Minnows-free to a good home

"Monica" wrote in message
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I keep some golden minnows (and a single brown fathead
from one batch)
in my water garden. The gold minnows are also called
Rosie Reds. We
came back from vacation in June to find my water garden
FULL of tiny
fry, which I was able over time to identify as baby
minnows. I took
no measures to protect the babies from adult minnows and
goldfish or
dragonfly larvae, but many have survived. Now, I have way
too many
minnows! They are various sizes and are either gold,
grey, or brown.
I would like to give the extras away to someone who will
appreciate
them, since I'm kind of proud of them having made it! We
live near
Los Angeles, and my husband works in Burbank, and I don't
think I
could mail them safely. Any takers? They should be
hardier than
average, as they are the children of minnows that made it
through last
winter! If you e-mail me privately, I will be happy to
give you more
details about where exactly I live....

Monica Jones

Any chance of just leaving them alone and letting nature
take its course? I also had a gadzillion minnows in a
smallish pond (about 200 gallons), along with several
million toad tadpoles and an infinity of snails. My pond
went "balanced" early spring and it has stayed that way, no
bottom cleaning, no filtering, just topping off. Oh, and I
have lots of plants in there.

Now I have considerably fewer minnows, most of the taddies
are gone. I suspect pond predators are taking care of
culing.

Gail