I have an outdoor pond in my garden where I grow 10 goldfish, around 60 nishigikois and 10 freshwater snails. The pond is oxiginated and filtered but not heated. Anyways, today I noticed around 5-7 small larvae laying on the rocks in the water. They were white with rose-red patches on their back. They don't swim, but curl on the rocks; each was around 1 cm in length. The question is... what are they?? are they hamful?? could they be young snails with no shells yet?? or maybe they came with the bloodworms I feed the fish?? or with the plants?? How can I know?? and how can I treat them if they were harmful to the fish or the snails.
please help
I'm a novice fish keeper
2007-08-18 05:02:34 · 1 answers · asked by Pearlerboy 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
they could be koi fish eggs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/azadam/9878774/
and the larves from the koi's, check out the following page, really great pics on it
http://www.koi-carps.com/enclanek.php?det=4
hope that helps
Good luck
EB
2007-08-21 21:06:07 · answer #1 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋