"A Davis" wrote in message
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Hello

I have a 10 by 5 foot garden pond (South West England), & about a month
ago
I noticed some tiny fish swimming in the oxygenating plants. These are now
between a 0.5 & 1.5 inches long.

Recently I found out that Goldfish will eat their young, so I (eventually)
caught 2 of the young fish & transferred them to a small indoors aquarium.

Please could anyone advise whether this is the thing to do, or if they
should be big enough to look after themselves now?

I also thought it would give them more chance of overwintering indoors,
but
now I'm having second thoughts.



Year before last, my friend took most of the goldfish fry out of his pond
and overwintered them indoors. They grew well, some of them changed colour,
but didn't learn how to hide.

As soon as he put them back in the pond, in early summer, the large goldfish
ate them. However, the ones that overwintered in the pond were smaller, but
still alive and hiding in the weed.

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Regards,
Alan.

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