Rosey Reds

"Sam Hopkins" wrote in message
.. .
Looks like the 1,000 rosey reds I stocked in my pond spawned and now I
have
about 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,003 new ones all
along
the shoreline of my pond. It's crazy seeing drones of fish schools like
that.

I put less then a dozen in my pond, and I now have several hundred. Go to
PetSmart and buy a dozen for a dollar or so...then you will have an endless
supply.

BV.

"Sam Hopkins" wrote in message
.. .
Looks like the 1,000 rosey reds I stocked in my pond spawned and now I
have
about 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,003 new ones all
along
the shoreline of my pond. It's crazy seeing drones of fish schools like
that.

I put less then a dozen in my pond, and I now have several hundred. Go to
PetSmart and buy a dozen for a dollar or so...then you will have an endless
supply.

BV.

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, jammer wrote:


Yes, if i ever get curious about these "rosey reds", I think about ONE
would do.

Each pond is different. If you notice, those people who have a billion of
them usually have large ponds or new ponds which have few predators. I
keep fatheads (natural rosy reds) in my 1800 gallon pond. Many babies
made it the first few years of my pond in 1997 and 1998. Now, I have
maybe 30 of them in the entire pond. Why? They are preferred by these
predators in my ponds - snakes, raccoons, orfe, and bullfrogs. I put some
in my 153 gallon pond this spring. Again, for my situation, they are NOT
overpopulated. So, don't immediately consider them some sort of out of
control pest when it varies situation to situation. They are my favorite
fish and the reason I started with aquariums and ponds so I tend to stand
up for them! My site is the probably the only real one on them at
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~rrhudy1/rosies.htm and
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~rrhudy1/rosy2.htm


Of course, my luck, it would be pregnant.


They cannot be pregnant. Females are egg-laden or "ripe." A female by
herself cannot expel her eggs and if she could, without a male to
fertilize them, no wee ones would be forthcoming. If I added just one
minnow, someone would soon eat him. They must be tasty as bullfrogs,
raccoons, turtles, herons, and all sorts of animals go after them. Unlike
some other fish who shall remain nameless, rosy reds are sweet fish who do
not harm other fish (males will drive others from their nest but not hurt
them) or eat tadpoles or chew off other fishes' fins. I've spent a lot of
time nursing batches back to health that I got sold as feeders. They are
treated so poorly. They deserve much better!




On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:34:55 -0700, "DonKcR" wrote:

How big are rosey reds? Never seen one, but by the looks of your message I
would never want over "1". I'm already over stocked! Kc
"Sam Hopkins" wrote in message
. ..
Looks like the 1,000 rosey reds I stocked in my pond spawned and now I
have
about 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,003 new ones all
along
the shoreline of my pond. It's crazy seeing drones of fish schools like
that.

Sam







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On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, jammer wrote:


Yes, if i ever get curious about these "rosey reds", I think about ONE
would do.

Each pond is different. If you notice, those people who have a billion of
them usually have large ponds or new ponds which have few predators. I
keep fatheads (natural rosy reds) in my 1800 gallon pond. Many babies
made it the first few years of my pond in 1997 and 1998. Now, I have
maybe 30 of them in the entire pond. Why? They are preferred by these
predators in my ponds - snakes, raccoons, orfe, and bullfrogs. I put some
in my 153 gallon pond this spring. Again, for my situation, they are NOT
overpopulated. So, don't immediately consider them some sort of out of
control pest when it varies situation to situation. They are my favorite
fish and the reason I started with aquariums and ponds so I tend to stand
up for them! My site is the probably the only real one on them at
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~rrhudy1/rosies.htm and
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~rrhudy1/rosy2.htm


Of course, my luck, it would be pregnant.


They cannot be pregnant. Females are egg-laden or "ripe." A female by
herself cannot expel her eggs and if she could, without a male to
fertilize them, no wee ones would be forthcoming. If I added just one
minnow, someone would soon eat him. They must be tasty as bullfrogs,
raccoons, turtles, herons, and all sorts of animals go after them. Unlike
some other fish who shall remain nameless, rosy reds are sweet fish who do
not harm other fish (males will drive others from their nest but not hurt
them) or eat tadpoles or chew off other fishes' fins. I've spent a lot of
time nursing batches back to health that I got sold as feeders. They are
treated so poorly. They deserve much better!




On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:34:55 -0700, "DonKcR" wrote:

How big are rosey reds? Never seen one, but by the looks of your message I
would never want over "1". I'm already over stocked! Kc
"Sam Hopkins" wrote in message
. ..
Looks like the 1,000 rosey reds I stocked in my pond spawned and now I
have
about 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,003 new ones all
along
the shoreline of my pond. It's crazy seeing drones of fish schools like
that.

Sam







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Point well taken. I do not have any predators around and think i would
have the over population. My pond (let) is only 70 gallons. Thanks for
the info.



On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:03:26 -0400, Robyn Rhudy
wrote:


On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, jammer wrote:


Yes, if i ever get curious about these "rosey reds", I think about ONE
would do.

Each pond is different. If you notice, those people who have a billion of
them usually have large ponds or new ponds which have few predators. I
keep fatheads (natural rosy reds) in my 1800 gallon pond. Many babies
made it the first few years of my pond in 1997 and 1998. Now, I have
maybe 30 of them in the entire pond. Why? They are preferred by these
predators in my ponds - snakes, raccoons, orfe, and bullfrogs. I put some
in my 153 gallon pond this spring. Again, for my situation, they are NOT
overpopulated. So, don't immediately consider them some sort of out of
control pest when it varies situation to situation. They are my favorite
fish and the reason I started with aquariums and ponds so I tend to stand
up for them! My site is the probably the only real one on them at
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~rrhudy1/rosies.htm and
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~rrhudy1/rosy2.htm


Of course, my luck, it would be pregnant.


They cannot be pregnant. Females are egg-laden or "ripe." A female by
herself cannot expel her eggs and if she could, without a male to
fertilize them, no wee ones would be forthcoming. If I added just one
minnow, someone would soon eat him. They must be tasty as bullfrogs,
raccoons, turtles, herons, and all sorts of animals go after them. Unlike
some other fish who shall remain nameless, rosy reds are sweet fish who do
not harm other fish (males will drive others from their nest but not hurt
them) or eat tadpoles or chew off other fishes' fins. I've spent a lot of
time nursing batches back to health that I got sold as feeders. They are
treated so poorly. They deserve much better!




On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:34:55 -0700, "DonKcR" wrote:

How big are rosey reds? Never seen one, but by the looks of your message I
would never want over "1". I'm already over stocked! Kc
"Sam Hopkins" wrote in message
. ..
Looks like the 1,000 rosey reds I stocked in my pond spawned and now I
have
about 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,003 new ones all
along
the shoreline of my pond. It's crazy seeing drones of fish schools like
that.

Sam







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Point well taken. I do not have any predators around and think i would
have the over population. My pond (let) is only 70 gallons. Thanks for
the info.



On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:03:26 -0400, Robyn Rhudy
wrote:


On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, jammer wrote:


Yes, if i ever get curious about these "rosey reds", I think about ONE
would do.

Each pond is different. If you notice, those people who have a billion of
them usually have large ponds or new ponds which have few predators. I
keep fatheads (natural rosy reds) in my 1800 gallon pond. Many babies
made it the first few years of my pond in 1997 and 1998. Now, I have
maybe 30 of them in the entire pond. Why? They are preferred by these
predators in my ponds - snakes, raccoons, orfe, and bullfrogs. I put some
in my 153 gallon pond this spring. Again, for my situation, they are NOT
overpopulated. So, don't immediately consider them some sort of out of
control pest when it varies situation to situation. They are my favorite
fish and the reason I started with aquariums and ponds so I tend to stand
up for them! My site is the probably the only real one on them at
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~rrhudy1/rosies.htm and
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~rrhudy1/rosy2.htm


Of course, my luck, it would be pregnant.


They cannot be pregnant. Females are egg-laden or "ripe." A female by
herself cannot expel her eggs and if she could, without a male to
fertilize them, no wee ones would be forthcoming. If I added just one
minnow, someone would soon eat him. They must be tasty as bullfrogs,
raccoons, turtles, herons, and all sorts of animals go after them. Unlike
some other fish who shall remain nameless, rosy reds are sweet fish who do
not harm other fish (males will drive others from their nest but not hurt
them) or eat tadpoles or chew off other fishes' fins. I've spent a lot of
time nursing batches back to health that I got sold as feeders. They are
treated so poorly. They deserve much better!




On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:34:55 -0700, "DonKcR" wrote:

How big are rosey reds? Never seen one, but by the looks of your message I
would never want over "1". I'm already over stocked! Kc
"Sam Hopkins" wrote in message
. ..
Looks like the 1,000 rosey reds I stocked in my pond spawned and now I
have
about 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,003 new ones all
along
the shoreline of my pond. It's crazy seeing drones of fish schools like
that.

Sam







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They're about the same size more or less.

"April1201" wrote in message
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Do rosey reds eat guppies?

They're about the same size more or less.

"April1201" wrote in message
...
Do rosey reds eat guppies?

Bob,

They're put in the pond for food for the bass. I've read everywhere
that bluegills dont eat fish however all the bluegills I have raised in
aquariums eat them with no reserve. Around here they're used as bait for
fishing. As bait or for pond stocking they are called "fatheads" but in the
petstore they are called "rosey reds". Around here at least you're supposed
to stock them and golden shiners before your bass so that they get establish
before the bass start sucking them down. I stocked them at the same time as
my bass but my bass where only 1.5-2 inches long and wouldnt have been able
to eat the full sized ones anyways. 1,000 of them cost around $100.00 or so
delivered via UPS.

Sam

"Bob Adkins" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 13:08:45 -0400, "Sam Hopkins"
wrote:

Looks like the 1,000 rosey reds I stocked in my pond spawned and now I
have
about 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,003 new ones all
along
the shoreline of my pond. It's crazy seeing drones of fish schools like
that.

Hey Sam, how are rosy red's as food for bluegill? How about eating
mosquitos? Do they eat as many as mosquito fish? How about bait? Think
they
would be easy to net for use as bluegill and bass bait? About how much
does
1000 cost delivered?

I have 100 more questions, but I'll leave you alone for now. :-)

Bob

Bob,

They're put in the pond for food for the bass. I've read everywhere
that bluegills dont eat fish however all the bluegills I have raised in
aquariums eat them with no reserve. Around here they're used as bait for
fishing. As bait or for pond stocking they are called "fatheads" but in the
petstore they are called "rosey reds". Around here at least you're supposed
to stock them and golden shiners before your bass so that they get establish
before the bass start sucking them down. I stocked them at the same time as
my bass but my bass where only 1.5-2 inches long and wouldnt have been able
to eat the full sized ones anyways. 1,000 of them cost around $100.00 or so
delivered via UPS.

Sam

"Bob Adkins" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 13:08:45 -0400, "Sam Hopkins"
wrote:

Looks like the 1,000 rosey reds I stocked in my pond spawned and now I
have
about 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,003 new ones all
along
the shoreline of my pond. It's crazy seeing drones of fish schools like
that.

Hey Sam, how are rosy red's as food for bluegill? How about eating
mosquitos? Do they eat as many as mosquito fish? How about bait? Think
they
would be easy to net for use as bluegill and bass bait? About how much
does
1000 cost delivered?

I have 100 more questions, but I'll leave you alone for now. :-)

Bob