Hi all. I went out yesterday to feed my 16 goldfish of various size to find
many (50?) tiny new swimmers in the pond. I was very excited! Today, I go
out again and there are countless numbers of the little guys! Must be
hundreds of them. Now...

They are each less than 1/8" long, have round, dark-grey, spotted bodies,
and really skinny tails. They seem to be clinging to the edges more than
they are swimming about. Oh I forgot to mention my pleco who is the biggest
fish in the pond (8"-10"). What scares me is that these babies really look
like the pleco!! Should I wait til they grow to be sure they are not
goldfish...or get rid of them - I don't want a pleco pond...

Craig
1000 gal, Zn 9, TX

What's in the pond? It could be 50 of each or a mix of each.
out of 200 you may have 10 that live till fall....
Enjoy



"Craig Cagle" wrote in message
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Hi all. I went out yesterday to feed my 16 goldfish of various size to
find
many (50?) tiny new swimmers in the pond. I was very excited! Today, I
go
out again and there are countless numbers of the little guys! Must be
hundreds of them. Now...

They are each less than 1/8" long, have round, dark-grey, spotted bodies,
and really skinny tails. They seem to be clinging to the edges more than
they are swimming about. Oh I forgot to mention my pleco who is the
biggest
fish in the pond (8"-10"). What scares me is that these babies really
look
like the pleco!! Should I wait til they grow to be sure they are not
goldfish...or get rid of them - I don't want a pleco pond...

Craig
1000 gal, Zn 9, TX

On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:35:29 GMT, "Craig Cagle"
wrote:

Hi all. I went out yesterday to feed my 16 goldfish of various size to find
many (50?) tiny new swimmers in the pond. I was very excited! Today, I go
out again and there are countless numbers of the little guys! Must be
hundreds of them. Now...

They are each less than 1/8" long, have round, dark-grey, spotted bodies,
and really skinny tails. They seem to be clinging to the edges more than
they are swimming about. Oh I forgot to mention my pleco who is the biggest
fish in the pond (8"-10"). What scares me is that these babies really look
like the pleco!! Should I wait til they grow to be sure they are not
goldfish...or get rid of them - I don't want a pleco pond...

Craig
1000 gal, Zn 9, TX


Sounds to me like baby goldfish. they should start swimming fishlike
in two or three more days.
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- Charles
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-does not play well with others

I've already had one fry hatch this spring. Out of it I think there are 6
fish left at about 1 - 2 inches long. As I said, there are 16 goldfish and
1 pleco in the pond. Could they be tadpoles? Lots of toads around also...

Craig


Craig Cagle wrote in message
.. .
Hi all. I went out yesterday to feed my 16 goldfish of various size to
find
many (50?) tiny new swimmers in the pond. I was very excited! Today, I
go
out again and there are countless numbers of the little guys! Must be
hundreds of them. Now...

They are each less than 1/8" long, have round, dark-grey, spotted bodies,
and really skinny tails. They seem to be clinging to the edges more than
they are swimming about. Oh I forgot to mention my pleco who is the
biggest
fish in the pond (8"-10"). What scares me is that these babies really
look
like the pleco!! Should I wait til they grow to be sure they are not
goldfish...or get rid of them - I don't want a pleco pond...

Craig
1000 gal, Zn 9, TX

Craig wrote Could they be tadpoles? Lots of toads around also..

Did you see any eggs? Toads lay them in long strings wrapped around vegetation
if they can manage it.
The toadpoles will be jet black with whiplike tails.

Pretty soon you should be able to tell what babies are swimming in your pond.





k30a

Xref: kermit rec.ponds:114490

I did see eggs laying in some lily pots and caught in the hornwart...they
were not stringy though, kind of white or yellowish in color. If toadpoles
are black than that's not what I have - these guys are definately spotted.



K30a wrote in message
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Craig wrote Could they be tadpoles? Lots of toads around also..

Did you see any eggs? Toads lay them in long strings wrapped around
vegetation
if they can manage it.
The toadpoles will be jet black with whiplike tails.

Pretty soon you should be able to tell what babies are swimming in your
pond.





k30a

Craig wrote these guys are definately spotted

They could be salamanders or newts.
Let us know what happens! ;-)


k30a

"Craig Cagle" wrote in message
.. .
Hi all. I went out yesterday to feed my 16 goldfish of various size to
find
many (50?) tiny new swimmers in the pond. I was very excited! Today, I
go
out again and there are countless numbers of the little guys! Must be
hundreds of them. Now...

They are each less than 1/8" long, have round, dark-grey, spotted bodies,
and really skinny tails. They seem to be clinging to the edges more than
they are swimming about. Oh I forgot to mention my pleco who is the
biggest
fish in the pond (8"-10"). What scares me is that these babies really
look
like the pleco!! Should I wait til they grow to be sure they are not
goldfish...or get rid of them - I don't want a pleco pond...

You just spelled pl*co with an 'e' and not an '*' several times. Most will
be dead in a week, I assure you.

BV.