how do you get pond goldfish to breed?

Question

just wondering if my pond fish would ever breed ive had my pink african ciclids breed in my lovely tank but would just love the pair in my pond to bond more even?

Answer 1

Get the pond in the best condition with some floating plants around April time and the fish will do the rest. If they are happy they will breed - ours do every year. If you want to ensure more young survive try letting the water get cloudy with algae as the adults will eat the young if they see them.

Answer 2

Hi there - you need at least 6 fish to make sure you have both sexes present.

In the Spring time you need to condition the fish with good live foods for a few weeks and then on a warm day add some fresh water from the hose (not too much just a gentle spray for about half an hour) the spawning behaviour should start - you will see the males chasing the females all over the pond- this behaviour goes on for hours - quite vigorous activity travelling the full area of the pond until all the eggs are laid and fertilised.

A lot of the young are eaten or lost but some always survive and the first you will see are small free swimming young fish - usually quite dark in colour - some of them do not turn gold but stay a dark brown colour - the commercial breeders cull out these dark fish - it is best to make sure you start off with brightly coloured goldfish if possible - then you are less likely to have this happen.
Best wishes
Lynne

Answer 3

Too small for a "self sustaining" pond with goldfish, by the time they get to breeding size the pond will be overstocked, unless it's heavily filtered, although the turtle will probably slaughter the fish first. I have had a 'natural' goldfish pond before that they bred in, but it was an old swimming pool, about 12ft x 8 ft x 3 ft deep. A MUCH bigger volume of water. Your plan would work for a bunch of Rosy Red or White cloud minnows as long as the winters are not too cold. Ian

Answer 4

Well Lisa, if you are sure that you have both male and female fish in your pond, and the pond has secluded places for them to make love (even fish want to do it in private), then just let nature take its course. Once the babies are born, you will then have to take measures to protect them from kingfishers and herons, an almost impossible task unless you stretch netting over the pond which unfortunately is cruel to the birds if they get caught-up in it. You can't win I'm afraid.
Best of luck, hope you get lots of baby fish, and the naughty birds give your pond a miss.

Answer 5

Got my goldfish to breed with a common carp in my pond 4 years on the trot. Made sure the water quality was high and put loads of clumpy weed and iris in the margins.

Answer 6

It depends on the size of your pond, how deep it is and how many gallons it is. It also depends on the water conditions and how many places your fish have to hide. Also....for instance our pond is terrific and it still took 2 years to get babies but we ended up with 13 this year.

Answer 7

Put another 4 in --to be sure they are different sex --and just wait ---i put six in my pond and fry appeared on the second year --i now have about 40 fish in the pond

Answer 8

they seem to do it on their own as my mate started with 10 he now has over 50 goldfish in his pond

Answer 9

the water conditions have to be right for breeding and the tempreture of the water and i would suggest that you buy some more fish as they may both be the same sex

Answer 10

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