yafather
Koi Lover
Aug 13, 2003, 11:13 PM
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I have a 350 gallon pond, which has 2 malaysian koi, 1 goldfish, 1 golden orfe, 4 shubunkins, 4 sararas comets and 3 ghost carp.
I have just came back from a 2 week holiday and while i was away i phoned my sister and found out that the fish in my pond have had babies, but my sister said they looked like sticklebacks, i had sticklebacks in my pond about 3-4 weeks before i went away on holiday, I took them out because i thought they were nibbling away at my other fish, when i took the sticklebacks out i emptied the pond to make sure that all the sticklebacks were gone i also cleaned it.
The hotel i was staying at on holiday had a pond there and in that pond they was little fry, so i know what they look like, but when i got back the fry that are in my pond don't look like the ones i saw on holiday. The ones on holiday were about 2cm long and brown, the ones in my pond are about 5mm long and see through. I have suspicions that these are sticklebacks in my pond.
Is it possible that the eggs of sticklebacks could live out of the water while i was cleaning the pond for a couple of hours, i have alot of plants in my pond could the eggs live on them.
I have placed about 10 of these baby fish in a container with a oxygenator plant in it, which floats on the top of my pond. There are much more in the pond with every scoop with a small net i can catch from 2-3 at a time.
Please also could anyone tell me how to care for these little fry.
My email address is davidmhills@hotmail.com if you would like to see a picture of these baby fish then please email me and i will send back.
Thanks David
(This post was edited by yafather on Aug 13, 2003, 11:48 PM)
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Here is a picture of my little fish i have just found out hw to add pics if you look towards the top left of the picture you can see 2 dark dots. it is the left dot that is the fish. If you can can you indentify it. This one is about 5mm long