"~ jan" wrote in message
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On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 16:34:53 EDT, "D Kat" wrote:

While on the subject of spawning -
I have a small pond that has only one goldfish in it (as well as a bunch
of
mosquito fish). This poor little guy (he is probably 2.5") is frantically
trying to swim up the output hose of my water pump. The reason he is the
only one in the pond is last year he chased the other 2 out of the pond to
their demise. None of my other fish do this. So do I put this guy in the
big pond with the much larger fish and hope they keep him in line, do I
add
other fish to the smaller pond or do I just wait for the guy to wear
himself
out and hopefully not do too much damage to himself before then?
Donna


Or... you could put a couple of bigger fish in with him?
~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

The pond only measures 4'X6'X2.5' and is in full sun with the plants not
offering much shade at all yet. The pond with the large fish is probably 3
times that surface area and in full shade. Do you think a large fish would
cope with that transfer? I'm about as fish ignorant as they come. Donna