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Goldfish Fry With Legs!, Fry developement| Jacqui |
Posted: Aug 10 2012, 07:55 AM
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Hi there, I obviously am new here
 My pond goldfish have spawned twice this year. The first time was April the last time it was beginning of July. Both times I rescued some eggs by putting the water hyacinth in a tank. All was well until about a month or so when legs started to grow. I thought maybe anchor worm so treated the tank. This did no good so I actually got tweezers and pulled a "leg" out of one of the fry from the first batch. The next day the :leg" had literally grown back! I got rid of the first batch just thinking they were deformed with 2 back legs.Now I have a current batch of fry that grew the back legs and low and behold they have grown 2 front legs as well. The legs look like they have the little cups frogs do, but I promise you they are not tadpoles. I have been all over the web trying to find out what I have on my hands or if it some kind of mutant creature. I have 3 goldfish, i Koi and 2 frogs in 500 gal pond and I know who the parents are due to all the chasing around the pond Please someone tell me I am not crazy! |
 
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| Robyn |
Posted: Aug 10 2012, 01:23 PM
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Welcome to the forum!
Fish don't have legs. You have tadpoles. You can post photos for more information. Were there jelly-like masses of eggs in the water hyacinth that you removed? Goldfish eggs would be scattered all over and super tiny. -------------------- Robyn, Former Analytical Chemist, Zone 6/7, Maryland
Servant to 4 cats, 2 rabbits, 3 guinea pigs, 3 chickens, 1 redbellied turtle, 3 freshwater aquariums (65, 50, & 20 gallons), 2 saltwater aquariums (6 and 12 gallon nano cube reefs), 7 outdoor ponds (1800, 153, 50, 30, 20, 20, & 12 gallons), 1 indoor pond (50 gallons, winter only), crickets, mealworms, six-spotted roaches, and hundreds of fish (of about 18+ species), amphibians, snails, shrimp, corals, crabs, worms, and so on in those aquariums and ponds. A mostly full list of my current animals is at http://www.fishpondinfo.com/animals/animallist.htm   http://www.fishpondinfo.com http://www.pondshowcase.com |
 
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| sabrillo |
Posted: Aug 10 2012, 05:58 PM
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PLEASE post a picture! I agree that goldfish do not have legs. It must be frogs.
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| Broxandval |
Posted: Aug 10 2012, 07:27 PM
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 Daveandval Group: Senior Members Posts: 4,387 Member No.: 4,124 Joined: 1-November 08 |
Bit late in the season for tadpoles isnt it August just a thought rgrds DaveandVal  -------------------- Weve been Keeping Koi now for 26 year's we have 20 Koi, 1 orfe , 6 newts, a rescue female cat aged 4 called Suki (four white socks white running from chin to chest, white streak down belly the, body being black, have a russian blue type cat with while leg markings white chin etc and the cutest young boy cat, Jet black in colour (who has two tails)
A growing collection of fishy art and Badger/Otter/Dolphin/koi fine art prints. Collection of Figurines/Plates/Cups/Slates/Clocks all of them are Badger/Otter/Cat/Dolphin Collect Benaya koi tiles. Large Library of Koi/Koi/Fish Health Books plus another Library of Tropical Fish/Fish Health Books. Member of the Koi Magazines Koi Hall Of Fame. Our deceased cat family:- RIP Dusty 1990- 2008 RIP Dillon 1997- 2010 RIP Sammy 1989-2007 RIP Baby 1991-2006 RIP SpookyII 1995-97 RIP Spooky 1990-95 Time Zone GMT Note:- Vals birthday 19/3/59 http://xat.com/FishPondInfo |
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| Robyn |
Posted: Aug 11 2012, 05:51 PM
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Dave, my green frogs lay eggs in to September. Most tree frogs finish by late spring but the gray tree frogs here may still lay after a rain in the summer. So, Dave, are you suggesting these are alien fry and not tadpoles?
-------------------- Robyn, Former Analytical Chemist, Zone 6/7, Maryland
Servant to 4 cats, 2 rabbits, 3 guinea pigs, 3 chickens, 1 redbellied turtle, 3 freshwater aquariums (65, 50, & 20 gallons), 2 saltwater aquariums (6 and 12 gallon nano cube reefs), 7 outdoor ponds (1800, 153, 50, 30, 20, 20, & 12 gallons), 1 indoor pond (50 gallons, winter only), crickets, mealworms, six-spotted roaches, and hundreds of fish (of about 18+ species), amphibians, snails, shrimp, corals, crabs, worms, and so on in those aquariums and ponds. A mostly full list of my current animals is at http://www.fishpondinfo.com/animals/animallist.htm http://www.fishpondinfo.com http://www.pondshowcase.com |
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| Rosiemeadow |
Posted: Aug 11 2012, 10:24 PM
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Oh that's so sad you pulled their little legs off.
  Let them be -------------------- |
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| Broxandval |
Posted: Aug 12 2012, 06:01 AM
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Daveandval Group: Senior Members Posts: 4,387 Member No.: 4,124 Joined: 1-November 08 |
Alien Goldfish m'mmm that would be different, anyway the person posting this thread made an honest mistake which they have learned from and wont make again.
Weve had a bit of fun welcomed them to the forum and say to them please come and learn from us as we all can help you with your pond and on identification . Rosiemeadow our frogs are a boring bunch breeding only once a year rgrds Daveandval  -------------------- Weve been Keeping Koi now for 26 year's we have 20 Koi, 1 orfe , 6 newts, a rescue female cat aged 4 called Suki (four white socks white running from chin to chest, white streak down belly the, body being black, have a russian blue type cat with while leg markings white chin etc and the cutest young boy cat, Jet black in colour (who has two tails)
A growing collection of fishy art and Badger/Otter/Dolphin/koi fine art prints. Collection of Figurines/Plates/Cups/Slates/Clocks all of them are Badger/Otter/Cat/Dolphin Collect Benaya koi tiles. Large Library of Koi/Koi/Fish Health Books plus another Library of Tropical Fish/Fish Health Books. Member of the Koi Magazines Koi Hall Of Fame. Our deceased cat family:- RIP Dusty 1990- 2008 RIP Dillon 1997- 2010 RIP Sammy 1989-2007 RIP Baby 1991-2006 RIP SpookyII 1995-97 RIP Spooky 1990-95 Time Zone GMT Note:- Vals birthday 19/3/59 http://xat.com/FishPondInfo |
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| Robyn |
Posted: Aug 12 2012, 02:02 PM
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I found fresh green frog eggs in my pond today so they're still at it here!
-------------------- Robyn, Former Analytical Chemist, Zone 6/7, Maryland
Servant to 4 cats, 2 rabbits, 3 guinea pigs, 3 chickens, 1 redbellied turtle, 3 freshwater aquariums (65, 50, & 20 gallons), 2 saltwater aquariums (6 and 12 gallon nano cube reefs), 7 outdoor ponds (1800, 153, 50, 30, 20, 20, & 12 gallons), 1 indoor pond (50 gallons, winter only), crickets, mealworms, six-spotted roaches, and hundreds of fish (of about 18+ species), amphibians, snails, shrimp, corals, crabs, worms, and so on in those aquariums and ponds. A mostly full list of my current animals is at http://www.fishpondinfo.com/animals/animallist.htm http://www.fishpondinfo.com http://www.pondshowcase.com |
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