Oh this is wonderful news!!! They are your little winter wigglers Minde  Wow 2 feet of snow  is your pond heated? I'm so happy for you and Hanna with your little grandfish babies. Wishing all the best ♥

Thanx guys!
The pond is empty for the winter.
The babies were spawned and hatched in the 75 gallon tank that I'm sure their parents missed eating for a snack one day!LOL!

Where are you from Fantailer that you have no snow?

Thanx Nossie, we shall see how this goes!
I know how it went last time, I didn't have a clue.
I'm following the directions in my new chinese goldfish book this time.
I hope I'm more successful this time.
I'll keep you guyz updated.

WOOHOO Minde, Congratulations on the baby goldfish, awww how cute and exciting.
Keep a diary and keep us updated please.
Do you know who their mum and dad might be?


Squeek with excitement Minde!

Oh my! I don't have ANY experience with this, I've only read about how some breeders do it, really... But maybe something will be useful?

So in my book, it says that the fry is usually kept in a tank (don't remember the size) with a gentle sponge filter and an air stone. You need to change water pretty often because the fry have to be fed at least 10 times a day or something!! I found out lately that the most common reason that fry die is because of lack of food, so feed them often, but small, small amounts
I also read that small brine shrimp nauplii make excellent fry food since you can hatch it yourself and let them out in the fry tank so the babies can chase them

Ok, the problem is the brine shrimp would be too big for them to eat.
Brine shrimp is fed when they are 10-14 days old.
The other thing is you have to have them in no more than 6 inches of water because they have to be able to swim to the top or they die.  They have to be able to inflate their swim bladder at the surface.
I can't see putting 6 little babies in a huge tank.
Plus until they are a month old you can't have a sponge filter or aeration cuz they would just blow around the tank.
They are so fragile.  They are almost microscopic.
I can see they are eating because when I feed them, a white dot appears midway in them which must be their digestive track.
Otherwise they are transparent, with no fins, except a tail fin.  Dorsal or other fins haven't developed yet.
they are about 1/16th of an inch long, transparent with 2 tiny black eyes.

My **** syringe broke so I stole the turkey baster and syphoned water with that.....Well I sucked up one of the babies without even realizing it!!
Sheesh, this is wearig on the nerves!!

OMG that is TINY!!! oh boy another turkey baster at large LMAO! sorry Minde but I'm certain you will do your very best to care for the little wigglers. My nerves would be frayed for sure - 'swim' in there ♥

OMG, I can imagine now how tiny they are.

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I feed Liquyfry No2 for livebearers, but No1 is for egglayers. This may help you too, Minde.
I think there is abig chance getting INTERPET products there too.

You sure do the right thing in changing their water, I would too
All my positive thoughts to you Minde, HUGZ

Here are some pictures of a couple of the baby goldfish.
Sorry for not real clear but I don't have a microscopic attachment for my camera!

Hanna,
I ordered that food thanx!

April, Thanx for the support!
I'm doing this kinda like a diary so I can note my successes and failures and maybe it will help someone else or the next batch of babies I decide to take on.

I feel bad as I'm so busy with the hospital tank and babies I've been totally ignoring my husband who comes and asks me what I want for breakfast (probably hoping I'll jump up and fix it).  I say "Whatever you want" , and he quietly goes and makes tea and comes back and sets a cup down by me. LOL!  Poor guy, I will have to get him something extra nice for xmas.
I did make us a frozen pizza for lunch! YAY!
My husband is so funny, he came downstairs and said "How's the babies?" Then he looked inthe bucket and he said "WoW I think they grew! I can see them now!"
LOL!

Ok here are some better pictures of the little poopers next to the air bubbler so now you can really get a good idea how incredibly small they are!

Minde, you're a champ.
I can see those little wees, fingers crossed for you for 8 more goldfish!

This reminds me too, didn't think about it, there are airhoses available they have very soft and gentle bubbles, compared to the airstone. But YES, poking some holes in an airtube does the same and is less expensive.

Roflmao Minde, youare a CHAMPion, LOL  

Say hello to your hubby, so nice he is sooooo understanding 

Ok, we are on day 4!  I can't believe it!
My husband said you better look and count again, there are 9!!!
Sure enough I cannot count right THERE ARE 9 babies. 

The babies look like little teeny fish this am. They have grown considerably since yesterday!
They look more like newly born baby guppies to me and I swear I can see little fins starting to grow!

I feed them every couple of hours and after midnight is their last feeding and then I try to get up around 6 am for their am feeding.
I feed them just a tiny bit extra to last them through the night.
After I feed them a touch of liquid egg yolk, I let them eat a few minutes and then I start catching them in a cup and put them in the new tub of tank water which I took the night before from the 75 gallon tank.  I then feed them their rotifers. They should be good for around 2-3 hours then.
I keep their tank warm and have a incandescent light hood from a ten gallon tank I use and I kinda prop it up so the light is shining over the tub but not directly over it.  I also do not have a heater for the tub so have it placed on top of the wood pellet stove.
Just somewhere nice and warm with constant temperature is fine.
I think a warm temp (in the low 70's) increases their metabolism which increases their hunger, which will make them grow faster.
They say baby goldfish are dark or greyish color when hatched but these babies look orangish brown to me.
Maybe they will darken as they get a little older.
They are swimming stronger and less jerky than yesterday.
That means they are harder to catch too!
I will try and post a picture of them later today hopefully I CAN GET A GOOD ENOUGH PICTURE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE FROM YESTERDAY TO TODAY!

I sleep a few hours at night and then sometimes nap during the day after their noon feeding.  
I'm so excited about these babies, I don't need sleep! LOL!

If anyone decides to raise some of their goldfish fry, you really need to feed them AT LEAST 3X's a day,  more often if you can, even better!  Probably when they are a month old you could get away with 2X's a day feedings.

So far they are getting the liquid fry food and the frozen Hikari Rotifers.
The babies are getting a more rounded appearance, like tear drop shaped slightly?
I can totally see when their digestive track is full and when it is empty.
First thing in the am it is totally empty.  After putting in 1-2 drops of liquid fry, their insides become whitish yellow.
I totally recommend a led flashlight.  A small pocket size.  It gives you a great view of the babies.
You could even use a magnifier too.
The turkey baster is my best friend!!!  It is great for mini water changes.  I do one BEFORE every feeding!
The white plastic cup!  I put the water syphoned with the turkey baster into the cup.
You can totally see if you accidentally sucked up any babies then.