How do i breed my goldfish?
Goldfish are temperate climate fish. They are evolutionarily equipped to go through a dormant period in the cold months. As a result, they tend to store fat in the fall to see them through the winter. In the spring, among other things, they come into spawning condition as the water temperature rises towards 20C (68F). Based on this, the most dependable way to get your goldfish to spawn is to allow them to go through a period of at least a month or two of cool temperatures with minimal feeding. A temperature of 10C (50F) or lower is great. A number of people, myself included, have noted that fish kept strictly indoors seem to want to spawn in the December-January period. I don t know why this is, but keep your eyes open and you may get lucky. Spawning usually starts before dawn and lasts several hours. Females also usually will spawn multiple times over several weeks or even months. One critical element of this is spawning media; the females often will not release their eggs unless ther
