Just Found Gold Fish Eggs!

[snowyangel]

Well i deicided radomely after seeing one of our goldifsh chasing after 2 fatter ones(i can only assume females) that i would just research how they breed etc. I wasn't planning on breeding them, i was just curious. Well i read up that males develope these white dots on their gills and fins when they're mature and want to breed. So i go check to see and there's white dots on my male. So i quickly start reading more " they release very sticky eggs that will stick to decor, best to add bushy plants...." etc. So i got check like the 2 lone plants i have in the tank...omg i see white dots on them. So i madly scramble and scrape off the eggs one by one(took long enough). I think there's about 20 eggs i found, there could've been "500-1000" if i had more decor. So now i have the task of trying to raise them, I mean why not every creature deserves a chance at life and i can always afford to learn new things.

I have 6 goldfish in this tank: 3 blackmoors though im postitive its not them and 2 orange(one did have the black donkey stripe but it faded) and a white female with orange accents fantails. Wonder what the fry(if i get that successful) will look like.

 

[snowyangel]

So far 4 have hatched.

 

[tjp]

thats great

 

[snowyangel]

6 have succesfully hatched. I threw the other eggs out because they were getting cloudy(aka going bad). So now i have the project of feeding them.

 

[tjp]

you can buy a little bottol called "liqifry" you drop it in the water and the fr swimm threw it eating it . we must of had loads last year . and then we had an outbreak of whitespot and that killed off most of the fry . but one i managed to rescue and it was about 3-4 cm long it was a white fish so i could of been a koi , then we thought we could put it in the pond . and we did it fas fine for a fewdays then it just went missing . our cocnlucion was that a cat had got it as it allways swam around the top and there are loads of cats around here

 

[snowyangel]

Well i read up you can feed them hard boiled egg yolk since it has tiny particles, so thats what I've been feeding them so far. Hope all goes well with that.

 

[tjp]

oh i spose if u want to go with the 'nartural' food lol

 

[BettaUK]

Any news on the eggs?? Just wondered if they hatched Also have you got any pics or the eggs or fry?

Regards
Lawrence

 

[ron1]

Know this sounds a bit strange but how do goldfish mate I have 2 in a large tank and one keeps on following the other around ( don't know the sexes of the fish) thought it was being a bully at first but I have kept my eye on the tank and there doesn't seem to be any nipping of fins etc... Please can anyone help?? sorry to sort of nick into your thread snowyangel, but I thought you may know.

 

[BettaUK]

Hi Ron1,

Have a look at this site: http/www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Live%20Food,%20Goldfish.htm

It has a section on breeding Goldfish and also has pics of Males, Females, Eggs and Fry!

It may help answer some of your questions..


Best Regards

Lawrence

 

[ron1]

thanks I will have a look at that in a minute