@@goliadfarms7029 Charles I hope you didnt take the comment personally. When new viewers are tuning in its sometimes a necessary means to allow people to understand.
This is sure better than yacking out my breakfast lol. I am an old animal husbander and death and smells, while distressing, don't usually put me out, but that was hard to watch. I have been smiling through this one.
This is just God making space for the new improved farm you got coming your way. Thanks for sharing your story and farm. May God bless you and everyone reading this comment.
He honestly reminds me of my great grandfather. Plenty of fun summers and memories on the family property. Could, and do, watch everything Goliad posts.
I'm here in Houston and I just love you guys! Stay strong... looks like y'all have got this, in the bag! *CHEERS to more positivity and high survivability rates!* - AND DON'T FORGET - Go put more breeding hotels in the baskets, before you forget again! 😉
It would be so cool to watch you set up a greenhouse, what are you going to change for future low temperatures? Thank you for the content please keep doing these thirty plus minute daily updates.
We hope to rebuild Greenhouse 3 this summer and will video document that process. We are working on plans to harden our systems, starting with finishing the installation of our new generator. We will continue long and short videos. Charles
I prefer it this way, there's enough 'professional' youtubers out there. This sounds more like a televised university lecture and I'm good with that. I can't lip read maskers but I can hear Charles just fine.
@@voluntaryismistheanswer I dont mind the quality. I was more saying that so the man would not have to worry about unplugging his mic and interrupting his lecture :)
We are upgrading our equipment now that it seems I'll have to do continous videos. I complain, but in a way it's better than blogging (you can see my blogs at: goliadfarms.com/blog/). One minute of video can cover pages of typing. Charles
I am so sorry for the losses from the storm. It is such a hard thing to see. It is really interesting to see the processes you have in place and the concepts behind breeding. Thank you for taking time to show this.
this guy is the best in the business hands down most of farmer's give all their fish hormones for color hes ol school n do it naturally way and most of the breeders charge crazy prices this guy is fair all around I will b ordering my fish from him now on I watch your videos everyday Charles
Thank you. We are planning a stream of videos. Once we finish inventorying and rebuilding breeding colonies, we will begin offering the surplus fish. Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 thnk u charlez im glad u much happier my 11 year old passion for african cichlids is amazing he goes to sleep watching videos of african cichlids n wakes up with dreaming about them lol we only have a few peacocks n couple haps I would love to surprise him with a few beauties from u when u get goin do u guys offer on deals if I buy 10 males off u is there a discount the more we buy I have no clue but your fish is top quality bud keep it up plz lemme know when u get back into things again have a blessed day
I did notice that both IFG and Bob Caylor have posted about you in several places. They are wonderful men. I am so glad for some good news, BTW - I love the new male you chose, he's a looker for sure. Those fish aren't so sure about Carl sticking the camera in their bucket - LOL!
I wish I could find a way to tag IFG and Bob Caylor to show them how much we appreciate them. We did some more breeder selection today. Video on the way. Charles
Thank you. I need to find a way to tag them so they know we appreciate them. I'm good with things that breathe, bleed, and breed, but not so good with things like TH-cam. Charles
I have a big respect for you and what you do you are a great man and we owe you a lot for what you do and what you commit to to our fish Hobby people probably don’t even know most of the fish in our tanks probably come from your stock or your bloodline thank you for being a true breeder and not giving up every time The hay hits the fan LOL keep it up number one breeder
Yes, the plant filters are kicking in as we get more sunlight and higher temperatures and clear dead fish. I think fish should live as normal and natural lives as possible. Charles
Your smile makes me smile and positive attitude, and seeing Susie 😊... amongst everything going on I just I love your channel is so relaxing ❤ congrats on the all subscribers and help you guys are getting! Can't wait to be able to oder again... I know it will take some time but hopefully we can continue seeing the progress through your videos ❤
The alien hybrid bettas are so interesting to watch develop, they're so unlike their splendens parents, but they've got that little bit of flirtiness bred into them where they're just greeting me like a betta, and not the little wild things they resemble. What a wonderful lecture on genetics and behavior to wake up to with my coffee!
We used to have a lot of Clown Loaches, but sold them off. I'm thinking of ordering a 1,000 little ones and trying to breed them. I have a theory on how to do that. Charles
Mother Nature at its finest. I just find it mind blowing how it all works. What I have learned since watching your videos is great thank you for sharing and hope everything works out for you all at goliad farm
Like you said, those that survived will be much hardier to cold temps. Hope that rings true for you, it would be a plus. Almost halfway to your GO FUND ME total, let's hope that goes way up more than expected. 🙂
I suspect the offspring of the survivors will fare better in any similar future disasters. We plan to harden up our systems in preparation for those disasters. Charles
Amazing upload today full off so much information and knowledge from an expert, it was great to see a more positive vat today and the survivor's look stunning, can't wait for the next update, well done 😀
My condolences for your losses, and congrats on your survivors. I wish you the best of luck on your rebuild. Thanks for sharing. Just subbed because of IFG.
Thank you. I need to know how to tag channels like IFG so they know how much we appreciate their help. I good with stuff that breathes, bleeds, and breeds, but not with other things. Charles
Great update Mr Charles!!! Thank you always for sharing!! I will be here leaving likes, comments and sharing, I'm even hopefully soon a small donation to go fund me to help your farm!!! But for now I'm offering my interaction and my constant support to your beautiful Farm and what you share with us!!! It's amazing to see the life and the fish that have survived!!!❤️🙏💪🌿🐟🌿
Have you guys ever considered putting nets at the bottom and along the sides of each vat so that you could just raise the nets on each vat kind of like a fryer basket? I'm watching you guys dig in each vat individually and it seems like it would take so long!
We did try that with aquaculture netting. It didn't work out that well. Each vat is netted out only every 3-4 months, so it isn't that much labor. Charles
I was sure when this happened I'd lost my pond fish (it froze down to an inch of water!) and I was amazed he's alive, bless goldfish for being so hardy, he's my oldest fish.
Thank you for your grit and humility bud your optimistic view of the situation is a true sign of your character and faith that you know good things are sure to come!!! Stay up and blessed bud🙏💙
The pleco is not Hypostomus plecostomus. It's Pterygoplichthys pardalis. It can be seen on the the number of rays in the dorsalfin. Hypostomus species has only 7 rays in the dorsalfin, and Pterygoplichthys species has 12-13 rays.
Interesting. I'm a zoologist, but not a taxonomist. I'm going to check with Texas State University about this fish. Hypostomus plecostomus is established in the San Marcos River at the university. Charles
That seems like one heck of an operation. I would love to be able to do this one day. I think you could save a lot of time by using a seine net with two poles and force them all to one side. But you’re the pro.
We are considering having monthly visitation days and possibly, once the pandemic is under control, an annual fish festival at the hatchery. We've experimented with many ways to capture the fish, including seines and caging the breeders. What you see me doing works the best for us. Charles
We are well on the way to recovery, having rebuilt all the breeding colonies that we could. We are now processing the earliest of the those colonies at the end of their first breeding cycles since the 2021 Texas Winter Storm. It will take about a year and a half from now to reach full production again. Charles
Like & Subscribe! Also, we've had lots of requests for a GoFundMe, so we set one up today. Here's the link: gf.me/u/zkkazc The overwhelming outpouring of support from the fish community has been humbling and so appreciated. Thank you! Carl
I absolutely love all of your videos even the sad ones I am so sorry for what you went through but it is very valuable to me since I am over in Eastern Australia and though our temperatures are fairly mild winter can still get pretty cool here and I am starting up somethin similar to you but on a much smaller scale as a hobby small buisness and just for fun but I am learning a lot what works what failed how to set things up here to work well we are classed warm temperate and never at least very very rarely get to freezing but can get down into 50's and sometimes 40's but I currently have a few outside tubs with heaters I can get by in tubs with fishtank heaters and some plastic over but want to try a greehouse and still deciding how to provide extra heat when needed as cheaply as I can. Love the way you use plants, I breed mostly guppies atm but want to try some fish that are known to be fairly hardy that could stand a bit lower temps outdoors how do you think the texas cichilds would go here outside? I think I would still need some heat but is there a minimum I could set a heater to for the couple of months they might need it? Can they be crossed with any other cichlids to make a hardier strain? I know you must be busy just thought you would be a good person to ask! Take care!
Sorry for the tardy reply. Please keep me posted on your progress. I always like to see how others are doing things. Texas cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) ranges into the Texas Hill Country and is fairly cold hardy. I've kept them outside in concrete water troughs during winters in which there was ice on the water. That means the bottom water temperature was no warmer that 4C (~39F). The Texas cichlids were fine. One of our grandbrats (errr...granddaughters) mated a Texas cichlid male to a convict cichlid (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus) female producing two batches of fry before the female died. The resulting fish are in our greenhouses now. The hybrids suffered no losses during last year's Texas Winter Storm, so they seem to have inherited the Texas cichlid cold hardiness. So far, those hybrids have not produced offspring when mated together. I'll try again this spring. There are other species in the genus Herichthys (14 by itis.gov count). I imagine all of those could hybridize, but all the other species' ranges are tropical. Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 Hi Charles thanks for the reply! That is great info I may just give the Texans a go over here. I have heard of them doing fine outside in Sydney in glass tanks! And it gets colder in Sydney than where I am and I imagine glass tanks would fluctuate a lot more than a pond that is set in the ground or insulated a bit. I will let you know how it goes. I had heard of gymno geophagus gymno genis? Forgive my bad spelling if I got that wrong being kept in cold water tanks in the UK along with Buenos Aires tetra and peppered cory down to 10c without ill effect but those gymnos are very hard almost impossible to get in Australia. If I can ask with the texans I have seen a couple of varieties here a wild type and an emerald green I am not sure if the green would be as tough I might start with the wild types and see how they go. It would be a very rare freak event if our temps ever got down to 4c in the water and we have never had ice here we would never get snow we are at sea level near the coast in a warmer micro climate but just over the highway inland they can get quite a bit colder. I have kept various barbs and danios outdoors and some catfish that tolerate cooler water and they did great they grew very big! We call them sucking cats they stay pretty small a lot of people use them to eat algea in ponds with goldfish. We are in a 1000 year freak flood event atm we are on a hill so not as badly off but we have had so much rain I fear I have lost some fish to the ponds flooding and it has been too wild out to do much checking yet. I have a guppy pond and some neo shrimp ponds I am worried about. I did see some in there a few days ago but we have had a foot more of rain since so fingers crossed! It is at least not cold.
@@Firebird894 The Herichthys genus has 10 species according to our go-to taxonomic source, itis.gov. H. cyanoguttatum is definitely cold hardy. H. carpintis ranges into South Texas and did survive the Texas Winter Storm in our greenhouses despite cold temperatures. Be sure that none escape into the wild since H. cyanoguttatum is considered invasive by the USGS (see nas.er.usgs.gov/viewer/omap.aspx?SpeciesID=443) Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 Thankyou Charles I will look those up over here and see if they are avaliable. No chance of them getting into the wild from my place unless they can survive in saltwater I have no freshwater creeks close downhill from me is only stormwater running straight into saltwater and out to sea. I only have guppies, rainbow fish and some gambusia outside atm they all survived the recent floods and cold snap well most of them some got washed out and they would have died temps did not drop real low and the guppies have a heater but it was struggling but I checked yesterday and the pond was missing a few females but there was all the males and a tonne of babies couldnt even count them they may have enjoyed the big water change. The guppies I have were bred in Australia in a PH of 6.5 to 7.5 and the breeder never checked or worried about hardness and these guppies are tough they don't even need the crushed coral I put in, in fact I may have made the water too hard for them since I was going off advice of imported guppies these ones seem to do worse in hard water which I did not expect it seems to iritate the gills and cause them to flash. I had treated for a bunch of external parasites especially gill flukes as they would line themselves up and rub each gill on plants and airline tubes and nothing I treated with stopped it. A vet suggested reducing the PH and so far I tried some in softer cooler water and they are not flashing. So that was interesting to me. I set up some experiments and so far 24c and neutral PH and our soft tap water seems to suit them just right. I guess it is what they have had generations bred in and it is less work for me. Thanks for the tips!!
@@Firebird894 Sounds like you are doing some interesting experiments. Please keep me posted on your progress. I've found that rapidly breeding fish quickly adapt to local conditions by natural selection. Charles
I expect using plants for filtration, non tap water, and optimal feeding is as effective in practicing clean aquaculture as in raising healthy human children- I fill my house with greenery for oxygen, give them pure water, and feed them real food from an actual farmer: pastured meat, eggs, raw milk, butter, and grow my own pesticide-free fruit and veg. I can't remember the last time any of my children had a sniffle. Keeping one hand in the medicine cabinet is lazy fishkeeping (or parenting), useful for virtue signaling, not so much for actual health. Think of the mosquito larvae those fish get alone!- my pond-raised guppies are pretty much immortal. Keeping toxins out of our systems and being well fed, we deal with pathogens pretty effectively. It is the neglected tank that allows ich to proliferate, not the presence of the parasites, which are probably not as ubiquitous as tetanus in soil (billions and billions in any average square inch- only a problem when cultured anaerobically inside the body, which a healthy body doesn't sweat, that's why we have circulation, whether in our bodies or the bodies of water in which we keep our fish), but acknowledged to exist more than we'd like to think about. Nature has it covered, and never lies to us for a buck.
We carefully quarantine for a long time any incoming breeding stock. We do feed Praziquantel a couple times a year as a preventative for internal parasites. Charles
We have sold them online (goliadfarms.com/) before we suspended selling until after recovery. Susie complains that we undercharge for hornwort since it costs so much to ship. We are reviewing pricing and shipping options now. Charles
@@voluntaryismistheanswer thanks but not the video. The video was before the recent storms and after Harvey so this would have been at least a year ago not his most recent video.
Guppies (Poecilia reticulata) is a species of livebearering fish. They have been selectively bred to produce a huge array of colors and fin types. Charles
Seen your videos 3 years ago or something hope you keep showing use every step, seeing what's in ur tanks. are you going to clean up the sump area ?? Pleco fish poop to much lol sell some
Pleco’s have a important job in his system! They actually help keep the system cleaner by stirring up the gunk on the bottom of the vats. They also help with snail control. Everything has a purpose in the system. Get rid of one part and it will unbalance the system.
We plan to consistently post videos now that we've learned something about doing them. We've netted out the sump areas. In Greenhouse 2 we'll be replacing the pump platforms soon. The plecos do a lot of housekeeping for us. They the mulm stirred up allowing microorganisms to complete its breakdown. Charles
I am actually trying to create a cold resistant variety of platy in my house right now. I own 5 tanks, all platies. They grow very slow, but they survive. Good luck, you have a great company, i hope it survives.
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Lots of tips and tricks from long time fish farmer!!! I dont care if he repeats things, its all important to me.
Absolutely
Repeat all he wants just means I shouldn't forget it 😉
Right! If you read any educational book, its the same; drill-drill-drill
I will be repeating things and hopefully providing new infomation.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 Charles I hope you didnt take the comment personally. When new viewers are tuning in its sometimes a necessary means to allow people to understand.
Shout out to aquarium coop for bringing your operation to my eyes , I have looked forward to your daily videos the last few day’s.
This is sure better than yacking out my breakfast lol. I am an old animal husbander and death and smells, while distressing, don't usually put me out, but that was hard to watch. I have been smiling through this one.
Yes🙏❤️
Cory and @aquariumcoop have been great.
Charles
I love how you're the one telling us yes yesterday day was sad but today's going to be better. You're an inspiration to watch.
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Thank you. And today has been better!
Charles
This is just God making space for the new improved farm you got coming your way. Thanks for sharing your story and farm. May God bless you and everyone reading this comment.
Thank you. We will recover.
Charles
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Your resilience and unwillingness to give up despite your setbacks is truly admirable!
Thank you. I owe it the surviving fish to keep going.
Charles
This mans voice is very calming. I wish mine would be in the same situation.
He honestly reminds me of my great grandfather. Plenty of fun summers and memories on the family property. Could, and do, watch everything Goliad posts.
The calmness is resignation. All you can do is put one foot in front of the other.
Charles
I find myself channeling my grandfather. You just keep on keeping on.
Charles
I'm here in Houston and I just love you guys! Stay strong... looks like y'all have got this, in the bag!
*CHEERS to more positivity and high survivability rates!*
- AND DON'T FORGET - Go put more breeding hotels in the baskets, before you forget again! 😉
Thank you. Yes, I need to make notes to add a second hotel to those fry cages with only one.
Charles
It would be so cool to watch you set up a greenhouse, what are you going to change for future low temperatures? Thank you for the content please keep doing these thirty plus minute daily updates.
We hope to rebuild Greenhouse 3 this summer and will video document that process.
We are working on plans to harden our systems, starting with finishing the installation of our new generator.
We will continue long and short videos.
Charles
True farmer spirit. Tomorrow will be a better day. "Get er done". Very inspirational attitude !!!
There isn't much choice. You either quit or keep going. We keep going.
Charles
Someone get this man a quality wireless mic. Love the vids. My heart hurts for your losses from this storm.
I prefer it this way, there's enough 'professional' youtubers out there. This sounds more like a televised university lecture and I'm good with that. I can't lip read maskers but I can hear Charles just fine.
@@voluntaryismistheanswer I dont mind the quality. I was more saying that so the man would not have to worry about unplugging his mic and interrupting his lecture :)
We are upgrading our equipment now that it seems I'll have to do continous videos. I complain, but in a way it's better than blogging (you can see my blogs at: goliadfarms.com/blog/). One minute of video can cover pages of typing.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 you are quickly becoming my hero. I've enjoyed the videos and all the knowledge sharing. I dont even keep fish. Only shrimp.
Cory from Aquarium Co-Op sent viewers over too. Please let us know what you need and how we can help! Sending love from DFW.
Thank you. Cory an @aquariumcoop have been great.
Charles
Keep the filming! Enjoying your content...let’s grow the channel!
We will continue with recovery videos and informational videos.
Charles
So glad there are bits of bright spots among the darkness. . .
Yes. It appears we'll be able to rebuild many of our breeding colonies despite losses of about 90% of our fish.
Charles
happy to see u got live fish
Thank you for bringing us through your recovery process
Thank you. We are recovering. We'll continue to document the reality of fishkeeping, warts and all.
Charles
I am so sorry for the losses from the storm. It is such a hard thing to see. It is really interesting to see the processes you have in place and the concepts behind breeding. Thank you for taking time to show this.
Thank you. We are continuing to document our progress of rebuilding breeding colonies.
Charles
this guy is the best in the business hands down most of farmer's give all their fish hormones for color hes ol school n do it naturally way and most of the breeders charge crazy prices this guy is fair all around I will b ordering my fish from him now on I watch your videos everyday Charles
Thank you. We are planning a stream of videos. Once we finish inventorying and rebuilding breeding colonies, we will begin offering the surplus fish.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 thnk u charlez im glad u much happier my 11 year old passion for african cichlids is amazing he goes to sleep watching videos of african cichlids n wakes up with dreaming about them lol we only have a few peacocks n couple haps I would love to surprise him with a few beauties from u when u get goin do u guys offer on deals if I buy 10 males off u is there a discount the more we buy I have no clue but your fish is top quality bud keep it up plz lemme know when u get back into things again have a blessed day
Good to see there's some good news! Hope more vats like this are found!
Thank you. And, yes, we have found more vats with good fish.
Charles
I did notice that both IFG and Bob Caylor have posted about you in several places. They are wonderful men. I am so glad for some good news, BTW - I love the new male you chose, he's a looker for sure. Those fish aren't so sure about Carl sticking the camera in their bucket - LOL!
I wish I could find a way to tag IFG and Bob Caylor to show them how much we appreciate them. We did some more breeder selection today. Video on the way.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 I will let them know
Fish Room Fever and Chattanooga Ed sent me over...keeping you all in my thoughts and prayers 🙏 ❤
Thank you. I need to find a way to tag them so they know we appreciate them. I'm good with things that breathe, bleed, and breed, but not so good with things like TH-cam.
Charles
I have a big respect for you and what you do you are a great man and we owe you a lot for what you do and what you commit to to our fish Hobby people probably don’t even know most of the fish in our tanks probably come from your stock or your bloodline thank you for being a true breeder and not giving up every time The hay hits the fan LOL keep it up number one breeder
Thank you. I just like to raise fish!
Charles
Getting a little better every day. FANTASTIC!
Yes, we are getting better. Thank you.
Charles
Great to hear the ammonia is declining down to the lower levels, some of the fish are looking great. I like how you naturally breed them as well.
Yes, the plant filters are kicking in as we get more sunlight and higher temperatures and clear dead fish. I think fish should live as normal and natural lives as possible.
Charles
Your smile makes me smile and positive attitude, and seeing Susie 😊... amongst everything going on I just I love your channel is so relaxing ❤ congrats on the all subscribers and help you guys are getting! Can't wait to be able to oder again... I know it will take some time but hopefully we can continue seeing the progress through your videos ❤
Thank you. We're hoping to start offering fish again in April.
Charles
Just donated to the GoFundMe. God speed. You should also post the link in the video descriptions.
That's a good idea. I'll do it. Thanks for the donation!
Carl
Glad those beautiful fish survived!
We are finding enough survivors to rebuild many of our breeding colonies.
Charles
The alien hybrid bettas are so interesting to watch develop, they're so unlike their splendens parents, but they've got that little bit of flirtiness bred into them where they're just greeting me like a betta, and not the little wild things they resemble. What a wonderful lecture on genetics and behavior to wake up to with my coffee!
The explosion is Bettas over the past decade is amazing. I'm in awe of the Asian Betta breeders.
Charles
Thank you for bringing us through your recovery process
We will continue with recovery videos interspersed with informational videos.
Charles
I'm sure you know this but loaches love a good snail lunch that could help take care of your mystery snails.
We used to have a lot of Clown Loaches, but sold them off. I'm thinking of ordering a 1,000 little ones and trying to breed them. I have a theory on how to do that.
Charles
I love this guy! OG fish guy.
Thank you.
Charles
Mother Nature at its finest. I just find it mind blowing how it all works. What I have learned since watching your videos is great thank you for sharing and hope everything works out for you all at goliad farm
Thank you.
Charles
Very informative and great insight in the procedures in your farm. Hope you'll continue making more videos!
Thank you. Today we did a video of our recirculating and plant filtrations systems.
Charles
happy to see u got live fish
Me too!
Charles
I hope everyday gets better for you and your family. Just keep going. One day at a time. I hope this setback opens up better possibilities for you.
Thank you. We will be working on our business planning, including providing more informational content.
Charles
Don't forget about Cory from Aquarium-Coop. He has sent a bunch of people this way as well.
Cheers,
Chris
Cory was mentioned in yesterdays video. :)
@@VelvetWench Must have missed it. Thanks👍
He’s definitely mentioned him in a few videos
Day 5 Video he did Cory & Aquarium Co-Op
@@deedra54 Thanks, must have missed that one.
Like you said, those that survived will be much hardier to cold temps. Hope that rings true for you, it would be a plus. Almost halfway to your GO FUND ME total, let's hope that goes way up more than expected. 🙂
I suspect the offspring of the survivors will fare better in any similar future disasters. We plan to harden up our systems in preparation for those disasters.
Charles
I am from the Philippines, praying for full recovery of your farm.
Thank you. We will recover.
Charles
Funny story about Ivan Dibble. He was one of the giants of the hobby.
Ivan was great. He is missed.
Charles
Amazing upload today full off so much information and knowledge from an expert, it was great to see a more positive vat today and the survivor's look stunning, can't wait for the next update, well done 😀
Thank you. More good news in today's videos to be uploaded soon.
Charles
Huge ifg fan and love your farm. Have for a while. Much love and peace for you and your farm.
Thank you. We appreciate IFG's help.
Charles
Glad to heard some good news
We're glad to be able to share some good news. Thanks for watching.
Carl
Great news! Happy to see survivors!
Me too!
Charles
Great to hear the information on your approach to breeding. :)
Thank you. We will continue to post about breeding and breeder selection.
Charles
My condolences for your losses, and congrats on your survivors. I wish you the best of luck on your rebuild. Thanks for sharing. Just subbed because of IFG.
Thank you. I need to know how to tag channels like IFG so they know how much we appreciate their help. I good with stuff that breathes, bleeds, and breeds, but not with other things.
Charles
I love watching your videos. You’re so humble, just salt of the earth. I hope your farm will bounce back stronger than ever!
Thank you. We will recover.
Charles
This couple amazes me in many different ways. I love it!
Thank you.
Charles
Great update Mr Charles!!! Thank you always for sharing!! I will be here leaving likes, comments and sharing, I'm even hopefully soon a small donation to go fund me to help your farm!!! But for now I'm offering my interaction and my constant support to your beautiful Farm and what you share with us!!! It's amazing to see the life and the fish that have survived!!!❤️🙏💪🌿🐟🌿
Thank you. We appreciate your comments!
Charles
Fascinating work, absolutely fascinating.
Thank you. By the way, we'll be doing livebearers after we finish cichlids and I'll see if I have some plumetails for you.
Charles
All the best, Fight On
Thank you. We are working on recovery and making progress.
Charles
This video has really cheered me up. So glad that you have some of your beautiful fish left to work with.
We are happier as well. We keep getting good news, including today. Video on the way.
Charles
"Susie...where are you?" *looks around....*
Noone is ever where I want them to be...
Charles
Going to watch the IFG video after this.
You should also watch the Aquarium-Coop video as well as our later videos showing our progress toward recovery.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 Co-op brought me here, and I am now on Day 7 of Recovery, Great series.
Keep up the fight. So sorry for your losses.
Thank you. We are soldiering on and will recover!
Charles
Have you guys ever considered putting nets at the bottom and along the sides of each vat so that you could just raise the nets on each vat kind of like a fryer basket? I'm watching you guys dig in each vat individually and it seems like it would take so long!
We did try that with aquaculture netting. It didn't work out that well. Each vat is netted out only every 3-4 months, so it isn't that much labor.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 I figured you've tried everything by now. Amazing! Thanks for the response. I'm loving these videos.
M in love with this legendary old man 😊
Thanks! We're pretty fond of him too.
Carl
So sorry for your losses
Thank you. We will recover.
Charles
I lost some of my pond fish a while ago And i was kinda depressed but watching how you deal with your losses and damage is encouraging, Godspeed.
I was sure when this happened I'd lost my pond fish (it froze down to an inch of water!) and I was amazed he's alive, bless goldfish for being so hardy, he's my oldest fish.
Thank you. I feel I owe the surviving fish the chance to continue.
Charles
Our goldfish and Koi in outside vats laughed at the cold.
Charles
Good news is great. Keep positive and you all are truly inspiring
Thank you.
Charles
You should put the link to the godundme in the description!
That's a good idea. Thanks!
Carl
Thank you for your grit and humility bud your optimistic view of the situation is a true sign of your character and faith that you know good things are sure to come!!! Stay up and blessed bud🙏💙
Thank you. Our surviving fish deserve to have me keep on.
Charles
Thoughts and prayers!
Thank you.
Charles
Nice to see some good news.
It certainly is !
Charles
I love to learn keep up the grate work watching from the uk
Thank you.
Charles
Glad you had some good news today
Me too. It looks like we'll be able to rebuild a lot of breeding colonies.
Charles
The pleco is not Hypostomus plecostomus. It's Pterygoplichthys pardalis. It can be seen on the the number of rays in the dorsalfin. Hypostomus species has only 7 rays in the dorsalfin, and Pterygoplichthys species has 12-13 rays.
Interesting. I'm a zoologist, but not a taxonomist. I'm going to check with Texas State University about this fish. Hypostomus plecostomus is established in the San Marcos River at the university.
Charles
A lot of important info about breeding selection ( shout out to IFG )
IFG has been a great help to us. I wish I knew how to tag them so they knew that. One of today's videos discussing breeder selection.
Charles
Very pretty fish
Thank you. I Iike them.
Charles
still here
That is good.
Charles
That seems like one heck of an operation. I would love to be able to do this one day. I think you could save a lot of time by using a seine net with two poles and force them all to one side. But you’re the pro.
We are considering having monthly visitation days and possibly, once the pandemic is under control, an annual fish festival at the hatchery.
We've experimented with many ways to capture the fish, including seines and caging the breeders. What you see me doing works the best for us.
Charles
Thank you for all these vids, wishing you all the best! Keep the youtube content up to build your channel, you have tons to teach us all!
Thank you. We plan to continue videos, both about recovery and informational. We plan a video today on how we raise scuds.
Charles
Happy to see some fish made it!!
It does look like we'll be able to rebuild a lot of breeding colonies.
Charles
Really enjoying your videos... u give alot of info, experience, knowledge and education as u speak. Hope your spirits are ok xx
Thank you. We are good. We have to continue for the surviving fish.
Charles
I love these videos of your farm. If I could I'd volunteer my help. Praying for a speedy clean up. Hopefully it will get better from here!
Thank you. We will recover.
Charles
Go Corey!!!
We are well on the way to recovery, having rebuilt all the breeding colonies that we could. We are now processing the earliest of the those colonies at the end of their first breeding cycles since the 2021 Texas Winter Storm. It will take about a year and a half from now to reach full production again.
Charles
Good luck guys
Thank you.
Charles
Great to see you get some good news...!
Thank you. Me too! More good news: see today's videos soon to be posted.
Charles
Another good video. Another way to support may be if we can buy merchandise such as the goliad farms shirts?
Carl and Susie are working on t-shirts. I just raise fish and leave that sort of stuff to them.
Charles
Whats the best way to support yall?
Like & Subscribe!
Also, we've had lots of requests for a GoFundMe, so we set one up today.
Here's the link: gf.me/u/zkkazc
The overwhelming outpouring of support from the fish community has been humbling and so appreciated. Thank you!
Carl
@@goliadfarms7029 Happy yall started the gofundme! Contribution made! :)
Nice to see! Stay positive!
Thank you. We will.
Charles
Cool
Thank you.
Charles
I absolutely love all of your videos even the sad ones I am so sorry for what you went through but it is very valuable to me since I am over in Eastern Australia and though our temperatures are fairly mild winter can still get pretty cool here and I am starting up somethin similar to you but on a much smaller scale as a hobby small buisness and just for fun but I am learning a lot what works what failed how to set things up here to work well we are classed warm temperate and never at least very very rarely get to freezing but can get down into 50's and sometimes 40's but I currently have a few outside tubs with heaters I can get by in tubs with fishtank heaters and some plastic over but want to try a greehouse and still deciding how to provide extra heat when needed as cheaply as I can. Love the way you use plants, I breed mostly guppies atm but want to try some fish that are known to be fairly hardy that could stand a bit lower temps outdoors how do you think the texas cichilds would go here outside? I think I would still need some heat but is there a minimum I could set a heater to for the couple of months they might need it? Can they be crossed with any other cichlids to make a hardier strain? I know you must be busy just thought you would be a good person to ask! Take care!
Sorry for the tardy reply.
Please keep me posted on your progress. I always like to see how others are doing things.
Texas cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) ranges into the Texas Hill Country and is fairly cold hardy. I've kept them outside in concrete water troughs during winters in which there was ice on the water. That means the bottom water temperature was no warmer that 4C (~39F). The Texas cichlids were fine.
One of our grandbrats (errr...granddaughters) mated a Texas cichlid male to a convict cichlid (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus) female producing two batches of fry before the female died. The resulting fish are in our greenhouses now. The hybrids suffered no losses during last year's Texas Winter Storm, so they seem to have inherited the Texas cichlid cold hardiness. So far, those hybrids have not produced offspring when mated together. I'll try again this spring.
There are other species in the genus Herichthys (14 by itis.gov count). I imagine all of those could hybridize, but all the other species' ranges are tropical.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 Hi Charles thanks for the reply! That is great info I may just give the Texans a go over here. I have heard of them doing fine outside in Sydney in glass tanks! And it gets colder in Sydney than where I am and I imagine glass tanks would fluctuate a lot more than a pond that is set in the ground or insulated a bit. I will let you know how it goes. I had heard of gymno geophagus gymno genis? Forgive my bad spelling if I got that wrong being kept in cold water tanks in the UK along with Buenos Aires tetra and peppered cory down to 10c without ill effect but those gymnos are very hard almost impossible to get in Australia. If I can ask with the texans I have seen a couple of varieties here a wild type and an emerald green I am not sure if the green would be as tough I might start with the wild types and see how they go. It would be a very rare freak event if our temps ever got down to 4c in the water and we have never had ice here we would never get snow we are at sea level near the coast in a warmer micro climate but just over the highway inland they can get quite a bit colder. I have kept various barbs and danios outdoors and some catfish that tolerate cooler water and they did great they grew very big! We call them sucking cats they stay pretty small a lot of people use them to eat algea in ponds with goldfish. We are in a 1000 year freak flood event atm we are on a hill so not as badly off but we have had so much rain I fear I have lost some fish to the ponds flooding and it has been too wild out to do much checking yet. I have a guppy pond and some neo shrimp ponds I am worried about. I did see some in there a few days ago but we have had a foot more of rain since so fingers crossed! It is at least not cold.
@@Firebird894 The Herichthys genus has 10 species according to our go-to taxonomic source, itis.gov. H. cyanoguttatum is definitely cold hardy. H. carpintis ranges into South Texas and did survive the Texas Winter Storm in our greenhouses despite cold temperatures. Be sure that none escape into the wild since H. cyanoguttatum is considered invasive by the USGS (see nas.er.usgs.gov/viewer/omap.aspx?SpeciesID=443)
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 Thankyou Charles I will look those up over here and see if they are avaliable. No chance of them getting into the wild from my place unless they can survive in saltwater I have no freshwater creeks close downhill from me is only stormwater running straight into saltwater and out to sea. I only have guppies, rainbow fish and some gambusia outside atm they all survived the recent floods and cold snap well most of them some got washed out and they would have died temps did not drop real low and the guppies have a heater but it was struggling but I checked yesterday and the pond was missing a few females but there was all the males and a tonne of babies couldnt even count them they may have enjoyed the big water change. The guppies I have were bred in Australia in a PH of 6.5 to 7.5 and the breeder never checked or worried about hardness and these guppies are tough they don't even need the crushed coral I put in, in fact I may have made the water too hard for them since I was going off advice of imported guppies these ones seem to do worse in hard water which I did not expect it seems to iritate the gills and cause them to flash. I had treated for a bunch of external parasites especially gill flukes as they would line themselves up and rub each gill on plants and airline tubes and nothing I treated with stopped it. A vet suggested reducing the PH and so far I tried some in softer cooler water and they are not flashing. So that was interesting to me. I set up some experiments and so far 24c and neutral PH and our soft tap water seems to suit them just right. I guess it is what they have had generations bred in and it is less work for me. Thanks for the tips!!
@@Firebird894 Sounds like you are doing some interesting experiments. Please keep me posted on your progress. I've found that rapidly breeding fish quickly adapt to local conditions by natural selection.
Charles
Sorry for your loses goliand farm, comeback strong please new subs here
Thank you for subscribing. We are recovering and will continue to document our recovery.
Charles
Lets be honest we would all end up with this many tanks if we had a wife that allowed it
Susie (wife and business manager) has been great about an overgrown hobby. For some reason I don't really get, she insists it make money.
Charles
I’m curious how you protect against and treat diseases and parasites? Seems all your fish are super healthy! Love these videos!
I expect using plants for filtration, non tap water, and optimal feeding is as effective in practicing clean aquaculture as in raising healthy human children- I fill my house with greenery for oxygen, give them pure water, and feed them real food from an actual farmer: pastured meat, eggs, raw milk, butter, and grow my own pesticide-free fruit and veg. I can't remember the last time any of my children had a sniffle.
Keeping one hand in the medicine cabinet is lazy fishkeeping (or parenting), useful for virtue signaling, not so much for actual health. Think of the mosquito larvae those fish get alone!- my pond-raised guppies are pretty much immortal. Keeping toxins out of our systems and being well fed, we deal with pathogens pretty effectively. It is the neglected tank that allows ich to proliferate, not the presence of the parasites, which are probably not as ubiquitous as tetanus in soil (billions and billions in any average square inch- only a problem when cultured anaerobically inside the body, which a healthy body doesn't sweat, that's why we have circulation, whether in our bodies or the bodies of water in which we keep our fish), but acknowledged to exist more than we'd like to think about. Nature has it covered, and never lies to us for a buck.
We carefully quarantine for a long time any incoming breeding stock. We do feed Praziquantel a couple times a year as a preventative for internal parasites.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 Very wise. Thanks!
Thanks for all the information
Thank you. More on the way.
Charles
Ifg!
Do you mean IFG? He has been a great help.
Charles
may God bless u and your team
Thank you.
Charles
how can i buy hornroot plants from you ?
We have sold them online (goliadfarms.com/) before we suspended selling until after recovery. Susie complains that we undercharge for hornwort since it costs so much to ship. We are reviewing pricing and shipping options now.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 ok outher placesi got it from came half dead yours look great . i will wait till you open back up
IFG😎
IFG has been a great help to us.
Charles
Lol and are you going to try to check some fish out of the sump area???
We will turn our attention to sump fish once we complete the vat inventories and rebuilding breeding colonies.
Charles
What was the name of the fish in the last bucket you showed ?
Okay. You made me watch a video I was in. I try not to do that. That was Aulonocara 'Lwanda Redtop."
Charles
The mic recording level sounds high.
We (meaning Carl and Susie) are working on hardware and software improvements.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 the new mic seems to have solved this. :)
Is there a place you can take a few fish inside in an emergency to save your gene lines? Seems like alot of work to lose.
Not really. The greenhouses were actually the warmest places on the farm during the cold and power outages.
Charles
I was looking for IFG's Orginal video (Not the one made yesterday) and connt find in anywhere on his channel.
th-cam.com/video/1t8k7ERtqQQ/w-d-xo.html
@@voluntaryismistheanswer thanks but not the video. The video was before the recent storms and after Harvey so this would have been at least a year ago not his most recent video.
I will try to find it too (I meaning I'll ask Carl or Susie to find it) and post it.
Charles
are guppies a breed of fish or a size?
Guppies (Poecilia reticulata) is a species of livebearering fish. They have been selectively bred to produce a huge array of colors and fin types.
Charles
Seen your videos 3 years ago or something hope you keep showing use every step, seeing what's in ur tanks. are you going to clean up the sump area ?? Pleco fish poop to much lol sell some
Pleco’s have a important job in his system! They actually help keep the system cleaner by stirring up the gunk on the bottom of the vats. They also help with snail control. Everything has a purpose in the system. Get rid of one part and it will unbalance the system.
We plan to consistently post videos now that we've learned something about doing them.
We've netted out the sump areas. In Greenhouse 2 we'll be replacing the pump platforms soon.
The plecos do a lot of housekeeping for us. They the mulm stirred up allowing microorganisms to complete its breakdown.
Charles
Are you open to visitors?
Once we have completed inventorying survivors and rebuilding breeding colonies, we will allow visitors.
Charles
Will this create more cold resistant fish in the future?
I suspect the descendants of the survivors will be more cold tolerant.
Charles
I am actually trying to create a cold resistant variety of platy in my house right now.
I own 5 tanks, all platies.
They grow very slow, but they survive.
Good luck, you have a great company, i hope it survives.
Watched the video a bunch of times
Things continue to improve. Thank you for watching.
Charles
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Answer: February 26 2021
And the following days...
Charles
U definitely don't need to go to a gym!! ❤
I do get a lot of what I call passive exercise.
Charles