Hi all. Well, I was feeding my fish today and noticed that there was a little
munchkin lurking about in the mid-level of the pond. I kneeled down to get a
closer look and discovered that it is a goldfish (just now starting to change
color from its baby black) fingerling about 1 1/2 - 2 inches long. Now, my
goldfish haven't spawned yet this year as far as I know. They spawned last year
at about this time of year or maybe a little later, and it took the surviving
fry all summer to reach the size of this one. Where it came from is a mystery.
I haven't seen any others in the pond. last years' brood are about 3 times the
size of this one. He appears to be healthy. I checked all the typical hiding
places that the fry congregated in last year, and found nothing. This one has
apparently be in there for a little while, as it is swimming with the rest like
it belonged. Strange goings on down in the deeps!

~George~

Here is a quicktime movie of my albino cat being fed (from last year - he's much
bigger now).

http://home.insightbb.com/~jryates/catfish_eating.MOV

"George" wrote in message
news:_qbbe.19132$NU4.13234@attbi_s22...
Hi all. Well, I was feeding my fish today and noticed that there was a
little
munchkin lurking about in the mid-level of the pond. I kneeled down to
get a
closer look and discovered that it is a goldfish (just now starting to
change
color from its baby black) fingerling about 1 1/2 - 2 inches long. Now,
my
goldfish haven't spawned yet this year as far as I know. They spawned
last year
at about this time of year or maybe a little later, and it took the
surviving
fry all summer to reach the size of this one. Where it came from is a
mystery.
I haven't seen any others in the pond. last years' brood are about 3
times the
size of this one. He appears to be healthy. I checked all the typical
hiding
places that the fry congregated in last year, and found nothing. This one
has
apparently be in there for a little while, as it is swimming with the rest
like
it belonged. Strange goings on down in the deeps!
==========================
I have a similar oddball in my mid size pond. All I have in there are
shubunkins and koi - but I suddenly spotted a dark brown GF about 1' long.
Duh! I'm clueless as to where it came from since the regular comets are
behind the house. It must have been an egg that stuck to my hands or
......??!??!?!?!?!?
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

Reel McKoi wrote:
"George" wrote in message
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Hi all. Well, I was feeding my fish today and noticed that there was a

little

munchkin lurking about in the mid-level of the pond. I kneeled down to

get a

closer look and discovered that it is a goldfish (just now starting to

change

color from its baby black) fingerling about 1 1/2 - 2 inches long. Now,

my

goldfish haven't spawned yet this year as far as I know. They spawned

last year

at about this time of year or maybe a little later, and it took the

surviving

fry all summer to reach the size of this one. Where it came from is a

mystery.

I haven't seen any others in the pond. last years' brood are about 3

times the

size of this one. He appears to be healthy. I checked all the typical

hiding

places that the fry congregated in last year, and found nothing. This one

has

apparently be in there for a little while, as it is swimming with the rest

like

it belonged. Strange goings on down in the deeps!

==========================
I have a similar oddball in my mid size pond. All I have in there are
shubunkins and koi - but I suddenly spotted a dark brown GF about 1' long.
Duh! I'm clueless as to where it came from since the regular comets are
behind the house. It must have been an egg that stuck to my hands or
.....??!??!?!?!?!?

I think I remember reading on a shubunkin breeding page that shubunkins
can sometimes throw a brown GF revertant. Maybe that's where it came
from. Now George's is REALLY a mystery.

--
Elaine T __
http://eethomp.com/fish.html '__
rec.aquaria.* FAQ http://faq.thekrib.com

"Elaine T" wrote in message
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Reel McKoi wrote:
"George" wrote in message
news:_qbbe.19132$NU4.13234@attbi_s22...

Hi all. Well, I was feeding my fish today and noticed that there was a

little

munchkin lurking about in the mid-level of the pond. I kneeled down to

get a

closer look and discovered that it is a goldfish (just now starting to

change

color from its baby black) fingerling about 1 1/2 - 2 inches long. Now,

my

goldfish haven't spawned yet this year as far as I know. They spawned

last year

at about this time of year or maybe a little later, and it took the

surviving

fry all summer to reach the size of this one. Where it came from is a

mystery.

I haven't seen any others in the pond. last years' brood are about 3

times the

size of this one. He appears to be healthy. I checked all the typical

hiding

places that the fry congregated in last year, and found nothing. This one

has

apparently be in there for a little while, as it is swimming with the rest

like

it belonged. Strange goings on down in the deeps!

==========================
I have a similar oddball in my mid size pond. All I have in there are
shubunkins and koi - but I suddenly spotted a dark brown GF about 1' long.
Duh! I'm clueless as to where it came from since the regular comets are
behind the house. It must have been an egg that stuck to my hands or
.....??!??!?!?!?!?

I think I remember reading on a shubunkin breeding page that shubunkins can
sometimes throw a brown GF revertant. Maybe that's where it came from. Now
George's is REALLY a mystery.

--
Elaine T __
http://eethomp.com/fish.html '__
rec.aquaria.* FAQ http://faq.thekrib.com

Yeah, especially since none of my fish have yet to exhibit any mating behavior
this spring. I'm going to have to wait to investigate it further since the
weather is supposed to turn nasty for the next couple of days. I'm going to
have to dismantle the waterfall and see if there are others hiding in there.
Who'd have thought that the new messiah would be a goldfish? :-)

"George" wrote in message
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Yeah, especially since none of my fish have yet to exhibit any mating
behavior
this spring. I'm going to have to wait to investigate it further since
the
weather is supposed to turn nasty for the next couple of days. I'm going
to
have to dismantle the waterfall and see if there are others hiding in
there.
Who'd have thought that the new messiah would be a goldfish? :-)
=========================
Let us know if he "walks on water." )
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

"Reel McKoi" wrote in message
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"George" wrote in message
news:LRgbe.20350$NU4.11404@attbi_s22...
Yeah, especially since none of my fish have yet to exhibit any mating
behavior
this spring. I'm going to have to wait to investigate it further since
the
weather is supposed to turn nasty for the next couple of days. I'm going
to
have to dismantle the waterfall and see if there are others hiding in
there.
Who'd have thought that the new messiah would be a goldfish? :-)
=========================
Let us know if he "walks on water." )
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

The real question is was it a virgin birth or spontaneous generation???

No doubt about it- hanky panky in the pond. lol I found a newbie Koi among my roughly 100 still black goldfish. He was about an inch long- white with a big red polka dot on his back. I had to look twice. First baby Koi in this pond.