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Fri, May 7, 10 at 11:49
| Overnight my pond cleared up dramatically, so much so that all the multicolor pots at the bottom are looking kind of odd.... My question is, there are these tiny bubbles/froth floating on the surface... What could they be?
I do have a lot of mosquito fish and around 12 tiny goldfish... |
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| Your fish are probable breeding and the froth/bubbles you are seeing is from the protein in the sperm (milt) from the male fish, used to fertilize the females roe (eggs) as she spawns them out. If your fish are darting about the pond chasing one another then that is a sure sign of spawning. |
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| The goldfish has been in the pond barely a week, and have all been in hiding except for two brave little fantails... Anyway, I guess no good is going to come out of the breeding, since I have tons of mosquito fish in the pond, and the eggs might be great snacks for them :( |
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