I had a small pond back in the 90s, but my goldfish never lived more than a season or two. Now, thanks to Koiphen, I know a little about filtration and water quality and things are much better for my fish. A couple of weeks ago I woke up to a flurry of activity in the lily pads and realized I was having my very first spawn ever! How exciting! They chased the poor girl around the pond for hours until she finally swam up the little stream that leads to my skimmer. There she found a crevase next to the front of the skimmer and hid there for the rest of the day.
A couple of days later I found eggs...and then baby goldfish. I thought they were all dead because they were motionless, so I sucked some of them up in an eye dropper and they started wiggling. They must have been just evolved from the eggs. The mother is a nice Sarasa, and I thought about trying to raise them in an aquarium, but then figured whats the use. I have 22 nice fish in my pond now, and if I add any more, I want them to be nice ones. I decided to let nature take its course. I think most of them might have been eaten by now. If any make it, they will probably get sucked into the BD and flushed out into the flower bed. I don't see any sign of them at this point; the fry picture was taken about a week ago. I will keep watching for them.