I have been trying to save a few eggs from the biggest tank, where my shubunkin and 2 doubletail males are. But as soon as the eggs have hatched the fry disappeared from the fry net. The must have been eaten through the net...
Then I had an idea, I found an old breeder box, plastic, and put it outside the fry net, so the grown fish could not reach them.
So now I have 3 free swimming fry... I hope for a doubletail shubunkie...

First pic.


The fry box/net.

That's great news! Hope the little guys grow up nice and healthy

Now that is an excellent idea You can take the box out to clean and it stops the big fish from trying to suck out the fry food-and worse- from the net

Congratulations! I wish you the best of luck with them. Are you planning on keeping them in the breeder box or moving them to separate quarters?

They will have the whole tank for themselves when the big ones go out to the pond!

That is an excellent idea! I am thinking of swiping it. I have a few fry (I do not know how many, but it cannot be more than just a few) that hatched out a few days ago in a bucket on the kitchen counter. I need to get them into something else. The main tank with a fry box sounds perfect!

I am eager to see if you get double tails, too! I hope so.

The gold fish parents would eat their own children?

Yes I am afraid they do!

More pics!
My three new ones and an old one underneath!
Cant believe that fish was born last summer... They grow fast!


The three newcomers! So tiny!


The other fish are so curious, but they can't reach them now!

Great Idea!

Great pics too!

I have Molly fry hiding in the algea in my half barrel pond.

Oh, cute! Hope you can take some pics of them later!

Oh just look at how cute and tiny they are!!
What a wonderful way to keep them safe, and they can watch "Mommy and Daddy" swimming below!
Aren't you just so clever!! Fingers crossed that you'll get your double tailed shubie!!! That would be fabulous!!

Debbie

They're so adorable! I hope you can share more pictures as they grow up!

oh they're cute! Good idea too! Cant wait to see pics when they're older!

Goody goody gum drops

Sweet little fishies! It's great that you could find them!

Yes and they were not easy to catch!

Updates!
Today I cleaned the fry net.

Top view.


Side view.


Some portraits.






Back in the cleaned fry net.


6 days old fry.

Whoa nice fry, hope they all grow big and strong. Mine never were that big 0.0

Amazing that all these colorful, long-tailed goldfish start as such dinky see-thru specks!

Must be very interesting and entertaining, raising fry.

they are so cute Anette! congrats! i hope they grow up big and strong!

They are growing

Best of luck

Sweet little things, Anette!! And such clear pictures! What are you feeding them now? They look so cute with their bellies all filled up.

Yeah you could even see some tiny poop.....
They eat Tetra MiniBaby food.
I have raised all my fish on that food, I trust it.

Nice poo!

Those are beautiful shots of your fry. They are soooo clear and nice. I wish I could do that.

Any ideas - are they double tailes????? Can you tell yet?

Their tails are still so tiny... I can't even guess...
dgolems fry showed their double tails at 12 days...
I just have to wait!

aww your fry are growing great. What little cuties they are

I have severe Internet probs right now, but I will throw in some updates of my fry.
I found a newly hatched fry and put it in the net, don't know if he will make it, he's so much tinier than the other.
The big ones are 2 weeks old now.

A big one and the tiny one!

Close up of one, the other in the background.


Big one and little one.

I hope the little guy pulls through

and they other are getting big

Yes, he's still here, and growing!

More pics soon!

pics?

they must be big now

I lost 2 fry today... one big and one medium.

But the little guy is still hanging in.
Pics tomorrow maybe!

I am sorry about your two fry

Here are some blurry, lousy pics of my 2 remaining fry. I had a bad camera day.

Both of them.


The big one.


Maybe it's a calico?


The little one. I suspect it might have a double tail..... you can't see on these lousy pics...


They live in separate fry nets and only meet at cleaning time.

Today I lost the big fry... it just died during the night... don't know why....

Only one fry left, and of course the 10 in the other tank, born in the summer.

My last remaining fry.



From above.

Oh lookie! What an intrepid survivor. How many weeks is this little one?

I found him on 24 March, or do you say the 24th of March?

So he'll be a month next week... I hope...

Update of my Mini, 6 weeks now.
Looking like a fish, very golden, special tailfin...

what a little cutie! he looks so big!
i like how fry have those wide eyed innocent stares.

so cute!!!

Thanks, yes fry are all eyes and fins!

Mini is in his own tank now! The skull is his only company, since he is so tiny!
But he grows fast! He will go out to the pond later!


2 months today!

look at him grow...he has a wonderful fish mom

also off topic: I was reading a news article about the most best place to live on the earth and it was Sweden because of no unemployment and everyone is happy. second went to Dutchland