How many times

[n2ponds]

How many times a year can goldfish spawn. I have some young that are any where from say 5/8 to 3/4 inch long to some that are 3 to 3 and 1/2 inch long. I'm guessing they are from multiple birth times, but I'm not sure. Any ideas?

Steve

 

[koiguy1969]

i finally got rid of all my goldies... due to their insatiable spawning ALL summer long!

 

[lifeworthliving]

I have 8 goldies. No babies at all.

 

[n2ponds]

I'm guessing mine have at least 3 times

 

[j.w]

I didn't used to feed my goldies and I didn't get hardly any babies. Now I feed them and they are getting big and have more babies. Maybe if I get too many and can't find homes for them I will go back to fend for yourself feeding. They can survive just fine w/ no feeding. Bug and worms are always landing or falling in the pond and they eat algae and plants I put in also. They love water melon rinds.........just thought I'd throw that in there

 

[addy1]

I didn't used to feed my goldies and I didn't get hardly any babies. Now I feed them and they are getting big and have more babies. Maybe if I get too many and can't find homes for them I will go back to fend for yourself feeding. They can survive just fine w/ no feeding. Bug and worms are always landing or falling in the pond and they eat algae and plants I put in also. They love water melon rinds.........just thought I'd throw that in there

I very seldom fed my arizona goldies, they were up to around 15 inches long when I moved. That was with six years of fend for yourself eating. Every now and then they got a hand full of food, not often. The mosquito fish were fend for yourself also lol.

 

[n2ponds]

Mine are fend for yourself by their choice. I fed them for a bit after bringing them home but they would just pick at the food. I decided that they were getting plenty to eat from their natural pond and didn't want any food.

 

[RSFish1]

In Indiana if we have a warmer than usual Spring and a little warmer Fall you might get a 3rd spawn. But mainly we have 2 goldfish/comet spawns a year. I have never had more than 1 Koi spawn.