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On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 04:13:37 GMT, "Claudia"
wrote: ===watching the pond tonight and for the first time saw some (counted 3) 1 ===inch gray/brown fish darting about. Could they be anything other than ===goldfish? and when would they become "gold" or is brown the recessive color ===possible with mutt type goldfish? sorry if I am not being PC, but I am a ===newbie. :-) === ===Outdoor 350 gal liner pond. established 2 months with what started out as ===feeder goldfish, and are now 5 - 8 inches in length. 2 plechos added ===yesterday (zone 9 - no freezing - cold for us is overnight low of 45) A gold fish can be a olive green to a dark blackish brown when a juvenile. Most however when they get older will change to the traditional common color, but some are known to stay their juvenile color. I sort of like th olive color of juvenile, but it makes them hard to see in a pond. I suppose if you did not introduce fish into your pond, and I think it would be rather early for your fish to have breed, but I am no expert, you could still have foreign inhabitants brought into your setup by way of birds or plants. When I first built my pond it went unstocked for close to a year, and when I had it stocked the hatchery seined it just to see what kind of life it had, and bigger than life it had bream already in it as well as minnows.......which I was told came from birds such as herons, so I would think its possible eggs could have been deposited by a visiting bird and later hatched.... Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com Opinions expressed are those of my wife, I had no input whatsoever. Remove "nospam" from email addy. |
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"Claudia" wrote in message news:RtR_c.7637$fF2.2036@trnddc03... watching the pond tonight and for the first time saw some (counted 3) 1 inch gray/brown fish darting about. Could they be anything other than goldfish? and when would they become "gold" or is brown the recessive color possible with mutt type goldfish? sorry if I am not being PC, but I am a newbie. :-) Outdoor 350 gal liner pond. established 2 months with what started out as feeder goldfish, and are now 5 - 8 inches in length. 2 plechos added yesterday (zone 9 - no freezing - cold for us is overnight low of 45) -- Totus Tuus Claudia (take out no spam to reply) I was cleaning out the pond land fall when I saw these dark brown things darting around. I thought I was seeing things at first, but I got the net and waited patiently. I finally caught two of these guys. It's been a year now and they are still silver. Although one has orange lips and the other has an orange spot on his tail. Definitely mutts. |
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On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 18:35:27 GMT, "Bill Stock"
wrote: "Claudia" wrote in message news:RtR_c.7637$fF2.2036@trnddc03... watching the pond tonight and for the first time saw some (counted 3) 1 inch gray/brown fish darting about. Could they be anything other than goldfish? I was cleaning out the pond land fall when I saw these dark brown things darting around. So what should I do about the 250 or so fry in my pond? I am sure they are rosies, and I have three separate spawns. I guess the four feeders I saved from my aquarium oscar were so happy to be free they had an orgy? I am down to two adults now, but lotsa babies, and the love the waterfall -- Crashj -- Crashj |
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On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 18:35:27 GMT, "Bill Stock"
wrote: "Claudia" wrote in message news:RtR_c.7637$fF2.2036@trnddc03... watching the pond tonight and for the first time saw some (counted 3) 1 inch gray/brown fish darting about. Could they be anything other than goldfish? I was cleaning out the pond land fall when I saw these dark brown things darting around. So what should I do about the 250 or so fry in my pond? I am sure they are rosies, and I have three separate spawns. I guess the four feeders I saved from my aquarium oscar were so happy to be free they had an orgy? I am down to two adults now, but lotsa babies, and the love the waterfall -- Crashj -- Crashj |
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"Crashj" wrote in message ... On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 18:35:27 GMT, "Bill Stock" wrote: "Claudia" wrote in message news:RtR_c.7637$fF2.2036@trnddc03... watching the pond tonight and for the first time saw some (counted 3) 1 inch gray/brown fish darting about. Could they be anything other than goldfish? I was cleaning out the pond land fall when I saw these dark brown things darting around. So what should I do about the 250 or so fry in my pond? I am sure they are rosies, and I have three separate spawns. I guess the four feeders I saved from my aquarium oscar were so happy to be free they had an orgy? I am down to two adults now, but lotsa babies, and the love the waterfall -- Crashj Sounds like time to make Oscar happy. You can't keep them all, so keep the best and cull the rest. I'm sure I had more too, but I ended up with one very fat goldfish. |
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