Spawning

Hi as I live in Scotland and the weather is never great,can anybody tell me
when my fish arelikely to spawn,would like to rescue some of the eggs before
they all get eaten.
Are the eggs easy to spot as I am fairly new to this and have no idea what I
should be looking for.
Thanks for any help given.

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 15:34:31 -0000, "rob.smith4"
wrote:

Hi as I live in Scotland and the weather is never great,can anybody tell me
when my fish arelikely to spawn,would like to rescue some of the eggs before
they all get eaten.
Are the eggs easy to spot as I am fairly new to this and have no idea what I
should be looking for.
Thanks for any help given.



I've no idea when they will spawn, except "spring."

signs of spawning: I get a lot of foam on the water, like with DOC.
If I get up early in the morning I can see the fish thrashing among
the plants, sometimes piling up out of the water momentarily as they
get into awkward places. I usually don't see the eggs while they are
in the water unless I am specifically looking for them. If I suspect
there to be eggs I will pull the plants out and inspect them in the
air.

In my pond I have water hyacinth, anacharis and string algae that the
fish lay their eggs in.If I decide to save any eggs I move the whole
plant.

Good luck with yours.


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- Charles
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 15:34:31 -0000, "rob.smith4"
wrote:

Hi as I live in Scotland and the weather is never great,can anybody tell me
when my fish arelikely to spawn,would like to rescue some of the eggs before
they all get eaten.
Are the eggs easy to spot as I am fairly new to this and have no idea what I
should be looking for.
Thanks for any help given.



I've no idea when they will spawn, except "spring."

signs of spawning: I get a lot of foam on the water, like with DOC.
If I get up early in the morning I can see the fish thrashing among
the plants, sometimes piling up out of the water momentarily as they
get into awkward places. I usually don't see the eggs while they are
in the water unless I am specifically looking for them. If I suspect
there to be eggs I will pull the plants out and inspect them in the
air.

In my pond I have water hyacinth, anacharis and string algae that the
fish lay their eggs in.If I decide to save any eggs I move the whole
plant.

Good luck with yours.


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- Charles
-
-does not play well with others

in scotland they will probably spawn around the middle of june with a warm
spring or the end of june with a colder spring. If you are keeping goldfish
it would be to msure you have plenty of pond weed before spawning. keep your
fish well fed and just let nature take its course.
I have a 3000gallon koi pond with 14 koi and 4 goldfish, every year i
have to remove some baby goldfish I have no plants in this pond at all.
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 15:34:31 -0000, "rob.smith4"
wrote:

Hi as I live in Scotland and the weather is never great,can anybody tell
me
when my fish arelikely to spawn,would like to rescue some of the eggs
before
they all get eaten.
Are the eggs easy to spot as I am fairly new to this and have no idea
what I
should be looking for.
Thanks for any help given.



I've no idea when they will spawn, except "spring."

signs of spawning: I get a lot of foam on the water, like with DOC.
If I get up early in the morning I can see the fish thrashing among
the plants, sometimes piling up out of the water momentarily as they
get into awkward places. I usually don't see the eggs while they are
in the water unless I am specifically looking for them. If I suspect
there to be eggs I will pull the plants out and inspect them in the
air.

In my pond I have water hyacinth, anacharis and string algae that the
fish lay their eggs in.If I decide to save any eggs I move the whole
plant.

Good luck with yours.


--

- Charles
-
-does not play well with others

in scotland they will probably spawn around the middle of june with a warm
spring or the end of june with a colder spring. If you are keeping goldfish
it would be to msure you have plenty of pond weed before spawning. keep your
fish well fed and just let nature take its course.
I have a 3000gallon koi pond with 14 koi and 4 goldfish, every year i
have to remove some baby goldfish I have no plants in this pond at all.
"Charles" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 15:34:31 -0000, "rob.smith4"
wrote:

Hi as I live in Scotland and the weather is never great,can anybody tell
me
when my fish arelikely to spawn,would like to rescue some of the eggs
before
they all get eaten.
Are the eggs easy to spot as I am fairly new to this and have no idea
what I
should be looking for.
Thanks for any help given.



I've no idea when they will spawn, except "spring."

signs of spawning: I get a lot of foam on the water, like with DOC.
If I get up early in the morning I can see the fish thrashing among
the plants, sometimes piling up out of the water momentarily as they
get into awkward places. I usually don't see the eggs while they are
in the water unless I am specifically looking for them. If I suspect
there to be eggs I will pull the plants out and inspect them in the
air.

In my pond I have water hyacinth, anacharis and string algae that the
fish lay their eggs in.If I decide to save any eggs I move the whole
plant.

Good luck with yours.


--

- Charles
-
-does not play well with others