Baby fish

I put a new pond in this year in April.
I have just noticed we have lots of baby fish, I can't believe they are breeding already.
Should I do anything?
They are Black / dark brown and about 1 to 1 and a half inches long.

 

Lyn, as long as the small ones have a good supply of weed to hide in they will be OK.
What kind of fish are they?

They change colour after a year or so.
Well my goldfish do, anyway.
You must have ideal conditions

 

They call "baby" fish fry i think, but it's very very early for any of the carp species to be breeding they are egglayers, are you sure tht they are fish my friend? could they be tadpoles or young newts? do you have a heater in your pond?

 

No they are fish, I have seen them before in my Dads pond.
I don't no what sort they are as I have koi carp , Sukumbis ? , comets , Golden orf and a tench in the pond.
I don't have a heater.
I'm a bit worried with all the warm weather we have had if it suddenly turns cold they will die.

 

These will be from last summer Lyn, Im sure they will be OK, all your fish( as far as I know and I'm no expert) are hardy.
They will just retreat lower if the ice forms.
So as long as your pond is deep enough, they will be OK.

 

sukumbis could be shubunkins? you can buy submersible heaters but if they are from last year as pete says they should get through any cold spells okay, Koi are my favourite they are nice aren't they.

 

Thank you, yes shubunkins, I'm really shocked as most of them apart from the 2 big Koi and the 3 golden orf and the tench are new this year.
I hope they do get through the winter be interesting to see what they are.

 

Its always nice to get free fish,have you seen the price of everything aquatic these days?
I have no doubt they will survive the cold weather so enjoy watching them grow.........

 

Pete is spot on Lyn
Good Digger a picture of some of my Koi the largest is about 15" long had him from a tiddler

 

I see your fish come to the top for food.Mine won't do that ever since the Heron attack that killed 2 fish just after the new pond was put in April.
I now have to keep a net on, I don't like it but what else can I do.Maybe they will be less shy in the spring.
I to have 2 very big Koi orange and black. They are about 18 inches long. I had them from tiny little ones years ago.
I got 2 black koi in May tiny little things they both had fungi one died but I saved the other one with some 'medicine'the stuff that turns the water green. I saw it yesterday can't believe how it as grown.It must be 8 inches.
What with the babies and the growth I must be doing something right.
Your fish are very beautiful.
I can get lost in thought just looking at fish.
I spend ages in the summer just standing looking at them. Watching them moving around.
The neighbours must think I'm mad.

[ 30. December 2006, 12:10 PM: Message edited by: Lyn ]

 

What beautiful koi those are they are such friendly fish,have a lovely new year all of you.

 

I have 2 ghost Koi and they look lovely. seem to get on well with my gold fish. I dont feed them in the winter though but they do come up to me when I am at the edge of the pond.

 

I wish my fish would come to me when I feed them , they just dart to the bottom if anything or anyone is near :confused:

 

Lyn that photo was taken in the summer they will take food out of your hand, the koi is a very greedy fish you should not feed your fish in winter you cease to feed them when the water temperature drops below 50f, because fish are cold blooded in a freeze their metabalism slows right down if they have a stomach full of food it can start to decompose in the fishes gullet and the gasses produced will kill them. your right to keep a net in place because herons or cats will have a go at them try putting a large terracotta plant pot or a piece of terracotta drainage pipe in the bottom of your pond somewhere for your fish to hide should any predators be about it will give them confidence knowing they have a sanctuary, you will see in summer when ther appetites are back you will have them feeding out of your hands

 

I don't feed them in winter . I have had some of the koi for years and they have never come to the top for food.They wait until no-one is about before they will feed.
They are even worse since the heron attack.
They have a biggish deeper pool now with tubes on the bottom and lots of plant cover.
I just hope that this year I will see a difference as the new pool was only finished in April this year and they have had time to settle.
The water and everything must be O.K or the fish wouldn't have bred.
It's a mistery.