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this morning when i went out to the garden , the pond looked like world war three the fish had bashed all the plants every where and the water looked trouble, they all where chasing banging into each other the chase had started and the poor females where being ganged up on , the spawing has started.
has anybody fish started spawning yet

:( Yep mine too, shame they are so violent and rough with their women folk >:(

 :o  Nothing like that here. Mine are too well brought up.  8)   ;D

Yep......... it's that time of year again alright ..... mine have been at it for 2 days now. 

At one point to day one female had four males chasing her.......some might say lucky girl  ;)...........but not if you could see how rough they were with her  :o.  They even managed to pin her up against some plants and she couldn't move....... she'll need her rest later!  ;)

I feel sorry for the poor frogs as well, they were getting a rough ride too........ it was like a wave machine had been turned on for them...  :D

My water is so green at the moment I doubt they can find each other! :-\

maz u will have to  tell me where u get well behaved fish :) as mine are very naughty.

Doris your water is proberly green because of the heat do u have plenty of plants in your pond.

Yes Dibber, loads, give it a month and it will be clear as a bell! Just waiting for the lilly to pick up!

Dibber,  its good breeding   ;) 

Doris my water is green too but sadly it never really clears. >:( *sobbingsmilie*   Its the bane of my life.... well apart from a million other things but they are not lottie related.  ;D

Ive just been thinking ..............WHY aren't my fish at it??  >:( 

;) Perhaps they are eunuchs ;D ;D ;D

Maz it may be that your water temperature is not warm enough, Maz do u have a UV and filter or do u depend just on plants to keep your water clear

Well my fish are barely awake yet, its still too cold up here for them to be 'uniting'.  They swim around on warm days when we get them but really not so active yet.

>:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

Throw a slice of brown bread in the pond that will wake e'm up, mine can't resist brown bread, especially granary. ;)

Eunuchs??  :o  Who's gonna go in there and check?  ??? ;)

dibber you may be right about the temp. I don't have any filters etc just a pump to keep the water moving. Its a raised pond ( 2 actually) and a very amateur effort at that.  I wont even show you piccies cos you'll all laugh  ::)  :-[

I need more plants I know but its so hard to find them. Its not as if I live in a tiny obscure little village in the highlands of Scotland.  >:(  Transport is a prob for me....... I dont have any.  ::)

maz if u need plants i  have loads of plants i could send u they will only be small but if u plant them up and give them a season they will be well away if u would like some  pm me your address i will send u some bits and bobs. and we would not laugh at your pond would love to see some pics, i am sure its lovely

Our new fish are still finding their way around the pond, however our indoor fish are going at it hammer and tong!  We are on our 4th litter of cichlid babies, platties/mollies/endlers just keep doing it doing it doing it!  At some point, fish are going to rule the world!!  ;D