Stupid (?) Fish Question

17 years ago

At the risk of sounding like a pre-schooler that has no idea about the birds and the bees, and the fishes and the trees ...

I started up my first pond in early spring. I was only going to dig up an area for another flower bed, and thought, "Why not?"

I put in 2 Comets; 1 Koi; 1 Shubunkin; and 2 Black Moores. All are still doing fine and growing (except the one black moore that a snake got in within the first week). Last evening, I went out to throw them a few flakes of food. I only feed them flakes periodically. Much to my surprise, a 1 1/2" - 2" fish surfaced that appears to be a baby Koi.

Now, the question .... Where'd it come from???? Can the different fish cross-breed?

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squirelette
17 years ago
Hi,
If you put them in this spring I do not think the resulting babies would be that big yet. You may want to ask friends/family if they added it, either that or it came in with the others and was not noticed, it does happen. Either way congrats on the new arrival
hardin
17 years ago
That's a switch. Usually heron's will come take them, but stork's are dropping them off now. How cool is that? :)
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bluesunflower
17 years ago
Could it just be one of your original fish has changed coloring? I have a bunch of feeder golds and they were all gold when I put them in but soon they started to change. Now I have dark ones, white ones, spotted and so on. I only have a few that are still the regular gold color. They also have grown at very different rates.
tomkaren
17 years ago
Any plants added? I've had fish eggs arrive with plants and then lo and behold new fish.
pikecoe
17 years ago
I have baby fish from early spring that are now well over 2-2.5 inches. Probably closer to 3 in. They grow really fast.