"George" wrote in message
news:y7ife.64617$WI3.27271@attbi_s71...
Hi boys and girls. I thought I would update you on the developments since
my
last post. Some of you may recall my post of 4/25, about finding a
goldfish in
my pond that appeared to be about 3-4 months old. Well, I guess it is
still in
there, although I haven't seen it in a couple of days (there are lots of
places
for a small black fish to hide in the pond). I'm still at a loss as to
where he
come from since if my fish spawned him, they would have had to spawn him
in the
dead of winter (that would be below frezing in these parts, so what are
the
chances they would have spawned in that weather). A midget from last
year? Not
likely because it still has its baby black. I have yet to see any others.

## A few of mine from last summer are still dark. Some are also small,
probably from the last spawning. Also, eggs may have been carried in on
something. It may not even be a goldfish. One summer my neighbor had
sunfish in his stock pond. No one knew where they came from.....

On another, related note, it is Kentucky Derby day (or was - its' after
mid-night here) here in, where else, 'Derby City' (Louisville's
nickname).
Early this morning at about 6:30 A.M. I got up to do some early chores to
get
ready for the day's festivities, and while getting a glass of water, I
looked
out my kitchen window and noticed that all of the fish were swimming
around in a
frenzy, even the Koi. I went out to check on them, and yes, they are
spawning
(I don't think the Koi were actually spawning, just curious). The water
is all
frothy, like last year.

## Sounds like spawning to me.

I have at least five females who are all battered one
the side from the efforts (just like my big female was last year). I
found one
this afternoon hiding behind the filter beneath the waterfall (it was one
of my
two year old goldfish - one of the 'feeders' I bought originally to feed
to my
catfish, who apparently wasn't interested at the time). This is the same
place
my big female spawned last year to eventually produce the 8 yearlings I
have now
(who are three times the size of this black mystery newbie, are a
multitude of
colors, and very nice). They appear to like this location as it is
sheltered,
there are cattails nearby, and it is a hard place to get in and out of.
The
catfish can't touch them there. One thing seems certain, I'm going to
have a
heck of a lot of fry this year.

## And a self-supporting hobby! :-)))

On another note, when I was in college years ago, my wife and I (we were
dating
at the time) used to go out to a Pizza joint on the other side of town
that had
great live music. The name of the place was Jockamos. We used to go
there
every weekend. It was a local college hangout (alas, they went belly up -
too
much 'free beer', I suppose). The food was lousy, but the beer and song
was
wonderful. Well, what does this have to do with anything? Well, the
horse that
won the Derby, a 50-1 nag, was names Giacomo (pronounced, Jockamo).
Dabnabbit!
What was I thinking? To think what I would have made had I bet on this
three
year old diamond-in-the-rough.

Enjoy the spring. It won't last much longer.
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
EVERYONE: "Please check people's
headers for forgeries before flushing." :-)
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