BREEDING GOLDFISH

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mick_uk - 06 Dec 2006 23:03 GMT

Can anyone give me any tips on how and when to remove the adult fish
after eggs have been spawned.
thank you in advance,
Mick

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Köi-Lö - 07 Dec 2006 18:23 GMT

> Can anyone give me any tips on how and when to remove the adult fish
> after eggs have been spawned.
> thank you in advance,
> Mick

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Remove them immediately or they'll eat as many eggs as they can find.

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PatC - 11 Dec 2006 11:30 GMT

Depends
Are they in a tank or in a pond?
In my experience you must remove them ASAP, ie as soon as they stop spawning
& before they get a chance to eat all their produce.
My Fantails & Shebunkins spawned in October & there must have been hundreds
if not thousands of eggs.
I removed the pot plants that they spawned in to another area & now have so
many I have NO idea what I will do with them when they reach a reasonable
size.
I also note that some fish grow faster than others...the shebunkins have got
quite large, quite fast, but the fantails seem to take longer to grow, &
some are a lot bigger than the others.

Good luck

Pat

> Can anyone give me any tips on how and when to remove the adult fish
> after eggs have been spawned.
> thank you in advance,
> Mick

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PatC - 11 Dec 2006 11:31 GMT

BTW must mention it is now early summer in OZ!

> Depends
> Are they in a tank or in a pond?
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> > thank you in advance,
> > Mick

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Köi-Lö - 11 Dec 2006 16:04 GMT

> Depends
> Are they in a tank or in a pond?
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> quite large, quite fast, but the fantails seem to take longer to grow, &
> some are a lot bigger than the others.

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Here in the USA the mom and pop pet and aquarium stores will almost always
take them. GF are popular sellers, at least where I live. I found an
outlet that paid me .50 ea. for the smaller fancy GF. I don't raise the
"feeder" type. Call around and ask. Also there's the option of putting
index cards in stores. I've sold some that way as well. Find out about
your local pond club. Ponders may be interested. Good luck in finding
homes for them all. :-)

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