Baby Fish In Pond ? Help !

[wayne84]

Hi i need help ! when cleaning my pond last night i have seen there are about 20 baby fish they look like grass carp. The thing is i only have one grass carp in the pond size about 11" i do have about 15 gold fish and 2 golden orfe this may be a silly thing to ask but if the babys are garss carp then i was thinking maybe there may need to be two fish to make the babys ? lol all the babys look like 100% grass carp so what has gone on here then ? i dont know nothing about fish breeding it was only the other day i was going to buy a few more grass carp fish ( defo will not need to now ) and i had no plan to try and breed. I was thinking maybe there goldfish and might get colour when they get older but i really dont know. I am sorry if this is a silly thing to ask but anyone know abit more about fish breeding that can give me abit of info can fish cross breed , do gold fish have there full colour when babys ? why do i have lots of baby fish that look like grass carp if i only have one grass carp lol any help would be great there not a problem at all its nice to see my pond is doing well for a change lol

 

[Davo86]

They are most likely baby goldfish, which are born black

 

[fluttermoth]

Goldfish are carp too, so they can maybe crossbreed?

 

[Gem_xxx]

We had carp and goldfish (or similar) and they definitely interbred

 

[Fishy friend2]

weird

 

[fluttermoth]

weird

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It's not weird that closely related species of fish can interbreed; it happens all the time. Have a read of some stuff on 'ring species'

 

[nurglespuss]

Most of this type of 'carp' are really all one species, the different breeds you see are just varieties, everything from leather, crucian, mirror, grass, auratus etc. same thing really.

 

[wayne84]

Thank you all for your help ill just enjoy the little ones not seen any since about 2 hours after cleaning the pond but i did have to move all plants to clean pond so im just thinking they have gone back to hiding now thanks again for your posts back

 

[blappy]

We had carp and goldfish (or similar) and they definitely interbred

Do you have any pics of what the results of the breeding look like? :3