When do goldfish lay their eggs

Log in. Install the app. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. How often do Goldfish lay eggs? Thread starter benz Start date Sep 4, That is the question. I am not sure how often one fish will spawn, but I know I have seen spawning type movement in my pond through the month of August, sometimes September. I just watched them inhale a bunch of eggs about a week ago.

They went crazy. I have never seen any eggs but I do see them chasing starting in the Spring and all through Summer. Once in awhile now I see a baby but not this year yet.

Click to expand Mine are still chasing, I watched a bunch of pushing and bumping yesterday. Then the fish go crazy inhaling the eggs. More often than one might wish! They are prolific breeders and the mood strikes them whenever.

Like CometKeith said - water changes, temperature changes, lots of rain Joined Jul 3, Messages 78 Reaction score 29 Country. I've read that spawning is typically once a month during spring and summer. PondMomma said:.

My fish just spawned for 5 days in a row, then took two days off and are now on day 2 of the second cycle. Mind you, there are a lot of fish in the pond, so I don't know exactly which females are depositing eggs. This is pretty much the norm around here until the end of August or into September. For female goldfish, their vent can be seen from the side.

When the female gets closer to the spawning season, their vent appears to be a small protrusion that is whitish in colour. Breeding stars are also known as breeding tubercles. They are little white dots that look like grains of salt. They mostly appear on the front fins of the fish, the pectoral or on the scale. If you see breeding stars on your goldfish, it means it is male. However, on very rare cases, they also appear on female goldfish and a male goldfish may fail to show the stars depending on the tank conditions.

Male goldfish have front fins that are longer and thinner compared to the female goldfish whose front fins are shorter and thicker. This is probably the most obvious sign to tell if a goldfish is male or female. Males are always seen chasing the female around the tank, pushing and nudging them.

Although goldfish do not necessarily get pregnant, that is, carry and gestate a foetus, they do carry and develop eggs in their belly which they then lay for fertilization. Female goldfish are generally rounder. However, when they get pregnant, they develop a large belly that is easily noticeable, especially when they get close to laying eggs.

Female goldfish that are especially near to lay eggs appear sluggish and are mostly hiding behind plants or in shelters such as rocks. Pregnant goldfish have a low appetite. They eat less food or refuse to eat at all, especially when are almost laying the eggs. There is no definite time that the goldfish stays pregnant but they carry the eggs until they are fertilized by the male. After release and fertilization, goldfish eggs hatch within two to seven days with the right water conditions and requirements.

Goldfish breed depending on the water temperatures. If the water temperature is regulated accordingly, they breed between 2 to 3 times a year or more, depending on where you live. Goldfish females lay up to eggs at once. In the wild, female goldfish lay their eggs around proffered fixed objects, substrate vegetation or immersed tree roots. Goldfish eggs have a mucilaginous coating, ensuring the eggs remain where she scatters them. Being a "batch spawner," goldfish reproduction takes place in the spring and summer.

Laying her eggs at this time of year usually ensures sustainable temperatures of Goldfish roe take three to seven days to hatch into fry, but the larval development term depends on the temperature. The goldfish is an animated, mid-sized cyprinid who typically grows to about 8 inches. In the gene pool of nonindigenous cyprinids, the goldfish is most closely related to the common crucian carp.

The lateral line runs from the fork of the tail to the gill slit. A typical goldfish is covered with 26 to 33 scales. With no barbels, the goldfish's mouth is terminus, surrounded with opaque lips and partly askance. The dorsal fin extends over the majority of the back, and the anal fin sits arrears, at the bottom of the belly. The caudal fin of the goldfish is underside, frontal and has no distinct margins.