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Last Updated: 8/1/07

Photos of Fish in Robyn's Ponds

Fish:

Summer 2007
Spring 2007
Winter 2007
Summer 2006
Spring 2006
Winter 2005/2006
Summer 2005
Spring 2005
Winter 2005
Fall 2004
Summer 2004
Spring 2004
Winter 2003/2004
Summer 2003
Spring 2003
Summer 2002
Winter 2001/2002
Fall 2001
Summer 2001
Spring 2001
2000
1999
1998

For more general information on these photos, see my pond pictures page index.

Note that photos of the ponds that also happen to show fish are not usually shown on this page so check out the other pages for more fish photos.

Summer 2007:

I was in the pond on 6/24/07 and took this photo of the fish.
Pond fish - my big koi, Maggie, is in the middle. The two big orfe are at the top of the photo. One of the baby orfe is below the big orfe on the right. The rest are goldfish. I count parts of 18 goldfish.
Close-up of Maggie from the previous photo which also shows a close-up of the baby orfe and seven goldfish.

Pond fish under the pond net on 6/23/07. You can see mostly goldfish. An orfe is in the upper left of the photo, and another is on the bottom right but harder to see. My koi, Colin (white) and Maggie (orange, just her rear can be seen) are at the top right of the photo. You can also see the floating island of impatiens.

Spring 2007:

I had a goldfish with large tumors on its head that mostly laid on the bottom for the last year of its life. I finally found the poor guy deceased on 6/10/07. I took photos to show the tumors which felt hard. The tumors were more white when he was alive. Note that he had been dead a few days so if you do not like to look at dead animals, please do not click on the photos below.
Dead goldfish with tumors
Dead goldfish with tumors - close-up

Three new orfe still in the bag on 5/11/07. One is in mid gasp!
Three new orfe and bullfrog tadpole (view above the bag) on 5/11/07 before release.
Three new orfe and bullfrog tadpole (view above the bag) on 5/11/07 before release.

Pond fish being fed on 4/29/07. You can see the floating pond pellets and Cheerios. My two koi, Maggie (orange) and Colin (white) can be seen in the middle. One of the orfe can be seen on the far left. The rest of the fish are goldfish. There is a net over this part of the pond.

From the 153 gallon pond cleaning on 3/29/07:
Two crane flies, a green frog tadpole, and a baby rosy red minnow in the bucket.
Two crane flies, a green frog tadpole, and a baby rosy red minnow in the bucket.
Dead male Southern redbelly dace - I was super sad to find him. I took his photo because, even in death, he was gorgeous.
Rosy red minnows - 6 adults, 6 babies in the bucket.
Rosy red minnows - 6 adults, 6 babies in the bucket.

Winter 2007:

On 3/15/07, I found a dead 3" male rosy red minnow floating in my 153 gallon pond. I think the raccoon beat him up, he escaped, and he later died. You can see that he is bruised. Here is the photo.

Pond fish on 1/6/07. All of my three orfe and two koi are in the photo with most of the goldfish. There is a net over the water.
Orfe - this is a close-up of the orfe in the previous photo.

Summer 2006:

Pond fish on 9/24/06. Maggie and Colin are at the upper left. The rest are goldfish.
Pond fish on 9/24/06. My two koi (Maggie and Colin) are marked as are a few goldfish, my upside-down orfe, and a healthy orfe.

Sick orfe - this is my orfe that has been upside down for months. He/she is also now becoming anorexic. This was taken on 8/31/06.

My only remaining fancy goldfish in my 1800 gallon pond died on 7/4/06. This 7.5" female fantail (maybe part oranda) was orange and white. You can read more about her in my August 2006 newsletter (not on-line until August). Here are two photos.
Dead fantail - right side with ruler.
Dead fantail - left side.

Spring 2006:

Pond fish with the net pulled back on 4/30/06. This photo is labeled. The labels are black and hard to see but I marked two orfe (left and top), my koi Colin (right), my koi Maggie (top), my one fantail (bottom middle), and my big black goldfish who is turning orange (bottom right). The rest of the fish are various goldfish.

Pond fish under the net on 4/19/06. They are mostly goldfish. My koi, Colin, is at the bottom with algae growing on him. Two of my orfe are on the far right.
Maggie - my big koi Maggie under the net on 4/19/06. She was feeling under the weather with a few infected patches on her back.

Winter 2005/2006:

Pond fish under the net on 12/11/05. You can see my koi, Maggie, as well as some of the orfe and goldfish.
Pond fish under the net on 12/11/05. Maggie is there again as is one of orfe who has a bent spine.

Summer 2005:

On 8/14/05, one of my 18" golden orfe was found stranded in the shallow area of the waterfall following a power outage on a hot day with a plant-covered pond. He probably was trying to jump to get some oxygen. So, here are rare photos of a big orfe out of water. He was a beauty. I was very upset. I am sure the other three big orfe miss him.
Orfe - left side.
Orfe - right side
Orfe - top view. This is how I was used to seeing him. The orfe was much deeper bodied than I thought. From the top, the orfe look really skinny and have those black dots. But, from the sides, he almost looks like a goldfish.

Spring 2005:

Fish under the net on 5/27/05. Most are goldfish but all four orfe and one of my koi (Colin) are in the photo (can you find them? Two orfe are near the bottom of the photo.).
Fish under the net on 5/27/05. I see three of my orfe and both of my koi in this more distant photo.

Winter 2005:

Dead goldfish from my 1800 gallon pond on 2/22/05. This 10" mostly white probably female goldfish with red on her tail and red lipstick was pulled from my pond twice that day by the heron. He/she stripped some scales off the front end of the fish but most likely, this poor last of the big goldfish in my pond died from being out of water too long. I guess the heron could not swallow her. Read more about this in my March newsletter (on-line by 3/12/05).
Fish in the 1800 gallon pond on 1/9/05. The two koi, Maggie and Colin, and the orfe are marked, semi-close-up.
Fish in the 1800 gallon pond on 1/9/05, farther away.

Fall 2004:

Four fantails in a small bowl for photos. The fish were added to the 20 gallon indoor tub pond on 11/5/04 after this photo was taken. The far left fish is a calico fantail. The upper right fish was a chocolate telescope-eyed fantail but he got sucked into the filter and died the first night (I fixed the problem). The other two fish are orange and white fantails. The fish are only about an inch long so very young.
Red and white fantail close-up, 11/5/04. This is a close-up of one of the above fish.

Summer 2004:

Jack - top view, dead 14" female comet that I bought in 1996 on 9/1/04.
Jack - right side view, 9/1/04.
Jack - left side view, scales may appear injured but it is just the reflection from the light on the camcorder (which also does digital photos), 9/1/04.

Spring 2004:

Male red shiner - left side, 3/29/04.
Male red shiner - left side, same fish, 3/29/04.
Male red shiner - right side, same fish, 3/29/04.
Female red shiner - left side, 3/29/04.
Female red shiner - left side, same fish, 3/29/04.
Southern redbelly dace - right side, 3/29/04.
Southern redbelly dace - right side, same fish, 3/29/04.
Rosy red minnows - male on bottom front, female in the back, 3/29/04.
Rosy red minnows - two females (not the same individual as previous female), 3/29/04.

Winter 2003/2004:

These eight photos were all taken on 12/28/03 because the pond was warm and free of ice, the water was clear, and there is no cover so this is the best time to get good fish photos!

Pond fish - close-up of Colin (a koi), orfe, and goldfish.
Pond fish - far away view of my two koi (Maggie and Colin), orfe, and goldfish.
Orfe close-up - with medium goldfish for comparison.
Orfe close-up
Pond fish - far away with orfe (bottom), Maggie, Colin, goldfish, and a reflection of the house on the water.
Orfe close-up
Maggie - my big butterfly koi
Pond fish - Maggie (previous photo is a close-up of this digital photo) with eight goldfish.

Summer 2003:

Paradise Fish on 6/13/03 before going into the 20 gallon mosaic pond. The male is on the top, and the female is on the bottom (not a reflection). To see more photos of them taken once they were brought inside for the season, see my paradise fish page.

Spring 2003:

Rosy red minnows being transferred from my basement pond to my 153 gallon pond on 4/12/03. The large fish in the front is a mature male.
Rosy red minnows being transferred from my basement pond to my 153 gallon pond on 4/12/03. This photo was taken a few seconds apart from the last one so the fish have moved a little. The large fish in the front is a mature male.
Guppies being transferred from the basement pond to the mosaic pond out front on 4/12/03. This is a female (bottom) and male (top).
Guppies being moved on 4/12/03. This shows two females.
Southern redbelly dace on 4/2/03 during 153 gallon pond cleaning when he was removed and then photographed in a glass bowl. Isn't he a beauty?!
Male red shiner (I think) on 4/2/03 during 153 gallon pond cleaning.
Female red shiner (I think) on 4/2/03 during 153 gallon pond cleaning.
Goldfish in the process of changing color in the 1800 gallon pond in April of 2003.
Pond Fish in the 1800 gallon pond on 3/23/03. The fish made it after the worst winter in 100 years! Along the bottom from left to right are an orfe, Colin (koi), and Maggie (koi). The rest are mostly goldfish. You can see the waterfall, pump intake with floss at the top of the photo, and the house is reflected in the water, distorting the view.

Summer 2002:

Pond Fish in the 1800 gallon pond on 8/1/02. The photo shows mostly goldfish but there is one orfe.
Dead comet found in 1800 gallon pond, 7/5/02. This 9" red and white comet female was found in the pond dead. She was full of roe (eggs). There were no obvious injuries or signs of anything wrong with her aside from her agape mouth and the fact that she was dead. Apparently, she went into the shallows to spawn on this 95 degree F day and got stuck out of water and suffocated.
Southern redbelly dace on 3/29/02. I finally developed and scanned this photo of two male Southern redbelly dace and one unknown fish on 5/26/03 taken 14 months earlier when cleaning the 153 gallon pond.

Winter 2001/2002:

Pond fish in the 1800 gallon pond on 3/9/02; Maggie (koi) is at the bottom. An orfe is also in the photo.
Pond fish in the 1800 gallon pond on 12/26/01. The two koi and some orfe can be seen among the many goldfish.
Pond fish in the 1800 gallon pond on 12/26/01. Arrows mark the two koi and two of the four orfe in this photo where they are among the goldfish.

Fall 2001:

Hurt goldfish, right side, deep wound at top, 10/29/01.
Hurt goldfish, left side, minor wounds, injured gill cover, torn tail, 10/29/01.
This fish was removed from my 1800 gallon pond and put into a 5 gallon tank for treatment after being severely injured. She looks like someone ran a cheese grater over her. See the health page case studies for more detailed information.

Basketball goldfish taken 10/14/01, tummy down. This 8-inch fish is dead from a long-term medical problem. See the health page case studies for more detailed information. I suspect the fish, which grew slowly over a few years, had a kidney malfunction. She was a regular comet, not a fancy goldfish!
Basketball goldfish taken 10/14/01, tummy up. This is another view of the above dead fish.

Summer 2001:

Koi - June 2001, Maggie (orange butterfly koi) on top, Colin (white butterfly koi) on bottom, shubunkin goldfish on right.
Orfe - June 2001.

Early Spring 2001:

Pond Fish - 4/30/01, three orfe on the left, two koi in the middle
Pond Fish - 3/25/01, some orfe at the top, two koi on far right
Pond Fish - 3/25/01, three orfe at the top, my two koi bunched in the middle of all those goldfish!
Pond Fish - 3/25/01, it looks like a trillion fish!

2000:

For June of 2000, I took a series of photos which show many fish. See above here for the feeding sequence. The fish are marked right on the photos. If you want me to identify any particular fish, e-mail me.

Female fathead minnow - okay, so she is in my 20 gallon tank but this is a closeup taken 9/4/00.

1999:

Lots of fish - from near the top to the bottom are included two koi (Maggie and Colin in the upper left), three orfe, Remmy (large black koi in the middle), tons of goldfish and rosy red minnows, and a black moor at the bottom, 2/20/99. If you want to know what a specific fish is, e-mail me.

Lots of fish - mostly goldfish, 2/20/99.

Lots of fish - Remmy (koi at bottom left with orange head), lots of goldfish, two large golden orfe (bottom right), two small orfe (top right), 2/20/99.

1998:

Rosy red minnows - rosy red minnows gathered near the pump in late October, 1998. My mother's reflection can be seen. A few bits of salvinia can be seen floating.

Pond fish at feeding hole, 9/6/98. You must see this one! Below is the key for the numbers next to the plants and animals. These are but a few of my pond animals that come to feed.

1 = common goldfish, orange with white fins
2 = Maggie, metallic orange with some black, butterfly koi
3 = common goldfish, orange with white fins
4 = common goldfish, orange with white fins
5 = fantail goldfish, orange with white fins
6 = comet goldfish, orange and white
7 = comet goldfish, orange with white fins
8 = sarassa comet, orange and white
9 = Remmy, black and orange butterfly koi, about one foot long (died 3/21/99)
10 = common goldfish, orange with white fins
11 = shubunkin goldfish
12 = goldfish (looks like a blob to me)
13 = yellow primrose creeper
14 = water hyacinth
15 = albata lily pads
16 = salvinia (it covered the entire surface of the pond except this feeding hole)
Ones I forgot: Below #11 and to the right of #12 is Bunky, the baby shubunkin, born in the pond; below Remmy and to the right of Bunky are a few orange blobs which are some rosy red minnows; and to the right of fish #3 and above fish #4 is a baby golden orfe!

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