A behind the scenes tour of the incomparable Segrest Farms
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2020
- Today finally we get to work on putting out a series of videos from my visit with the legendary Sandy Moore, The president of Segrest Farms in Gibsonton Florida USA. Undoubtedly the largest tropical fish farm in North America and possibly the world.
Sandy takes us behind the scenes for a full immersive tour into areas not generally seen by the public.
In part 1 we start off at their Ruskin Florida facility discussing their production primarily of Plecostomus needed for the North American Pet trade. the sheer size of the facility is impressive enough however we go into detail how they manage such a massive facility, their filtration needs in a facility that at times is bursting at the seams.
I hope you'll enjoy this part 1 of a multiple part series highlighting this amazing woman, this amazing company and her amazing team that make up Segrest Farms.
Thank you kindly for watching, Enjoy!
**Im very thankful that intro videos were provided courtesy of Mike Teves (Cichlid community) and Kapil Mandrekar (Marine) for use in this video**
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I'm genuinely curious why they are putting so much into breeding the common pleco? I understand it's probably a money generator for them, but its becoming common knowledge that it's not a great aquarium species for most new hobbyists, and with the invasive nature of it now, you'd think that they might focus on a more responsible (ethical?) breeding project.
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@@TwoAcresandaMule everyone needs a 2 ft monster is all i hear
This comment still relevant a year later. If anyone is looking for a common pleco please adopt off of craigslist, facebook or something similar. No reason to breed a species that is already massively surrendered, or released.
Amazing amazing video. You have outdone yourself. What a great opportunity for you, and for you to share with us. Thank you.
Their will be probably four or five parts to this series but the next few are primarily audio interviews so I’m accumulating background video
Well this was super fun and interesting thanks so much Chris for making this journey and video 👍👍
More parts coming...
I agree that they need to find a way to phase out common plecos. They are just not a fish that should be sold in those quantities.
Both Sandy and I agree wholeheartedly. I addressed the problem in part 2 of the series
Very cool
Thank you for watching
Great to see this place behind the scenes. I live in Florida and the climate is perfect for greenhouse fishrooms.
Almost my second home for the amount of time I spend there
Awesome!
That place is huge
It’s pretty amazing
That was a very slick production my friend. Most enjoyable
Thanks brother from another mother!
Looking forward to the rest of the video's in this series, thanks mate. On another note, reading these comments about the common plecos and how invasive they are ,we pay top dollar for any large pleco species hear in Australia cos we have to import 99% of them but the bristle nose or bushy nose plecos are in abundance cos every one breeds them hear in Oz ,crazy town 😁👊👍👌🤜🤛🇦🇺
I purposely left most of the comments until after the second installment where I purposely discussed the pleco situation here in North America
I use to do buisness with Elyn , Jack and remember Bobby calling me and saying , Frank we need a check for $7700…Arlene would call me every Monday and I would place my Monday order… Segrest farms would ship 30 to 40 boxes to my store in El Paso , Texas… they had the best and rarest fish in the world. I was there biggest account in the 1990s
Thank you so much for sharing with me your story Frank. Fascinating history and how we’re all
Somewhat connected
Super cool video. I love seeing behind the scenes at these farms and just the scale of production they achieve. To echo the previous comments, I understand from a economical standpoint that these fish are a staple to the success of their business, but selling 6 million of them a year...I feel like in their position within the industry that they could start turning it around slowly so that they don't lose out on profit but create a fish like the bristle nose pleco to fill that gap. And if their competition is raising them underneath their main fish in less that ideal situations, why not make this a selling point for a more appropriate size pleco, like bristlenose. Don't be fooled though, I am very much looking forward to all your future videos down at Segrest Farms.
I agree with all the others who commented so far.....why for common plecos?? They could have a million breeding bristlenose in that room....all different locations and colors
The only benefit i can see with this setup is that they are helping to remove the invasive species that are in florida...but one of the many "cons" are that those "common plecos" should not be in the aquarium trade at all
Very interesting, professional breeding!
They are! Thanks for watching Gerald.
@@themadaquarist Thanks! And I hope you can watch my TH-cam channel = th-cam.com/users/bassleerbiofish
Wow I thought the common pleco sales were way down because of the size they get, a lot of stores here do not even sell it any more
One would hope people would stop buying them to send a message
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Common pleco should not be in the hobby. That’s to bad. Bristle nose pleco would be a much better choice!
Agree
if you watch part 2 you'll get the skinny on it...I agree as do they 100%
@@themadaquarist Yup! I already watched it.
I agree that breeding the common pleco for anything other than food or industrial use is appalling. The aquarium pet trade doesn't need this fish!
Hi. Can u plz advise what is good food for veija.. im right now Feeding Northfin Tropical Sticks and jbl Spirulina flakes .. just order Xtreme Community Crave excited for this as it is best i feel as per public review.. anything i can add up in this for better colouration
All the foods mentioned are excellent foods.
Vieja diets are primarily herbivorous based on their intestinal tracks and multiple dissections of gut contents on wild caught specimens.
Too much meat based protein can cause impaction, bloating and obesity.
This video I shot with Dan Sharifi @cichlids of the America’s and we discuss nutritional philosophy on new world cichlids. It should really give you some insights.
th-cam.com/video/LsE7JRwmTto/w-d-xo.html
@@themadaquarist Thank you so much for your Reply gone through the video I have seen earlier but today I saw peacefully..and tried to understand. Was thinking if I could get names of the food that he kept on his plate for display. Thank you once Again
Do you know anywhere in US that has Ancistrus sp. Rio Itenez? Not positive on that spelling
so no I do not personally
I like the outdoor fish farms better
It was a bit difficult to hear her, maybe in the future you can mic up the other person.
Thank you for the suggestion we have since purchased a set of lapel mics for future videos
common pleco? Not cool.
Watch part 2 and the beginning address’ this very issue
th-cam.com/video/wYxB1pOnplc/w-d-xo.html
Them producing Commons like that is disgusting IMO . It is all about money @ what .20 cents a pop ? why bother ? Awful. Destroy the nasty things
Keith truth be told they do not and have not ever ‘produced’ any common plecos.
The ones in question the eggs are harvested from the wilds of floods waterways. Thereby removing a non endemic from the environment.
There’s another major farm that their main claim to fame was being the largest true breeder of them. It’s actually their logo or at least was for decades.
How they ended up in the native waterways the most likely scenario is hurricanes.
As they need mud ponds to be able to breed successfully when a hurricane comes the sheer amount of rainfall in such a short time often overflows farmers ponds before they can solve the problem. Everything happens so fast often without much warming. It’s the nature of being a fish farmer.
I agree wholeheartedly as does Sandy that this fish is an absolute plague. Not only in Florida but all around the world.
@@themadaquarist This is my opinion so means little but I think it is one fish that should not be in the hobby . The farm if they wanted to do something about it could just offer a "bounty" on the egg clusters then destroy them. Putting them back into the hobby is not in the best interest of our hobby. Just my view .