apparently be in there for a little while, as it is swimming with the
rest like
it belonged. Strange goings on down in the deeps!

~George~

Here is a quicktime movie of my albino cat being fed (from last year -
he's much
bigger now).

http://tinyurl.com/75kjt

No doubt about it- hanky panky in the pond. lol I found a newbie Koi
among my roughly 100 still black goldfish. He was about an inch long-
white with a big red polka dot on his back. I had to look twice.
First baby Koi in this pond.


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Koitoy