Thank you for all the responses/info.
I've seen some of the babies in recent days (they do tend to "hide" in the
floating plants, so when I move those around a bit, I get to see one or two
occasionally) - my they do grow fast!
I guess we'll just have to wait and see how many survive into adulthood.....
Several of the ones I've seen are now 2" long, so I'm guessing they're
pretty safe at this point.
Now I have to figure out how many fish the 550 gallons can support (and sell
the rest I guess?).

I'm just thrilled we have any babies at all.......it's just amazing to me
considering what we started with! :-)

knocks wood Thankfully, the electrified "strapping" we've surrounded the
pond with seems to be keeping out predators too.

Nicole
--
Life is too important to be taken seriously. - Oscar Wilde
There is nothing like a dream to create the future. - Victor Hugo

"Nicole Thompson" wrote in message
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The last couple weeks, I've noticed a few goldfish fry in my pond.
(and I did a happy dance I might add) :-)
I'm quite surprised b/c this is my first attempt at a pond.
(See "story" below if interested.)

However, I'm wondering if the older goldfish would eat them......
Everything I've found on-line says they'll definitely eat the eggs, but
will
they eat the baby fish once they've hatched?

Thanks,
Nicole
--
Life is too important to be taken seriously. - Oscar Wilde
There is nothing like a dream to create the future. - Victor Hugo

How I got my pond: We purchased a home in December and the previous owner
made an elevated "pond" out of cinderblocks - he only had a statuary
fountain in it. Well, when we first looked at the house, there was ONE
lonely goldfish in there - and no vegetation. After closing on the house
and
waiting for spring to see if it survived (which it did), we decided to add
some "friends". The water immediately got cloudy and we feared we'd made a

HUGE mistake. Well, after reading extensively on-line (as well as other
sources), we made our own biofilter, calculated the pond holds roughly 550
gallons and purchased a 700 gph pump w/fountain, added plants, and tested
the water (which we were thinking of draining and starting over - SO glad
we
read up first b/c the water was just fine - other than the algae cycle
making it cloudy). Soooo, to make a very long story short, I'm elated that
my goldfish are so happy in their revamped accommodations that they've
actually had some babies! (We added 4 more fish to the original and
he/she -
haven't figured out which is which yet - was very happy to have
"friends".)
But I'm concerned b/c it seems there are a few fry I haven't seen in
awhile - perhaps they're hiding?