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Really silly goldfish question
but it's as good a way as any to say hi!!
We put in this enormous (8000l) pond last summer, and the fish really like it. So much that last month we spotted 6 black young fish. We weren't trying to breed but well, you know goldfish, the martini's of the pond world (anytime, anyplace, anywhere.) So the really silly question is - how old/big do they have to get to start turning gold? They are putting on millimetres by the day, thank goodness, so I don't think the winter fast will do any harm, but I'd love to be able to see them all the time, not just when the sun is on the water. http://www.luckings.pwp.blueyonder.c...arden/pond.htm yeah, I know, it needs updating. |
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Chakoteya wrote:
but it's as good a way as any to say hi!! We put in this enormous (8000l) pond last summer, and the fish really like it. So much that last month we spotted 6 black young fish. We weren't trying to breed but well, you know goldfish, the martini's of the pond world (anytime, anyplace, anywhere.) So the really silly question is - how old/big do they have to get to start turning gold? Sorry, you're wrong. It's not a really silly question :-) The answer, though, is the typical "it depends". I've seen them start to change in weeks, and others that didn't change for a year - typically around 5cm. It can be really quite spectacular as a fish develops a small hint of gold on his back, then as the days go by the gold patch gets bigger and bigger. -- derek |
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Chakoteya wrote:
but it's as good a way as any to say hi!! We put in this enormous (8000l) pond last summer, and the fish really like it. So much that last month we spotted 6 black young fish. We weren't trying to breed but well, you know goldfish, the martini's of the pond world (anytime, anyplace, anywhere.) So the really silly question is - how old/big do they have to get to start turning gold? Sorry, you're wrong. It's not a really silly question :-) The answer, though, is the typical "it depends". I've seen them start to change in weeks, and others that didn't change for a year - typically around 5cm. It can be really quite spectacular as a fish develops a small hint of gold on his back, then as the days go by the gold patch gets bigger and bigger. -- derek |
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Chakoteya wrote:
but it's as good a way as any to say hi!! We put in this enormous (8000l) pond last summer, and the fish really like it. So much that last month we spotted 6 black young fish. We weren't trying to breed but well, you know goldfish, the martini's of the pond world (anytime, anyplace, anywhere.) So the really silly question is - how old/big do they have to get to start turning gold? Sorry, you're wrong. It's not a really silly question :-) The answer, though, is the typical "it depends". I've seen them start to change in weeks, and others that didn't change for a year - typically around 5cm. It can be really quite spectacular as a fish develops a small hint of gold on his back, then as the days go by the gold patch gets bigger and bigger. -- derek |
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