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Jul 22, 2004, 9:07 AM
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mixed fry showing up in pond
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First here is the history of my pond:
Year 1: robbed by landscaper who made a stone salad bowl.
could only stock it with gold fish got small feeder fish that had nice markings.
Year 2: Goldfish survived the winter. Had a real pond builder implement my design.
Now I got koi but kept the goldfish in the pond.
The pond was full of long strands of cobomba(sp?)
Through the summer the goldfish showed normal breeding signs but they also showed their hunger for eggs.
Koi swam around looking all nervous but loved when I fed them.
Fall: Noticed very small fry swimming around plants. Decided to let nature have its way.
Year 3: Now we have about a dozen babies swimming in the pond.
Some look like koi with a thin body and orange/black speckling.
But some I just cannot identify. They have fuller bodies, are olive in color,
and now some are developing gold and orange from the belly up.
Tried to upload a picture, but it is too big. So are the other fry koi as well?? None are just gold as if they were goldfish and my wife is quite certain that the fry are the size of the goldfish we bought two years ago.
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