first post ...baby fish
 

Greetings fellow ponders, this is my first post. My wife and i are in
our second year with our pond that I dug and constructed using a
rubber liner and Purifalls filter and a regular submersible pump. It
is kidney shaped, with it's dimensions being 7'x7'x10'x 18" deep. In
the pond we have 3 shebunkin, 2 goldfish( recently lost a 3rd to a
coon or a bird) and a catfish. Yesterday my wife discovered 2 baby
fish swimming about , 1 appears to be a shebunkin the other appears to
be a goldfish. Now for the questions as I learned a little about the
birds and bees, but not very much about fish.
1) will he babys be eaten by the other fish?
2) if so, how can we protect them
3) do these fish live bear or are they hatched outside?
4) can the 2 fish be cross breeds or are they from seperate births?

thanks for your replies
lrpiam

first post ...baby fish
 

"lrpiam" wrote in message
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Greetings fellow ponders, this is my first post. My wife and i are in
our second year with our pond that I dug and constructed using a
rubber liner and Purifalls filter and a regular submersible pump. It
is kidney shaped, with it's dimensions being 7'x7'x10'x 18" deep. In
the pond we have 3 shebunkin, 2 goldfish( recently lost a 3rd to a
coon or a bird) and a catfish. Yesterday my wife discovered 2 baby
fish swimming about , 1 appears to be a shebunkin the other appears to
be a goldfish. Now for the questions as I learned a little about the
birds and bees, but not very much about fish.
1) will he babys be eaten by the other fish?

Yes, when very small unless they have some place where they can hide, such as
rocks or plants.

2) if so, how can we protect them
3) do these fish live bear or are they hatched outside?

They are egg layers, I think.

4) can the 2 fish be cross breeds or are they from seperate births?

thanks for your replies
lrpiam

I would say that they are probably from separate births. You can tell the males
from the female adults like this: When viewing the fish from above, the females
will appear fat, while the males will appear slender. Send us a link to some
pictures.

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1) will he babys be eaten by the other fish?

To a point. Some fish prefer fish, some don't. I can say my Koi and Goldies
avoid the fry in the pond. They'll swim right through a herd of 'em and just
push them out of the way. Considering that I had hundreds of fry this year,
something IS eating them. I expect the two bullfrogs I've seen are the
culprits/

2) if so, how can we protect them

If you are having spawnings in your pond, don't sweat protection. Yer gonna
have more fish then you can eventually. Let natural selection take its
course and help keep the numbers down.

3) do these fish live bear or are they hatched outside?

Eggs are laid typically in the roots of plants and other areas around the
pond edge. The males then do their best to ferterlize using a broadcast
spreader method.

4) can the 2 fish be cross breeds or are they from seperate births?

Koi and Goldies (I don't know about others) will cross breed and create
sterile donkey koigoldfish.

BV.

first post ...baby fish
 

When viewing the fish from above, the females
| will appear fat, while the males will appear slender.

****Sigh!*****
Some thing NEVER change!
;¬D
Kate

Don't worry Kate, like they say, we may notice the famine first, but we'll
last longer. ;-) ~ jan
(Do you know where your water quality is?)