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I was fishing at this pond the other day thats about 1 1/2 acres (not mine) and I saw a giant gold fish about 2 feet long swimming along the shore. My question is how could you catch it and why would anyone put a goldfish in a pond that big?

It was a koi (domestic carp with color) probably introduced by someone with a backyard garden pond.

In my mind you answered your own question.

I might add a few large goldfish to my pond
for exactly what you state...You Saw Them.

My albino tilapia get the most attention with people
saying "wow look at that fish swimming by"....
the kids love seeing a fish swim by and it's so much
easier to spot an albino tilapia or white/gold koi.

That may or may not be the reason the person put the one
in the pond you were at, but that's why I may throw a
few in my "pot of stew".

Albino CC serve a similar purpose. Albino tinfoil barb can be fun in the warm months. They're cheap to buy and grow about 2" per month. If stocked at 2-3" in early June, by September they're 8"+. Because they're albino they show up. They're also lightening fast and slam pellets with gusto.

Not necessarily Bill. There are some large goldfish out there:

OH BOY, here we go!! Ding ding ding. Ladies and gentlemen it is my honor to announce the fourth or fifth championship, however many round, scrap between Cecil The hydrophonic Hoosier vs Bill The bad boy Buckeye. Now fellas we want a good dirty fight! No apologizes, no hitting above the belt, nor being polite. Your referee will be Bruce the Pez Condello. Are you ready? Are you ready? OK lets slander!!!!

Okay Round 1 - BBBuckeye sings & stings like a bee and jabs with -- the fish in the first picture is 16" maybe 18" long and not the 2ft as noted in the first post. Goldfish maximum listed length is 16" most are 12" long. http://member.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/natural_world/fantastic_pets/longest_goldfish.aspx


Next a few short pokes with ..... gold fish and carp will hybridize so if it is a hybrid is it a goldfish???

Now a hard right cross with ranting. . . . the mouth of the fish in 1st pic is typical goldfish mouth with terminal oblique features, however the mouth on the 2nd fish is lateral and protrusable as is typical of the old bugle mouthed carp - koi. CB1 appears woozy and is getting weak kneed - will he fall to the mat?

One last strong jab to the sensitive area:... the big hog gold-orange fish in the lower picture has an obvious fleshy barbel at the corner of the mouth, a distinct character of carp-koi. Goldfish have no barbels. Hybrid carpXgoldfish have small barbels.

TAKE THAT YOU HAPPY HOOSIER!!!!!

Ding, Ding, Ding. End of round 1 as Pez Condello tries to separate the flailing, insulting contestants.

I've got $10 on the Buckeye Bruiser at 2-1.

Round 1 goes to the Bad boy but Cecil did make the bell. I predict he will dance a bit but deliver some nasty blows of his own. Betting is not allowed, tell em ref!!

Gee thanks Bob look what you started. I see what you're doing. You want me to p... off a moderator so I'll be banned.

Hybrid Bill? What kind of cockymanie crap is that?

I won't concede until CJ2005 weighs in. He's da man when it comes to cyprinid identification.

Btw Bill you do remember me kicking your butt when it came to your malarky about pinching air out of pellets right? "Pinching the air out causes them to sink." Yuk, yuk, yuk!

Ding, Ding Ding, BBBuckeye got dazed from jabs of CB1 in Round 2. He is still sore & fuming about air-in-the-pellets riff, not to even mention the wastebasket round cages cheap ambush.

Round three. Yea -- poke - poke - hybrid goldfish:
http://www.goldfishkeepers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=341

And another wild swing to smack anything in the way:
http://www.koi-bito.com/forum/main-forum/14452-interesting-features-koi-x-goldfish-hybrids.html

PS: that ring girl is really cute!.!! Where did Bob-O find her?

Agreed CJBS..but I find decent size albino catfish that won't be eaten are hard to come by. This past spring Overton's tried to get me some with the other stockers I ordered, but the decent size albino cats could not be found. How do you keep 2"-3" albino cats from getting eaten?

Put 'em in a cage and grow them out to 10"-12" before releasing them into the pond!

Thanks esshup, it looks like that may be the only way.
The pond is just a weekend place, but I guess for proper
growth they would need to eat more than just on weekends.
I suppose I could get a small feeder just for a cage.
I still hope to find 8-10 inch for sale somewhere.
We'll see...

If you can, I'd look into buying a cheap scatter feeder like they use for corn. Hang it over the cage and adjust it so it doesn't throw too much food. I know, it sounds simpler than it really is.

Look.... can we just stick ta gettin Cecil and Bill to slam each other? Cecil If I wanted ya banned I'd just go to the archives and bring up your pic of a real mouse and a puter mouse!! Bill, you overload every confrontation with useless, accurate info. Geez, can't ya just babble like most of us? Sunill, a little help here

Bob,

I'm going to let Bill think he's right on this one and surprise him with a left handed uppercut. :-)

Carp or Goldfish?

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/monster-fish/episodes/600-lb-goldfish/

What me worry?

Well the fish the guy is holding is neither.

How is this?

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/monster-fish/articles/600-lb-goldfish-facts/

I see what you are doing Hoosier Dead Fish Stuffer Baird - sneaky - trying to distract my attention to the topic so to you can slip in one of your sleazy, girly punches. It won't work for ole BBBuckeye (Dr Perca to you). Hoosier Stuffer - Now look what you've done you've angered the peanut gallery and you've got the audience throwing junk at us in the ring.

Shorty - I doubt that anyone in their right non-chemical influenced mind would mistake that fish for a goldfish. Let's give Andrew18 a little credit. At least Hoosier Baird's big old fat slobbery sewer mouthed carp was orange. CB1 was probably rubbin his hands together and salivating hoping he could 'mount' that big old orange scaled cow.

CB1 could have some fun with one of these and do a much better job of it.

Hosier Baird and Buckey Bill I've got ta throw in the towel here before one of ya get hurt. All of the pics posted were PAERCH!!!!!! Ya Damn Yankees

Geeze, I go on vacation to MN for a week and miss out on all this fun!

And Bill is right, tip fish is a goldfish. The bottom one is definitely a koi(fancy colored carp). The barbel alone gives that away.