Water Gardening: Baby Koi?, 1 by Gemila

Gemila wrote:
Pixiedish,
I've tried several times but all I can get is a small blur in the water. I have let the water go green a bit since I figured the baby fish need the algea to eat of. I had put in some of that blue dye & was adding h. peroxide to control the algea but since I discovered the baby fish, I stopped the peroxide treatment so the water is a yucky bluish/green. The baby fish range from super tiny to almost two inches long. There appear to be about 8 that are 1 1/2" to 2". The Comet is solid orange, the small shubunkin (sp. ?) is black & white, then I have a solid yellow butterfly koi that is atleast 4", the Koi are atleast 8". One has a solid white body with a big orange patch on its head to its back. THe other is mainly white with orange & black patches. I have noticed two of the 2" babies have white bodies with a dark orange patch on the head similar to the adult, 1 has a black patch instead of the orange and another has both black & orange patches. I really suspect the Koi spawned. I will have to wait & see how the rest develop wether I figure it was just the Koi that spawned or the Comet was involved also.

Again, sorry I was not able to post a photo. The only chance I get to see them is when they come really close to the surface but its rare since they are always dodging the bigger fish. Plus my camera does not take very good closeups. This is a sample of a photo I tried taking of the larger fish just to show you how bad it is.

Gemila