I'm so glad that such a setback hasn't deterred your enthusiasm and passion! If you're looking for candidate plecos to breed, surely that one is a contender!
That video was a teaser. A few days later we shot a long video during which that pleco was captured. It will certainly get an opportunity to breed. Charles
Wow 😲❤️ that is seriously cool stuff 🙏🤜🤛 going through the greenhouses and seeing what life is left through these hard times makes these fish truly spectacular 😍🙏 thank you for sharing 👋💪🙏🌿🐟🌿
@@goliadfarms7029 would love a tour of your place of possible I'm in Texas for work and have several ponds etc at home looking to expand for personal pets
I believe it. When I went to visit my (now) wife for the first time the first thing I noticed was in their kitchen were her fish tanks. One was a 20 gallon high that had two enormous hand sized comet goldfish, the other was a 29 breeder with two glow fish...and a full grown pleco. It would up to a 45 degree angle to turn around and that’s all it could do, craziest thing I’d ever seen. Everything was clean, the fish were all healthy. She bought a few cute fish from the pet store and she took the best care of them she could. That was one of the things that really impressed me about her, she didn’t know she signed up for a 14 inch fish but she didn’t give up and cared for and loved that thing as best she could. I used it as an opportunity to be a hero for her family but rehoming everything to proper places. Haha that made for an interesting week.
Did you get to deduct all fish losses? Or was it like when I had a 100 beehives die I could only deduct cost of queens and supplies not the value of hives. 100 queens =$1500 instead of 100 hives = $15,000
No, since they weren't purchased fish, we couldn't deduct the losses. Interestingly enough, if the fish had been bait fish, Texas would have covered some of losses. Only bait fish, not ornamentals or food fish, were covered. Do you raise your own queens or buy them? According at our CPA, your swarms like fish we raised can't be deducted because you already had labor costs, etc. in raising them. You could deduct queens, if purchased, however. None of our losses were fish we had bought; all were raised here. Charles
@@anthonycolon9012 A different type of stress. I think most people will always want the kind they dont have. It just seems so appealing to me to work with animals vs people.
I thought I'd replied, but can't find it, so here goes again. Interesting. I wonder if C. paleatus comes from mountain streams. We used to raise Corydoras aeneus and will again. Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 they are know to prefer cooler Temps than some planet catfish has their temp range as 59 to 77 so it's likely. Really enjoy working with corydora species so trying to get sterbai and schwartzi colonies breeding this year.
@@goliadfarms7029 C paleatus comes from the Parana river system, in the south of Brazil. The smaller streams of that river system are relatively cold. It is probably the cold hardiest species. It can survive prolonged periods of temps lower than 10 degrees C.
Yes, both his and ours. He survived the 2021 Winter Storm with its sub-freezing temperatures and the subsequent ammonia hit from all the dead fish and we persisted and caught him. Video to be posted. Charles
Very possible. I used to write the livebearer column for Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine. One column presented a plan to accomplish cold tolerance. Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 that is wonderful, where i live water temps are enough to sustain whiteclouds and paradise fish, as long as provided proper environment of course, although cold snaps may kill many in winter (im sure you know all about that), so most people bring them inside. i actually love the idea of breeding fish to be able to survive in suboptimal conditions, such as rams in hard ~8 ph for example. although that has more or less been accomplished already. but considering the fact that we as humans managed to breed dogs into such a wide verity of shapes im sure a German blue ram that can handle living at 75f rather than 80f+ is possible.
@@Exquailibur We keep paradise fish outside as well as Poecilia latipinna (native sailfin molly). In normal winters, we can keep Xiphophorus variatus and it's aquarium strain hybrids outside. I don't know if they would have made this last winter. I'm sure whiteclouds would be fine. Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 paradise fish are wonderful, i prefer them over bettas in many cases, i do have some mollies as well i actually keep them in an aquarium with ph 7.5, but the water is hard and they breed plenty so i will not risk upping the ph. high ph and hardness is hard for me to maintain since my water is very soft but i have had success with mollies despite that(i use crushed coral). i mostly keep south American and Asian fish that like soft water since its easiest, but i would love to experiment with hard water. of course i dont have the space at the moment to have more than a few aquariums.
I'm so glad that such a setback hasn't deterred your enthusiasm and passion! If you're looking for candidate plecos to breed, surely that one is a contender!
That video was a teaser. A few days later we shot a long video during which that pleco was captured. It will certainly get an opportunity to breed.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 Glad to hear it! Take care!
WOW! The world could come to an end and there would still be plecos hanging on somewhere... that is truly amazing.... what a survivor, indeed...
We captured it. I won't spoil the surprises in the video about that.
Charles
Definitely got the "eye of the Tiger!". Thanks guys. Welcome back Carl.
There is a subsequent video from a few days later. We captured it!
Charles
Wow 😲❤️ that is seriously cool stuff 🙏🤜🤛 going through the greenhouses and seeing what life is left through these hard times makes these fish truly spectacular 😍🙏 thank you for sharing 👋💪🙏🌿🐟🌿
We captured it a few days later. That video will be posted soon.
Charles
I’ve been following you guys since 500 subs, glad to see the growth!!
Thank you for sticking with us. There is a follow up video about the pleco to be posted soon.
Charles
I absolutely love the look of the farm. Like organized nature. It’s a farm so in harmony with nature, I love it.
Greenhouse 3 doesn't look so great right now, but it will be rebuilt this summer. We'll document that process.
Charles
SURVIVOR...! Breed that fish..! lol
It has been rescued and will be used for breeding. Video of the rescue coming up.
Charles
A country boy/girl WILL survive!
🤜🤛 you got that right 😁👍🤗
There is a later video coming up showing it being caught.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 would love a tour of your place of possible I'm in Texas for work and have several ponds etc at home looking to expand for personal pets
Ughhhhh.... so sorry and sad 😢 Sending good vibes your way!🐟🐟🐟🐟
Thank you. We are recovering and will continue to document our recovery.
Charles
Good work, Mister! 👍
Thank you.
Charles
The perfect start of a horror movie.
Something is alive in here, OH NO only 2% battery left! THen it get's dark...
Yes, ran short of juice. Sort of reminded me of the 2021 Winter Storm. By the way, we caught it a few days later and have video of that.
Charles
I believe it. When I went to visit my (now) wife for the first time the first thing I noticed was in their kitchen were her fish tanks. One was a 20 gallon high that had two enormous hand sized comet goldfish, the other was a 29 breeder with two glow fish...and a full grown pleco. It would up to a 45 degree angle to turn around and that’s all it could do, craziest thing I’d ever seen.
Everything was clean, the fish were all healthy. She bought a few cute fish from the pet store and she took the best care of them she could. That was one of the things that really impressed me about her, she didn’t know she signed up for a 14 inch fish but she didn’t give up and cared for and loved that thing as best she could.
I used it as an opportunity to be a hero for her family but rehoming everything to proper places. Haha that made for an interesting week.
Interesting story. So, are you also a fish nut?
Charles
Did you get to deduct all fish losses?
Or was it like when I had a 100 beehives die I could only deduct cost of queens and supplies not the value of hives.
100 queens =$1500 instead of
100 hives = $15,000
No, since they weren't purchased fish, we couldn't deduct the losses. Interestingly enough, if the fish had been bait fish, Texas would have covered some of losses. Only bait fish, not ornamentals or food fish, were covered.
Do you raise your own queens or buy them? According at our CPA, your swarms like fish we raised can't be deducted because you already had labor costs, etc. in raising them. You could deduct queens, if purchased, however. None of our losses were fish we had bought; all were raised here.
Charles
That was very law and order esq intro. Made me smile Carl.
Carl is a good narrator.
Charles
These videos get so exciting sometimes
Wait until you the video of us catching it!
Charles
My job is so stressful. I so badly want to work for you
His job seems pretty stressful rn tbh
@@anthonycolon9012 A different type of stress. I think most people will always want the kind they dont have. It just seems so appealing to me to work with animals vs people.
There is, of course, stress in this job. Disasters like two hurricanes and the 2021 Winter Storm are very stressful. But, I like what I do.
Charles
Hope you all are ok? Miss your videos!
We have a bunch of videos in production. Carl has been really busy, but is catching up.
Charles
The bulletproof pleco hahah
It was captured several days later and moved into better facilities. A video of that is coming up.
Charles
Surprise, I fooled you guy's, now catch me if you can... 😁🥳😎
A few days later it was caught. A video of that process was made and will be posted soon.
Charles
What is it? I never saw it.
It is a plecostomus, a large armored catfish. We finally captured it on a different day. That video will post soon.
Charles
impressive!
Wait for the video of us capturing it!
Charles
Good genetics on that pleco!
He is very tough. Handled extreme cold and very high ammonia levels.
Charles
Thanks to the storm I know the Corydoras paleatus I've been breeding are good down to 40 degree water temps....
I thought I'd replied, but can't find it, so here goes again. Interesting. I wonder if C. paleatus comes from mountain streams.
We used to raise Corydoras aeneus and will again.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 they are know to prefer cooler Temps than some planet catfish has their temp range as 59 to 77 so it's likely. Really enjoy working with corydora species so trying to get sterbai and schwartzi colonies breeding this year.
@@goliadfarms7029 C paleatus comes from the Parana river system, in the south of Brazil. The smaller streams of that river system are relatively cold. It is probably the cold hardiest species. It can survive prolonged periods of temps lower than 10 degrees C.
Well......I guess the battery died and he caught the fish but it wasn't on camera....lol
It was very difficult to see, but there will be later video posted showing us catching it.
Charles
Been wondering how my local farm is doing
We are recovering. We've completed cichlid inventories and are working on livebearers now.
Charles
Hope.all is ok. No uploads. Hope u are.just busy
We are all ok. Just been waiting on me to edit and upload more videos. I'm publishing the sequel to this video today.
All good as Carl explained.
Charles
do you have swordtail?
We raise swordtails. A video of Xiphophorus alvarezi is coming up. We also raise commercial (aquarium strain) swordtails.
Charles
I'd tank this fish he deserves a new home after all this
He has a new home. A few days later we captured it. A video of that expedition will be posted soon.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 name suggestion it my vote is
" hardy!"
@@nexusly6720 Nice!
Charles
All Fred’s are tough!
Yes and this Fred was finally captured a few days later. Video on the way.
Charles
Need your help and knowledge can't wait to talk 😊👊
Thank you. We try to help.
Charles
He deserves a treat!
A few days later he was captured and moved into a 300-gallon vat. Video on the way.
Charles
Where there's a will there's a way!
Yes, both his and ours. He survived the 2021 Winter Storm with its sub-freezing temperatures and the subsequent ammonia hit from all the dead fish and we persisted and caught him. Video to be posted.
Charles
those things are tough!!
They are very tough. We'll be posting a video soon about the capture of that fish.
Charles
👌👌👌❤❤❤
Thank you. Wait for the next video wherein we caught it.
Charles
This fish is the Designated Survivor
Yes, it is and it has been rescued. Video of that process coming up.
Charles
That's wild
Yes, it is. A few days later we captured it. Video on the way.
Charles
That is a super gene fish !!
We captured it a few days later. It will be used for breeding. Video of the capture coming up.
Charles
imagine breeding plecos that could survive cooler temps, that would be very cool and theoretically possible.
Very possible. I used to write the livebearer column for Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine. One column presented a plan to accomplish cold tolerance.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 that is wonderful, where i live water temps are enough to sustain whiteclouds and paradise fish, as long as provided proper environment of course, although cold snaps may kill many in winter (im sure you know all about that), so most people bring them inside. i actually love the idea of breeding fish to be able to survive in suboptimal conditions, such as rams in hard ~8 ph for example. although that has more or less been accomplished already. but considering the fact that we as humans managed to breed dogs into such a wide verity of shapes im sure a German blue ram that can handle living at 75f rather than 80f+ is possible.
@@Exquailibur We keep paradise fish outside as well as Poecilia latipinna (native sailfin molly). In normal winters, we can keep Xiphophorus variatus and it's aquarium strain hybrids outside. I don't know if they would have made this last winter. I'm sure whiteclouds would be fine.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 paradise fish are wonderful, i prefer them over bettas in many cases, i do have some mollies as well i actually keep them in an aquarium with ph 7.5, but the water is hard and they breed plenty so i will not risk upping the ph. high ph and hardness is hard for me to maintain since my water is very soft but i have had success with mollies despite that(i use crushed coral). i mostly keep south American and Asian fish that like soft water since its easiest, but i would love to experiment with hard water. of course i dont have the space at the moment to have more than a few aquariums.
Huge spider on the block the pleco hid under
I didn't see it. We have lots of spiders.
Charles
So Luke Skywalker is doing fish today 😃
Not really...but Yoda once told me, "Go live with the fishies." It's possible I misunderstood his intent. He talks in riddles so much.
Charles
I never saw anything...darn...this turned out to be one of them amateur Nessy vids😋
3:27 you can see it swim away
Well...it was hard to see, but a few days later we caught it. That video will be posted soon.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 Thank you...I can't wait to see that
You need a fishing pole
We finally caught it a few days later. That is in another video to be posted soon.
Charles
Pleco power
That pleco was finally caught a few days later. Video of that is on the way.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 can't wait to see this pleco