Just noticed that I have some...they are about an inch long.
I have both goldfish and koi in the pond...not sure what they are.
I'll try to take a picture of them if I can...right now they seem gray in color.
Since they are about an inch long, how old would you estimate them to be? Are they this year babies? Will the other fish eat them? Thanks...
Baby fish questions
From what I understand, and I believe this to be true from my own baby fish experience.....goldfish are born brownish/grey.....and koi are born with thier color already. As the goldfish get older, they get thier color. I had some babies last season, and they were goldfish. They didn't get thier color until this season, as they got bigger. I do have one baby koi, and from the first day I saw it, it had it's coloring already. They were all about 1 in long last year.......so yes, I would say yours sound like goldfish from this season. :O) Jenny
Thank you for the explanation.
I went out at night and looked again with a strong flashlight...there got to be a dozen at least and they range from very tiny 1/4 of an inch to about an inch...most are gray, one is a gray-gold and another has the koi color (white and red).
Will the other fish feed on them? I'll try to catch the one that has the nice colors and try to raise him/her in an aquarium...we'll see if I can catch it...I'll post pictures if I can...
You're welcome. From my own experience, baby fish tend to hide alot....and they are FAST. LOL They are very hard for me to catch. I hope you have better luck. My babies do ok in the pond with the big fish. That's not to say that some didn't get eaten before I noticed them.......but since....they've co-existed well. Jenny
My fish have been kind. The bullfrogs, on the other hand .......
This one should be easy to catch....yea, rrright!
Well, it should be easier than the others as it is inside the skimmer filter...with a bit of luck and patience....we'll see
I agree that your baby fish are from this spring's flirting, and if you have enough places for them to hide (rock ledges, roots of floating plants, etc.) quite a few of them will survive the predation of larger fish. They seem to come out and join the others when they're two or three inches long. However, BogweedBuck is right about the bullfrog. We have a full grown female bullfrog that calls our small pond home, and since she grew up only one or two of the fish babies have made it to a size too large for her to consume. I've seen her fly two feet through the air to grab her lunch.
And here they are!
one more
There's only one way to deal with these frogs ....
Buck......ROFL! :O) Jenny
Wow Buck--that would sure divide the water lilies!