I have babies! From month old fish... - 05/19/07 04:22 PM
I picked up my BG/RES/FHM minnows a month ago and I've got babies already!
Someone mentioned that they were probably older, stunted fish, when I mentioned they were nesting at 2 weeks. But, who cares! Being stunted isn't in their genes, their progeny should do fine.
The reason I know this is today we bought about 50 goldfish to throw in the pond for the wife to have something to see when she walks around (she knows that once the bass arrive their life expectancy is not very long) . We dumped the goldfish in and lo and behold, there they were... LITTLE tiny things, 1/4-1/2" long swimming in a school of about 40. But wait...what's that over there, more fish, about 3/4" long swimming in smaller groups. Well, well, well...
So, there you have it, a month since stocking and I have little ones.
BTW, there is NO WAY that these are "native fish", this is a pond dug out of a field, there are no streams around...
Someone mentioned that they were probably older, stunted fish, when I mentioned they were nesting at 2 weeks. But, who cares! Being stunted isn't in their genes, their progeny should do fine.
The reason I know this is today we bought about 50 goldfish to throw in the pond for the wife to have something to see when she walks around (she knows that once the bass arrive their life expectancy is not very long) . We dumped the goldfish in and lo and behold, there they were... LITTLE tiny things, 1/4-1/2" long swimming in a school of about 40. But wait...what's that over there, more fish, about 3/4" long swimming in smaller groups. Well, well, well...
So, there you have it, a month since stocking and I have little ones.
BTW, there is NO WAY that these are "native fish", this is a pond dug out of a field, there are no streams around...