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Breeding Goldfish
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Raising Baby Gold Fish
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Customer Comments and
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Breeding Goldfish. Click
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Breeding Goldfish. |
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Customer
Comments |
Hi,
My name
is Jonas
and I
ran
across
your
website
during a
break
here at
work.
For my
46th
birthday
in
January,
an
elderly
friend
gave me
a 55
gallon
tank
complete
with 6
older
goldfish
of
hers.
On
Easter
Sunday,
one of
the
fish, an
orange
red-capped
oranda
laid
eggs!
I was
quite
surprised
because
I had
not
planned
on this
happening
nor was
I trying
to get
the fish
to
breed.
I just
take
really
good
care of
them!
About
100 fry
hatched
( they
never
hold
still
long
enough
to be
accurately
counted)
and I
only
lost one
so
far.
They are
now
about
two
weeks
old, are
eating
like
crazy
and
growing.
I have
nine
friends
willing
to adopt
one or
two or
three.
What a
chore
...
Anyway,
I don't
plan on
breeding
again if
I can
help it,
but this
time is
so
exciting.
Okay, to
my
question:
There
are
three
males
and
three
females
in my
tank.
The
males
all have
the
small
white
bumps on
their
gills
and
those
three
were
chasing
the
oranda
(almost
brutally)
before
she laid
the
eggs.
The
males
are two
comets
(one
orange
and one
red and
white)
and the
other
male is
orange
with
black
spots,
rather
round
with a
fancy
tail
(not
sure
what he
is) ...
Any
ideas
about
what the
fry will
look
like
when
they
mature?
Will the
comet
design
prevail
or will
there be
lots of
varieties?
Thanks
so much
...
Jonas |
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Reply.
Hello Jonas.
Congratulations on
successfully breeding
your Goldfish. It is
difficult to predict
what your baby Goldfish
will eventually look
like. I depends on the
genes in the parents,
and they may be carrying
recessive genes that are
not expressed in their
appearance, but may be
expressed in their
babies appearance.
All of
your adult Goldfish
including the female
Oranda, the male Comets,
and your other male
Goldfish are all the
same species, Carassius
auratus. Click here
to read more about
Goldfish.
This
is similar to the
situation with the dogs
in my neighborhood. They
vary a lot in size,
shape, and size, and it
is difficult to guess
what their babies might
look like, but they are
all the same species.
I
would guess that some of
your baby Goldfish may
grow up to be what
goldfish farmers call
nymphs. These are
Goldfish with large
round bodies and
vertically lobed tails
like the comets. But you
will probably get other
interesting shapes too.
I'd
like to comment on why I
think your Goldfish
spawned in your
aquarium. First
6 mature Goldfish in a
55-gallon aquarium,
means each Goldfish has
about 9 gallons of
water. That is not
really crowded.
Second,
when you moved the
aquarium from your
friend's home, you
probably didn't keep all
the old water, and
instead you added some
fresh water to top up
the aquarium, after you
moved it.
Goldfish
will often spawn after
getting some fresh
water. Changing water is
a very good way to
stimulate most but not
all species of fish to
spawn. Click
here
to read more about
changing water.
You
mentioned that you have
been taking really good
care of your fish, and
that probably also
contributed to your
success in spawning
them. When fish spawn,
it is usually proof that
they have been getting
the good care that they
need. If the care is
poor, most types
of fish will not spawn.
You
also mentioned that,
"The males all have
the small white bumps on
their gills ...",
and these small white
bumps appear on the
males just before they
spawn. I'm glad you
mentioned seeing the
bumps.
Thanks,
Jonas, for your
interesting comments. |
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Customer
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Question??
I have a
gold
fancy
fantail
that is
a female
and is
pregnant
by a
black
moor.
How long
does she
stay
pregnant?
Also do
I need
to go
ahead
and
seperate
her into
her own
tank?
Will she
eat her
babies?
Thanks
alot,
Kim K.
Northport,
AL 35475 |
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Reply.
Hello Kim. Goldfish
females do not get
pregnant. Goldfish
females lay eggs that
are then fertilized by
male Goldfish. Goldfish
will eat their own eggs,
so you should move the
Goldfish to another
aquarium, or move the
eggs to another
aquarium.
The
eggs are sticky. Most
people that breed
Goldfish use spawning
mops that can be moved
after the Goldfish have
spawned. Click here
to read more about
spawning mops. Click
here to read more about
spawning Goldfish.
Incidentally,
there are females of
other species of fish
that do become pregnant
and release live babies.
Mollies are an example
of this type of fish. If
you are interested in
breeding fish, we
recommend you start with
Mollies. Click
here
for more information
about breeding Mollies
and how to raise babies. |
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Customer
Comments |
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Hi
again,
My
goldfish
just
recently
gave
birth to
a lot of
eggs in
the
aquarium.
How am i
going to
take
care of
these
eggs?
Some of
them
where
already
eaten by
the
janitor
fishes
so i
separated
the
janitor
fishes
into a
separate
aquarium.
What am
i going
to do
with the
eggs?
Most of
them
sticks
to the
plastic
plants i
placed
in the
aquarium.
When
will
these
eggs
hatch
and
grow?
For how
long
will
they
stay as
eggs?
Some of
the eggs
are
stuck in
the
filter
how am i
going to
remove
it from
the
filter?
I'm
afraid i
might
break
the eggs
if i
remove
them and
transfer
them
into the
aquarium.
Waiting
for your
reply,
Jason L. |
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Reply.
Hello again Jason. First
it is important to
realize that the eggs
must be fertilized by a
male Goldfish, after the
eggs have been laid by a
female Goldfish. Did you
have a male Goldfish in
the aquarium with the
female?
If not
the eggs will not be
fertile, will soon turn
opaque white, and will
not hatch. But if the
eggs were fertilized,
they should hatch in two
or three days depending
on the temperature of
the water.
You
should not try to remove
the eggs from your
aquarium. Instead move
the fish, so they won't
eat the eggs. |
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Customer
Comments |
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I
have a
pond with
3 year old
goldfish
and notice
I have
little
black fish
in the
pond. Are
these
babies
from
goldfish
or are
they fish
perhaps
that hung
onto some
weeds put
into the
pond from
the lake?
I dont
know what
a baby
goldfish
looks
like.
thanks. |
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Reply.
Hello. Baby Goldfish
are small and vary in
coloration.
When
baby Goldfish hatch from
eggs, they are shorter
than 1/8th of an inch,
which is about 3
millimeters. In fact,
I've heard baby goldfish
described as being about
2 millimeters long. If
you can carefully
estimate the size, when
you first saw the baby
fish in your pond,
it might be a
useful clue.
Baby
Goldfish are not gold or
orange colored, when
they hatch. Instead they
are often tan or olive
colored. Sometimes they
are dark, but I have not
seen really black baby
goldfish. Again the
color of the baby fish
in your pond, might be a
clue.
As
baby Goldfish grow, they
begin to have the shape
of goldfish, and when
they've grown to be
about 1.5" long,
they often begin
changing color.
I do
not recommend putting
weeds from a lake in a
pond, because the weeds
might contain something
that will cause a
problem in the pond. |
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