Hello - I haven't posted here before

I have a 500 litre pond, and the resident goldfish did not spawn until
recently after I added a significant amount of plants.

At the moment the babies vary in size from about half to three-quarters of
an inch.

The adults are about 4-6 inches in length and there would be about 10 of
them, nearly all are 'gold' fish, one is white, one is speckled, one is
black. Please forgive the non-expert descriptions.

Anyway, most of the young are black, a couple are gold.

My question is, what should I expect given that there seem to be about 50 or
more tiny fish in the pond? My concerns are over-crowding primarily.

I live in Australia - in case anyone is wondering why my fish are breeding
now.

Any information/advice welcome.


Kathy

Anyway, most of the young are black, a couple are gold.My question is, what
should I expect given that there seem to be about 50 ormore tiny fish in the
pond? My concerns are over-crowding primarily.

All babies are born black...some change at about a 1/2 inch others don't change
for 2 years. I have a few shubunkin that will never change from black. Unles
you are lucky enough to get a bullfrog, or snake to move in and thin them out,
you will have to cull them yourself. .....sad job, but maybe you can give them
to the neighbors. Jerri

http://www.fringeweb.com/Ponds/JerrisPond

I too am new to this site (Arkansas, USA). This is my first summer for my pond and am thrilled that my shubunkins have decided to have babies. I am also wondering what to expect as far as rate of growth, survival chances, etc. Do I stand a fair chance (all other things being equal such as water quality, etc) of having any survive to be good sized fish? I don't want to get my hopes up, but I'm curious about what my success rate might be.

This is my first summer for
my pond and am thrilled that my shubunkins have decided to have babies.
Do I stand a fair chance (all other things being equalsuch as water quality,
etc) of having any survive to be good sizedfish?

In 2 years you will be BEGGING people to take some away....I promise )
Jerri

http://www.fringeweb.com/Ponds/JerrisPond

You called that one right -- I already am beggin for people to take some!!