Foam on the water - goldfish spawning
A couple of days ago, I went out to feed the fish. One berm pond has
four butterfly goldfish (all fins long) that I am trying to breed. Two are shbunkins and two comets. Who knows what the offspring will look like. I figure the odds favor having a pair with four there. Well, when I put the food in, no one came. Unusual. Then I saw three flash by in the 18" water. I recognized the formation: rear fish nudging the front one. Breeding. Sure enough, foam began to show where the water from that pond goes into the U-shaped falls. We are surely having babies. Now, we will see if they survive the grown-ups and the mosquito fish. Last year a few did. The koi have not yet begun the chase routine. Last year they did it just before we went on vacation. Jim |
Foam on the water - goldfish spawning
"Phyllis and Jim" wrote in message oups.com... A couple of days ago, I went out to feed the fish. One berm pond has four butterfly goldfish (all fins long) that I am trying to breed. Two are shbunkins and two comets. Who knows what the offspring will look like. I figure the odds favor having a pair with four there. Well, when I put the food in, no one came. Unusual. Then I saw three flash by in the 18" water. I recognized the formation: rear fish nudging the front one. Breeding. Sure enough, foam began to show where the water from that pond goes into the U-shaped falls. We are surely having babies. Now, we will see if they survive the grown-ups and the mosquito fish. Last year a few did. The koi have not yet begun the chase routine. Last year they did it just before we went on vacation. Jim I noticed a few of my comets nudging and chasing one another yesterday. No foam yet, at least I didn't see any. Might be some tomorrow. George |
Foam on the water - goldfish spawning
We noticed a lot more foam today. Not enough for koi breeding, but
surely another round of goldfish action. Jim is hoping it is the long- finned ones he has oin the berm pond rather than the ones in the main pond. Does anyone know if koi tend to spawn later than goldfish? Phyllis |
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