Are these baby tadpoles or goldfish?

[mtravigne]

hi, can you help me identify these new inhabitants to my pond? I can’t tell if they are fish babies or tadpoles. (We have two sarasa goldfish and three koi. And plenty of frogs.) There seem to be a hundred of these guys swimming around suddenly. We caught one to inspect.

 

[Mmathis]

Hard to tell from that pic. Can you take a top-down shot?

 

[myswtsins]

Congrats on getting a photo of that little guy! Although it is still hard to get details from that pic I vote tadpole as I can't see any fins, 100s suddenly appeared and when first born they are more streamline than their typical "fat head" shape.

Additional photos will help!

 

[mrsclem]

I'm voting fish

 

[j.w]

Me too on the fish, seems too streamlined to be the little pot bellied tad pole.

 

[bagsmom]

I vote fish!

 

[Tula]

I vote fish too

 

[sissy]

fish

 

[Nick83]

yep its a fish, I have a few tadpoles I saved from my ugly molded pond that toads would breed in year after year. The tadpoles I had in my pond are black or spotted.

 

[mtravigne]

Oh no. I wasn’t prepared for hundreds of fish??!

 

[mtravigne]

Hard to tell from that pic. Can you take a top-down shot?

Here’s a top down photo zoomed in

 

[mtravigne]

Also. I have a fish that has been laying low all day. Uncharacteristically (? spell check isn’t weighing in on that one). Near the surface. Labor?!

 

[Lisak1]

Also. I have a fish that has been laying low all day. Uncharacteristically (? spell check isn’t weighing in on that one). Near the surface. Labor?!

Fish don't really "labor" like a mammal. They spawn and it's far from a sedentary activity! She may be recovering from a spawning, which may mean you'll have more babies on the way. Best approach is to stop feeding your fish when you see the behavior and pray they eat the eggs!

 

[mtravigne]

Congrats on getting a photo of that little guy! Although it is still hard to get details from that pic I vote tadpole as I can't see any fins, 100s suddenly appeared and when first born they are more streamline than their typical "fat head" shape.

Additional photos will help!

 

[Lisak1]

Definitely a fry. Cute one, too!