oO SKIPPY Oo Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 i was cleaning out the pond on the weekend and found a pink goldfish that is really really fat - like its bulging out the sides - i caught it and looked a bit closer and its missing quite a few scales on the side and underneath. the bulge is not uniform ie its bigger on one side that the other. is it full of eggs? or do you think its something else? i will try to take a couple of pics tonight so you can see what i mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Probably full of eggs. They do bulge unevenly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oO SKIPPY Oo Posted September 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 If it is a female should I do anything about her or just leave her be? I was surprised to see the scales missing and now that I think about it she was very slow swimming about like she was very lethargic or something and kind of listing to one side when swimming near the current from the pump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oO SKIPPY Oo Posted September 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 here is the fish in question - i think the coloring is normal but see how far apart the scales are, and in places there is nothing but skin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony law Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 yep you got a female..she will start laying sortly as warm temp happing..as long as there males will start chase her... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oO SKIPPY Oo Posted September 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 There is 11 other fish in there so I hope one of them starts chasing her soon - shes getting sooo fat im getting worried she will pop if they dont get the jiggy on soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 I would say someone has already had a go at her if she is missing scales. They can sometimes be killed. Is there lots of plants in the pond so she can hide? The scales bulge because she is so fat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oO SKIPPY Oo Posted September 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 not a the moment - im going to get a few plants this weekend to try and soak up the extra nutrients in the pond - because there are turtles in there i need to find something that they wont eat - but i know thats going to be an issue.... do goldfish lay eggs on a surface or in plants ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony law Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 in the plants..im quite surprised the turtles havnt eat the goldfish.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oO SKIPPY Oo Posted September 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 I think the tails have had a little bit chomped out of them and I have lost one fish but otherwise they are all pretty good together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Turtles :love: I got 10 plants from HFF last weekend, planted them all and next morning... Half of them floating, not eating just ripped out. I was quite surprised he didn't eat them all :thup: on a different forum they have Lilly pads, water lettuce and oxygen weed. Just as a suggestion. Also my grandparents have a pond with goldfish and oxygen weed and they constantly have babies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculator Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 in the plants..im quite surprised the turtles havnt eat the goldfish.... If the turtles are well feed, the pond is big enough and they are not that aggressively natured they can live quite happily with gold fish with very few gold fish fatalities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oO SKIPPY Oo Posted September 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Turtles :love: I got 10 plants from HFF last weekend, planted them all and next morning... Half of them floating, not eating just ripped out. I was quite surprised he didn't eat them all :thup: on a different forum they have Lilly pads, water lettuce and oxygen weed. Just as a suggestion. Also my grandparents have a pond with goldfish and oxygen weed and they constantly have babies. yeah i know i have had other plants in the pond like the lily pads, oxygen weed etc but they eat them or chop them up so the lily pads end up floating away from the rest of the plant - so i need to find something else. Suphew gave me a bullrush which ive got in a bucket so im going to try that next and see how they get on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 You can use the fine willow roots that grow in a river from willow trees on the banks or you can make up mops from synthetic wool like the killie fish enthusiasts use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oO SKIPPY Oo Posted September 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Thanks for the ideas, im going to try more plants first - I might try to find a source of oxygen weed that is easy to get in big amounts ie a stream since the turtles like to graze on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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