Jennifer615

Hi there, could you please tell me how you added this photo to your post? I can't work it out. I linked a photo to my facebook album, but everyone who clicks on it gets their facebook page.

Hi I'm Jennifer from Cairns. I have started breeding goldfish accidently, but now I'm right into it. We have a pond and put 5 goldfish into it, 3 orange and 3 multi-coloureds (forgotten what they are called). In the last 2 years or so they have grown quite big, and are now having babies. About 6 months ago they had babies, and about 7 or so survived. Now there is about 30 tiny babies in there, I think ranging from 1 week to 4 weeks old. Basically I would like to know when I should take some of them out of the pond (it might get a bit overcrowded soon). If I take a few of the larger ones out now (about 2cm long), would they mature or just stay tiny if I put them in a small tank? I know if goldfish are kept in tanks they stay small, but will babies grow to a certain size? Another thing I'm curious about, if I were to purchase a pair of fancy fantail goldfish, will they interbreed with the other normal commets already in the pond, or would they just breed with each other? Please excuse my ignorance, but I am very new to this. Jennifer

Hi I'm Jennifer from Cairns. I have started breeding goldfish accidently, but now I'm right into it. We have a pond and put 5 goldfish into it, 3 orange and 3 multi-coloureds (forgotten what they are called). In the last 2 years or so they have grown quite big, and are now having babies. About 6 months ago they had babies, and about 7 or so survived. Now there is about 30 tiny babies in there, I think ranging from 1 week to 4 weeks old. I have a few questions which I will post soon. Basically I would like to know when I should take some of them out of the pond (it might get a bit overcrowded soon). If I take a few of the larger ones out now (about 2cm long), would they mature or just stay tiny if I put them in a small tank? I know if goldfish are kept in tanks they stay small, but will babies grow to a certain size? Another thing I'm curious about, if I were to purchase a pair of fancy fantail goldfish, will they interbreed with the other normal commets already in the pond, or would they just breed with each other? Please excuse my ignorance, but I am very new to this. Jennifer