Hi all- I have a lovely 150 gallon pond with "rescued" commons and rosies reds from Petco. Two of my commons are over 2" long (I was quite surprised to find them in the feeder fish tank a couple of months ago), but most are closer to an inch. I have about 4 rosie reds too.

As I was sitting out observing a couple of weeks ago I spied fry!!! I was so excited as I have raised livebearers in my inside tanks, but never had fry from eggs ever. I assumed they were rosies since I didn't think my commons were old enough to be fruitful. I scooped a couple out and put them in a small rubbermaid "pond" with plants and some Pacific treefrog tadpoles I have collected locally. Is there a definitive way to tell which fish they are???? I scooped them up in a clear container yesterday and I think they might be goldfish based on the body. They are not as slim from top to bottom as I would expect Rosies to be. They have grown considerably since I grabbed them out of the bigger pond. I am thinking the other fry I saw in the pond but didn't manage to scoop out became fish food as I have not seen them in a few days.

Any ideas. I am so excited to be a mommy to egg laying fish!

thank!
deb

Is there any chance you could get a pic- would love to see them. How exciting Congratulations

ive got a pond i spent all night on it

oh yes congratz on your fry pics?

Thanks!
I will try to scoop them out again later and get them in a glass container to take a picture. They do not have much color at this point.

thanks again
deb

what a pleasant surprise for you!

Congrats! something must be in the air for ponds! I found 2
babbies in my pond yesterday and scooped them out to
put in a tank.

I wish I spotted the fry because these 2 or about 3/4
of an inch already so I think that would mean they have been around
a couple of weeks. I feel bad that i didn't see the others
and who knows what happen to them.

I look forward to seeing pics of your treasures!

Well taking pics of them was hard! I am going to put one here, but it isn't good at all. I went to Petco and looked at their feeder fish tank, which is almost empty and some some young commons and they look like my babies.

I put them back in their little "pond" and netted out two more tonight too. I wish the pic of baby wasn't so blurry but I was worried about stressing it out too much too.

BTW- click on them and they will open bigger.

deb