I must say that the only thing I've thought when looking at your greenhouses: gosh that stunningly beautiful. It looks alive.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

The greenhouses are very alive and loaded with life that we placed their and life that colonized them on their own. Charles

@DM-py7pj

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. The greenhouses are absolutely beautiful and, more importantly, functional and there for the health of the fish.

@malagabee

2 жыл бұрын

It gets me every time when he says our females don’t spit😂. Perhaps because u strip em too late? I strip em at around 5 days of holding eggs and that’s beneficial to them in going back to eating and hold again in 30 days.

@kennethfarley8347

Жыл бұрын

@@malagabee We could only hope for the same! Wink wink

Your are experts in fish breeding. You raise beautiful fish. Your farm is beautiful. You can’t please everyone!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and I need to learn that! Charles

I imagine that when humans eventually reach other planets, if they have to build greenhouse ecosystems to sustain themselves, the people responsible for those will look, act and sound exactly like Charles. I doubt that there are more than a thousand people on Earth who have thought through, understand and most importantly cares about all the aspects a man-made aquatic ecosystem as well as he does. Charles was far more polite with his critics than they deserve.

@Lazy_Fish_Keeper

3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how many people allow their own fears dictate their own horrid behavior. He does an amazing job at refusing to get sucked into other people's trauma responses.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words. I too think the systems that will be necessary for us to colonize other planets or even orbiting stations will require people willing to do what works rather that what looks good. Charles

I think your place is amazingly tidy. Don't forget you are a wholesaler not an aquarium. I am proud of the job you and your partners do and so should you be. Your fish and plants are happy and healthy and that is the ultimate goal. Be careful about giving voice to the haters, they will take advantage of your honesty. You run a private business and have no obligation to address negative nellies.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comments. I try not to take negative comments personally. Emphasis on the "try." Charles

@kennethfarley8347

Жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 people just don't understand that a healthy ecosystem is a dirty ecosystem. Beneficial bacteria ain't pretty!

Charles I’m only six minutes into your video but felt I must pause to say you need not have to justify the condition of your operation. Your segments are a breath of fresh air and I’ve learnt so much from you. Please never stop making videos.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm trying to develop a thicker skin. Only a tiny fraction of our viewers seem offended by the appearance of our greenhouses. Charles

I love the natural aspect of your green houses. You have happy and beautiful fish of all kinds. It's my dream to have a green house as spectacular as yours one day!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

I hope you get to do that. If you need advice, don't hesitate to ask. It's free and worth at least that. Charles

Do yourself a big favor and stop reading the moronic comments. Just keep making awesome videos.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

That's good advice. Now we'll see if I can follow it. Charles

@dannpurvis

3 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 hahahaha I hear you. I had the same challenge with my commercial queen honeybee business. Thanks for putting it out there and please keep em coming. I am really interested in how you will redevelop your lines and hopefully seeing them as they progress.

Dont ever worry about if things look clean! Your fish are happy and all the algae and biofilm is part of your workforce helping keep the water clean and breaking down waste, the “dirty” bits are part of a healthy ecosystem, thank you for all you do! I love all your content!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. You are right, what some count as dirt is simply part of the ecosystem that has developed in the greenhouse. Charles

It's too bad you have to explain this to the few that have no sense! Your not going to make everyone happy. But I think I can say the majority love the algae, the bugs, snakes, and whatever else is going on in there! Oh the dirt! LoL. Thank you for sharing all that you do. Most of us really appreciate that you take the time out of your day to share your knowledge!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I probably need to develop a thicker skin. Charles

@sandramartin2713

3 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 hahaha good luck. I've not been able to achieve that! Mostly when I have to repeat myself again and again!

@Lazy_Fish_Keeper

3 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 Resmaa wrote a book, "My Grandmother's Hands" It has exercises to help build a thicker skin/muscle, and how to identify the fear / trauma response that causes other people to be rude. It's definitely helped me, exponentially.

Charles, please don't waste your time and energy thinking about those haters. They gonna hate no matter what. You are providing an ideal environment for the fish and that greenhouse is so beautiful. Nature is not always a clean freak

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Yes, nature is rarely tidy but that is what makes it fascinating. Charles

Don't worry about those few folks that obviously have no idea what goes into a business like yours. Because that's what it is . . . a business. It's a real, working, honest to goodness business. It's not a showcase in your living room or "fish room" for the purposes of videos on KZread. This is how you make your living. Besides, as long as the fish love it (which they obviously do) and they're healthy then who cares what it looks like?

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

We concentrate on raising lots of healthy fish. To do so with our staff requires doing only what is necessary to achieve that end. We do have a 120-gallon aquarium sitting empty in our office. It used to look really nice when we had an on-site employee who spent her non-working time maintaining it. Then she went and had twins and now has no spare time. Charles

I was one of those clean freaks when I first started my poor turtle and pair of Jack Dempsey's were always spotless. After my husband and I started breeding guppies both as a hobby and enrichment for the turtle and Dempsey's, soon realized I had healthier faster growing and faster breeding guppies with a tank full of mulm and healthy algae for them to snack on! Both my turtle and my Dempsey's are happy as can be and water changes have dropped significantly over the last few years. In an aquarium it's okay to clean the front facing glass for visibility leave the rest!

@aprilb5742

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful greenhouse!! Don't change a thing!

@Lazy_Fish_Keeper

3 жыл бұрын

If only people would follow the old German model that inspired Dr. Walstad: Try to emulate and learn from nature. Stop trying to dominate nature😔 Unfortunately, too many people are too disconnected to recognize the harm they are causing with their 'good intentions'

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I think hobbyists who want to raise fish would be well served by not being clean freaks. If you are just displaying fish, then clean to your heart's content except do not over clean your filters. Their dirt is what controls ammonia. Charles

Don't let the haters bother you no matter what some people are going to gripe about something. Keep up the good work 👍🏻

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I suppose that is true. I have been pleasantly surprised at the few negative comments we get since some of our techniques go against conventional aquarium wisdom and practice. Charles

@dingdong3021

3 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 wait you have a haters?

Its still sad what you guys went through but im definitely happy you started your channel and we get to know you better and your farm more then other youtubers videos

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. We are recovering from Hurricane Harvey and the 2021 Texas Winter Storm, but are keeping a close eye on the Gulf of Mexico where a disturbance might develop into a storm this week. We are rushing to install our new generator next weekend in preparation for this year's hurricane season. Charles

@thomasmeade4490

3 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 im shore im far from the only one but I wish you the best of luck and hope you will be missed by all the storms this year. you deserve a break you live my dream life and the things you do for the hobby are amazing if it wasn't for you and other farms i wouldn't have my home hobby and passion to care for fish so thank-you. so many people are so rude in this hobby now if you don't do it thear way Your doing it wrong or if your not (on thear level) but your cind and explain yourself and why you do it your way but iv never hurd you put anyone down for anything its refreshing honestly if I lived down there id be bugging you about a job weekly

I come here for the abundant amount of education you share and every Fred that you care for! Pretty sure the fish don't care one stinking bit about what the outside of the vats look like.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Not a single fish has complained to me about the state of the outside of their vat, so I have to think you are right. Charles

Your knowledge & the constant care have resulted in healthy, successful stock. The sump stock are an amazing site. Love your green houses alive & thriving. Thanks for sharing❣️

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words and for watching our videos. One of my favorite tasks is feeding because I get to look at the denizens of each vat, the floor gutters, and sumps. Charles

The green houses look like paradise to me

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

I especially like to wander through the greenhouses near dusk to watch the fish and listen to the tree frogs singing. It's a bit noisy, but very relaxing. Charles

The people complaining must not watch many of your videos. There is a reason you do things the way you do. 1, If you cleaned all the mulm, the babies wouldn't have available baby food. 2, I think the setup you have is extremely efficient. You don't have to vacuum bottoms or clean tanks, you don't have to worry about spilled water or a tank overflowing, so many things to save time.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Good points. There is a reason for everything we do or don't do. We've designed by trial and error our systems to be as maintenance free as possible to free us up to raise lots of quality fish. Charles

Don't worry about those negative people. I have a working fish room. It takes no time for it to look grimy and a whole weekend to clean. The fish don't care. U do u!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Our fish are happy and reproducing so I assume they don't care either. Charles

I say don’t worry about what one out of 100 folks have to say about your practices. You guys are extremely successful with your fish, and you keep thousands and thousands of fish in a way that nobody else does. You use the plant life, and the algae to take care of the toxins that are bad for the fish. I highly respect your processes, and can’t wait to order fish from you.🐠🦯

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I like how even things that I don't want to thrive do so...think duckweed. Here's a blog about an interesting critter that colonized our greenhouses: goliadfarms.com/bryozoan-to-be-or-not-to-be/ Charles

One out of 100 is pretty good Charles. Its impossible to please everyone. Thanks for all you do sir

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I am pleased that most people like we are doing. Charles

Seeing your greenhouse always made we wonder if I could have the same but smaller scale. I love the look of your greenhouse. To heck with the haters!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

You should do even a small one. A friend near Denver has a small geodesic dome greenhouse using recirculation to grow plants and fish. Charles

Most of us watch for the fish and to hear you share your expertise! Who cares what people think about the facility. Just keep being you! You’re building a nice following and we appreciate you! Carry on. 😎

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I guess I should get over being offended by cleanliness (or lack thereof) comments. Charles

Your green houses are amazing and at the end of the day you are breeding fish in them not preparing food. Your fish are all healthy so that should tell everyone you know what your doing so please keep making the video's they are fascinating and always fun to watch and full of information.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I need to remember that most people like what we do. Charles

Never mind those people that complain about algea and color of the barrels, do what your good at and they dont understand its an entire Ecosystem. I love all the work you do.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. We are good at raising lots of good fish, but not so good at spick-and-span housekeeping. That reminds me of a bumper sticker with a quote from once Texas Governor Ann Richards, "I don't want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a clean house.'" Charles

@rickneck2857

3 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 HAHAHAHAHA, Great Job

I love your greenhouses. They appear harmonious to me, sound like a private river. I don’t notice in nature people scampering about with toothbrushes for every rock on behalf of fish. Maybe I would be concerned if your critters were thin or diseased, parasite ridden or malformed, but they aren’t, apparently. You have a working system, not a zoo park. I wouldn’t do my laundry in there, but neither would I feel contaminated if I fell in the sump. My opinion.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I like the "private river," especially since while I was just feeding a while ago I watched the water flowing down the floor gutter to the sump and thought, "It's like a river." Our fish are happy I think. They get to live mostly natural lives, successfully reproducing and interacting with tank mates without human manipulation. Charles

Great information! Thank you so much for taking the time to share this with us.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching our videos. Charles

You don’t need to clean up the place is perfectly fine I like all the trees the plants and the animals and that’s all I look for🤗

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. That's good because we wouldn't have time to raise fish if we kept things spic-and-span. Charles

Appreciate you taking the time to show the whole process from selection, setting up the vat, and stocking the vat. :)

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

We'll try to do more of that. I thought showing that might be boring, but it is what we do. Charles

@Crftbt

3 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 would love to see more! I imagine you've done it enough times that there isn't a whole lot new to you, but it's fascinating for us to see!

No substitute for experience. Takes true grit and unparalleled passion to run a farm of this capacity. Thank you for sharing.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, and thank you for watching our videos. It's especially important when working on improving a strain to have experience with the strain while also understanding the underlying genetics. Charles

You never cease to entertain and Teach!! I've learned much from you so far, and who says you can't teach an old dog,(man), new tricks. 🤣 👍

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I do learn eventually, usually the hard way. Charles

I've been to a lot of rivers, streams, lakes, oceans and I've never seen one spotless. There's always algae, dirt, leaves.... I don't understand why people think everything needs to be scrubbed down. It's nature. I think you are doing an awesome job.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Nature does seem to be a bit messy and that mess is part of a healthy ecosystem. Charles

I have been very near to Goliad as recently as this weekend on my way to Laredo. Your setup is awesome!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

We hope to be allowing visitors starting later this year. Were you taking US 59 to Laredo? We've made that trip several times in the last few months to stock fish in a very large aquarium at Laredo's water treatment plant. Charles

Charles and Suzi, why would anyone would say such hurtful things about your farm? It looks great, especially after the awful devastation you went through just 4 months ago. I don't know how the two of you (and Stormy) manage to get everything done!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I think we do a great job at raising lots of nice fish. We are recovering and have just begun to process some of the earlier breeding colonies that were set up starting in late February. The results are encouraging with lots of fry. Charles

Don’t worry about what people say. They don’t have to watch you. Just ignore and keep going. You all work very, very hard it is very obvious by watching your videos. Your life revolves around your work and family and that is what matters. Keep on doing what you do. I’m loving watching your videos.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. We love what we do. Charles

Mr. Goliad dont listen to the haters on your greenhouse. I am a farmer (poultry and bees) and I am the fish expert at my Local Fish store and if there is anything I have learned is that if it isnt hurting the animals it aint worth the time. It's better to spend time managing, caring and improving the environment for the livestock then making sure there aint no dust. I love your videos and learning what i can, I am getting ready to set up a little breeding program for the store i work at so watching you is invaluable to me so thank you very much.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind comments. Nature is messy and not very neat, but that messiness leads to production of lots of good organisms, such as fish, poultry, and bees. By the way, I used to have 25 hives here, but maintaining gentle bees with a robust Africanized bee wild population got to be too difficult. Charles

Sometimes you start with breeding groups smaller than my own--and I only have 6 small tanks in my bedroom and koi in a raised swimming pool! The exponential growth that you experience as a commercial breeder under proper conditions and pristine water is a real lesson in understanding reproductive scale!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

We try to start with large breeding colonies but are having to work with what survived the 2021 Texas Winter Storm. Carl just installed a large above ground pool for his family. I suggested that it would be good for raising fish. Our grandbrats rolled their eyes. Charles

Awesome video... don't listen to people and there non understanding of your place..it's clean enough. I see excellent procedure of all you do. Keep up the great job!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. We operate with a lean staff and only do what is necessary for the fish to thrive. Charles

Absolutely lovely greenhouse fishfarm . I just love watching your videos because of the knowledge you spread and the quality of the fishes you breed. Thank you for sharing. 👍 Stefan, Sweden 🇸🇪

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. We try to entertaining while providing information. Charles

Your doing a great job! Inspirational! For every few negative comments there are hundreds of positive ones... carry on doing what you are doing! Aquarium Co Op directed me here a few years ago after his visit 🙂

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. Cory at Aquarium Co-op has been a huge help. I hope to get them back down for a follow up showing off our recovery Charles

I love watching your videos. Thank you for the wonderful videos of your fish farm and btw your dogs are adorable. They always seem to have their noses on everything you do. Such a joy to watch.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching our videos. Oso and Maya are intensely curious about anything we are doing. Part of that is they love sushi and get to eat any fatalities. Charles

Whoever is saying to "clean" the greenhouse doesn't understand this setup and situation. Maybe they might figure it out at some point.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

I guess, but maybe they are coming from the aspect of having a single ten-gallon tank in their living room. Charles

@Crftbt

3 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 I died >_

@Lazy_Fish_Keeper

3 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 I suspect that is accurate. So many people think that they are an individual who happens to live on earth... instead of realizing that we **are** the earth. Whatever we do to the earth and the water, we do to ourselves. Ongoing, generational trauma has created the misconception that "this is just how humans are" instead of "wow, traumatized people really struggle to maintain their humanity". Your rants are a reminder that we don't *have* to live this way. We actually are capable (and healthier) to make decisions by centering working *with* nature and centering the land. Thank you for being environmentally ethical.

I've been on and off in the hobby for about 45 years, and I even have a university degree in a related subject. I absolutely love your set-up, and I have no doubt that the natural, low-tech approach to fish breeding will come to dominate over the expensive, technology-laden, highly labour-intensive and water-wasting laboratory-style approaches we see elsewhere. The idea that a tank needs to be "clean" for fish to breed is deeply misguided. It should be dirty as hell, with great water quality. I'm working on some experiments now in your vein, but much smaller scale. Thanks for showing the way.

@goliadfarms7029

28 күн бұрын

I wholeheartedly agree. There are no clean natural habitats. Charles

Love the ecosystem you have created, everything is very well thought out…looks like you’ve started to recover from the winter storm. Good Fish Keeping 😎

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

We are recovering. Our breeding colonies are being expanded. The systems have evolved as we discover what works and what doesn't. Also, we continue to simplify our operations to cease unnecessary work. Charles

Anyone saying to clean up and that it’s “dirty” obviously isn’t in to this kinda stuff and are just trolling

@charlie_moorcroft

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

I realize that now. I'll try to be a less easy target. Charles

I like to see the natural environment. I love your greenhouses they are neat for what you need and work for your breeding stock it's not indoor. I hate when people say negative stuff to people online when they aren't doing nothing. Thank you love your videos

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comments, and thank you for watching our videos. We try to work with nature, not against it. Charles

Your greenhouse is amazing and super clean for me. I used to have fisch room with above 100 aquariums and sometimes it looked much much worse then in your case. So keep up, you are doing great work!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Hobbyists with as many tanks as you had can understand the need to let non-essential cleaning go. Charles

I never noticed any dirt! Just nice fish and plants in a neat greenhouse

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Well, there is dirt, but it's not dirty dirt! Thank you, Charlees

Another amazing video. Thank you for your work and information. Have you ever tried angelfish in this style setup?

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

We used to get small angelfish from a friend in Houston and grew them out in our systems. They did very well. Long ago I spawned angels and am thinking of doing so again. I've started looking for offspring from pairs that successfully reared their fry since I don't like artificial incubation. Charles

@bustermichaels

3 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 Thank you Charles. Can I ask if you group bred in your stock tub vats or just single pairs in a tub?

Doesn't matter what it looks like boss. The fish speak for themselves. They are truly stunning. I wouldn't let people in a KZread comment section have a say in the way you run your fish breeding operation. Cory of aquarium co op believes you are very important for the hobby and so do i. Keep it up 👍

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind comments. Cory has been a great help to us. I hope to get him back down to show our recovery. Also, I plan to collect some native killies and mollies at a nearby stream. I think Cory would enjoy that. Charles

@waderyall9915

3 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 I really appreciate you replying, I really enjoy watching your content thank you for all you do

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

@@waderyall9915 Thank you for watching our videos. Charles

Did you ever read the Wikipedia entry about the wolves and moose on Isle Royale? It came to mind when you mentioned keeping feeder guppies together with the cichlids. In the absence of any safe shelters for the guppies, I'm guessing that their numbers would steadily decline until they were all gone. I just read this in the Wikipedia entry for guppies... "Schooling is more favored by evolution in populations of guppies under high predation pressure, exerted either by predator type or predator density.[35] Coloration of guppies also evolves differentially in response to predation. Male guppies that are brighter in color have an advantage in mating as they attract more females in general, but they have a higher risk of being noticed by predators than duller males. Male guppies evolve to be more dull in color and have fewer, smaller spots under intense predation both in wild and in laboratory settings.[36] Female guppies in a high-predation environment also evolve to prefer brightly colored males less, often rejecting them." That last part runs counter to the handicap principle, which is the theory that showiness in males, such as peacocks, is an honest (trustworthy) signal of fitness, given that they can avoid predation despite attracting more attention from predators. I'm really looking forward to your video about the McCauley Springs guppies! In Afghanistan I took a pic of what I'm guessing were guppies in rapidly dwindling puddles in drainage ditches. The fish barely moved at all, it was fascinating. It inspired me to put a couple guppies from the LA River into the relatively large tanks of my bromeliads in order for them to eat the mosquito larvae. The fish survived for a few months, until some snail bait fell into the tanks. I no longer use any unnatural means for pest control. Not sure if this is a silly question, but all else being equal, do you wish all your vats were see-through? I'm most excited about your Vanilla!! I have a small Vanilla chamissonis happily growing in pure pumice with the drainage holes an inch from the bottom. If I lived near you I'd love to be your plant guy!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

I have read the same study. A friend of ours, Dr. Caitlin Gabor at Texas State University, studies mollies, specifically Amazon mollies (Poecilia formosa) and the males of two species that mate with those mollies. Amazon mollies are all females. They mate with either P. latipinna or P. mexicana males, but the sperm contributes no DNA to the embryos. The offspring are all clones of the P. formosa mother. Dr. Gabor found that males from populations that haven't been exposed to P. formosa actually prefer the P. formosa females over their own. But in populations that have a long history with P. formosa, males don't have that preference. While sperm is cheap for a male to produce, having flashy colors and fins make them easy marks for predators when they are courting. Males can afford that risk if their genes are being passed on, but can't if the courtship doesn't lead to their own offspring. That's an interesting use of natural control for your bromeliads. We place Gambusia affinis in all our outdoor water troughs for mosquito control. It would be interesting if the tanks were transparent. One thing I've noticed is that when our fish are transferred to aquaria they are very shy for a couple of days until they get used to being able to see long distances. Our tiny Vanilla plant had several new leaves and air roots. Charles

A self sustaining ecosystem that looks great! The so called dirty looks adds to the beauty of how nature takes over.

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

Nature definitely takes over! The greenhouses have been colonized by many invertebrates and some vertebrates. By the way, our Diamondback Water Snake population seems to be recovering after it was almost wiped out by raccoons that got access to the greenhouses after damage by Hurricane Harvey. Charles

Don't worry about what people think you guys have a lot going on.the algae and mulm is great for all the babies you all make. Keep up the good jobs.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. We concentrate on what is good for the fish, not for esthetics. Charles

It's never looked dirty or whatever to me. People are so dumb. Nature knows best and obviously yall do too. Absolutely love what yall do. Beautiful fish.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It's lot easier and more productive to work with nature than to have a sterile facility. Charles

Nature is dirty. People need to understand that and get over it. Keep doing exactly what you do guys!

@VacFink

3 жыл бұрын

Agree, if those bins were made out of stone nobody would think anything but 'natural'. Its the clean plastic that's out of place. I'm honestly happy to see nature erasing that part of it. All of that 'grime' is part of the hard working ecosystem.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I need to develop a thicker skin so I don't take those comments to heart. Charles

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Stone bins? That sounds very interesting, but also very heavy. I get your point. Charles

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. Charles

Buddy I would not worry about 1 or 2 comments I've got about 40 tanks 😉and my fishroom is a working fishroom not for show or others perception of what Clean should be your doing an excellent job keep up the great work buddy everything looks great Coopers Cichlid's

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. The more fish you raise the less time you have for unnecessary esthetics. The important thing is the fish. Charles

@COOPERSCICHILDS

3 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 understood thank you

i think what you're doing is awesome and looks great!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and thank you for watching our videos. Charles

You guys are great, I think your greenhouses look awesome!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I like them and find them very relaxing especially as dark approaches. and nighttime stuff live tree frogs get active. The fish seem to like a late evening snack as well. Charles

Your rants are very well mannered. I know what I would have said. 🤣. Thanks Suzi and Charles

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. We've thought about doing livestreaming of us working in the greenhouses, but I learned cuss words in three languages from my grandfather. At least with videos Carl could edit those out. Charles

@caewalker9276

3 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

Dont worry what people say. No one cleans the nature where these fish come from I love your fish farm I hope one day to build a farm like yours

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. When you decide to build your farm, don't hesitate to ask for design tips. Charles

@mohamedfaiqhamid5830

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. Im from south africa 🇿🇦

I look forward to your videos. Thanks

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching them. Charles

Good video, lots of good information. Thank you.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. We try to be educational and entertaining. Charles

Magical place!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I really enjoy working in the greenhouses. I especially like checking things at dusk. The tree frogs are singing and nighttime bugs are emerging. Charles

My dad grew vanilla orchids and actually made his own vanilla. Pollinating the flowers is hit with r miss at best. You have to do it at night, and the flower is only able to be pollinated in 2-4 hour window, if I remember correctly.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting. At the rate this plant is growing we might get rich in a couple of centuries. We have a lot of moths that could do pollination at night. Charles

Trolls are just miserable keyboard warriors that are probably afraid of their own shadow and inferior in what they set out to accomplish. Happy healthy fish in an smart and sound ecosystem. What more could one ask for, You do nice work!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Judging from how well our fish do, I think we are doing a good job despite the less than spic-and-span conditions. Charles

Would love to see what you could recover from the floor and sump, round them all up and sort in one go. I don’t expect to see it any time soon though you have enough to do already👍

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

We are tentatively planning a fall roundup of sump fish. Charles

You breed fish, you guys do amazing video, with great information. It doesnt need to be pretty some people just wont say anything's nice regardless how you do things. Keep up the great content

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and thank you for watching our videos. Charles

Your farm is amazing Charles! Really an inspiration. I could say that is the best of all the KZread farms! Could you make a video explaining your feeding routine?

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I will do a feeding video including feeding the feral sump and gutter fish. Charles

Don't worry about what one out of 200 or 300 people think. We all really enjoy learning from the video's. Tell them next time to go sweep the Amazon! 😆

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Good retort! We learned to live with nature rather than fight it. Surfaces in lakes and streams aren't spotless. Also, algae and moss help with water quality. Charles

great vid

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. Charles

Keep up your most excellent work. Forget those comments, you have a wonderfully natural system not some sterile stainless soul-less factory. A system, that while it cannot be completely in nature's voice,(her voice is her own) it does sing in harmony with it. " In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect." -Alice Walker

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Very nice quote, I'll have to remember it. I don't see anything to be gained to fight nature, especially because aiming for a sterile facade would take time away from raising fish. Charles

Dude LOOK AT UR SHIRT! ur doing 100%!!!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

I probably should hose down with water to make the shirts look like they are supposed to be dark gray and people wouldn't notice the sweat! Charles

Nice bro.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Charles

dont you listen to the haters!!you have a incredible farm

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Our fish seem to like their environment judging from their reproduction. Charles

you don't need to clean anyways especially the dirt and all the algae is for the most part beneficial as Cory said its extremely naturalistic and in my opinion beneficial for the plants and fish

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. The algae especially and the mulm in the vats are very beneficial. Sterile systems don't produce the numbers of fish that we do. Charles

@rayquatics23

3 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 i notice in all my most successful systems always have Algee or mulm really helps mimic nature

You need to make Stormy "full time" w/ benefits and paid vacation!!!!! C'mon Charles?!! LoL

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Stormy so far only wants to work part time. I'm sure she'd like the paid vacation part. Charles

@Stormy-xp2vi

3 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 I wouldn't mind working full time in the summer when I dont have college. Lol. But paid vacation sounds good to me😂😂😂

I have some stock tanks outdoors that I raise fish in. People will occasionally give me a hard time because I don't do water changes except when it rains or use filters and heaters. The only cleaning I do is removing excess algae or plants. I mostly just ignore them.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Good for you! Plants, sunlight, and mulm are great water conditioners. Charles

It is an ecosystem greenhouse... healthy ecosystems are not 'clean and tidy'. Ignore the clueless people and keep doing what works best for you. :)

@KylaPlumlee

3 жыл бұрын

Right!? I’d kill for his amazing setup. I mean even with the horror tragedy that happens with the freeze so many of his fish survived because of his system!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Tidy seems to work only in simple, uninteresting situations. At least, that is my defense. Charles

Merch? Tshirts???? THAT would be awesome! I would totally buy 2 plus sized women's T shirts and possibly a keychain or big mug. If you use one of the merchandise sites, you only get a little cut, but everything adds up. Sell them off of your website and you get a huge cut! Plus we go to your website.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Carl and Susie met about merchandize last night and plan to begin offering some on our website. Charles

to be honest I only keep aquariums and i dont clean them much, my fish look amazing and the aquaria dont even look bad at all.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

I think some hobbyists overclean their tanks and especially their filters. The test of whether you are a good fish keeper is the health of your fish, not the appearance of the tank. Charles

@Exquailibur

3 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 I personally don't strive to have a "clean" tank because ive never seen a lake without some kind mulm, and the fast flowing rivers just have it washed downstream. ultimately it only does good for the aquarium.

Charles at some later video can you go into a little detail about the liner you use? what type of liner, how long you expect it to last, maintenance on it if any, etc. Good Fish 🐠 Keeping 😎

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

I plan to do another "walk-through" video and I'll discuss the liners. Charles

👌👌👌❤❤❤

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. Charles

Well you can upgrade if you like but it just looks great it has a lively look to it and it supports more life than just fish if you clean it anymore I would miss out on so much the extra life I get to see 😔

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Very good point. By the way, we have a bunch of new toadlets in Greenhouse 2. They do well on the walkways with their coatings of algae and moss. Really clean walkways wouldn't be nearly as useful to the toads. I think the little toads are offspring of Fred the Toad. We filmed a video of one little toad a couple days ago. Carl will post it soon. Charles

You people are the Best don't main the rest.

@goliadfarms7029

28 күн бұрын

Thank you. We take the bad with the mostly good. Charles

People that aren't doing anything have the most complaints. I love the greenhouse. I wonder whether you capture rain water and how you manage all that water

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. We do capture rainwater in vats from runoff from our warehouse roof. Currently we only use to keep Axolotls which are reputed to need soft, neutral water. We've used it in the past to raise soft water egg layers. We keep the adults in our system water (very hard and alkaline), but spawn them in the rainwater. Once the eggs hatch, we transfer the fry to our system water. We've found that even soft water fish grow better in hard water. Charles

@DeeFromBrooklyn

3 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 interesting because most fish I've struggled with bred well in the outdoor tubs using rain water. Have you ever tried species like killifish?

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@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank your for watching. Charles

Sr, please don't give the people complaining about cleaning up your green house any of your time. They're like kids, if you give them attention when they complain they'll keep complaining just for your attention. Just keep pointing out the positive comments that you enjoy reading and others will comment positive comments hoping you'll shout them out next ;) Monkey see Monkey do!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

I do need to develop a thicker skin and not let them get to me. Charles

I am shocked anyone sees dirty and algae as a problem; Have they ever been in nature? Nice tip on the craft wire, I know a few places to could use that.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, nature can be a bit messy, but also very productive if you let it. Susie came up with the craft wire idea when I complained about the wire we were using. Craft wire doesn't corrode and remains pliable. Charles

Sweetie don't be worrying about the complainers they have no idea.

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I need to get thicker skin I guess. Charles

Have you ever collected the ferals that live between the vats? I'm curious about the hybrids and mutations that could arise from that!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

We have collected them. We have aquarium maintenance customers who want them. And we have used some of them in breeding programs. Our Dolphin Peacock lines originated with a male captured from Greenhouse 1 sump. Just a couple of days ago I caught a male sailfin molly from Greenhouse 1 floor gutters. I had been watching him for a couple of weeks. There is a short video of him coming up. There are other fish I've considered capturing and using too. One thing we never do is use a floor gutter or sump fish in pure species breeding colonies. No matter how similar a feral fish may look to a pure species, you can't be certain of its parentage. Charles

Fascinating video as always. I'm curious: by 'feeder guppies', do you mean that the fish eat the guppies, or they eat the guppy fry?

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

They are called feeder guppies since our wholesale customers buy them as feeders for large fish. I'm sure our cichlids eat some fry and probably some adults, but despite that the guppies do fine with the cichlids. Charles

Good evening, is it possible for you to show us how you feed the fish? Do you feed the fish in the sump? How heavy do you feed etc, all the best, I really enjoy the content!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

I will do a feeding video, probably an evening one since the fish seem more active then. According to Susie, wife and business manager, I way overfeed; but I can do that without water quality issues due to our robust plant filtration. Charles

Are these complainers volunteering? A volunteer clean up crew could work. LOL

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

LOL...good point! Charles

Always enjoy watching! I'm why you want to discourage snails. Do they eat eggs or something??

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

The biggest issue with snails for us is when they overpopulate and make it difficult to sort fish. Susie doesn't like sorting small fish out from hundreds of snails. Also, if there are lots of snails, especially the large Mystery Snails, the fish can get scale damage from the shells when we are netting the fish. Snails will eat eggs, but most of what we currently raise are either mouthbrooding cichlids or livebearers, to that isn't a problem. Charles

@ezwaters5847

3 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 thanks for the insight. I've been wondering wether or not to introduce trumpet snails into some dirted tanks. They're good for the substrate but I'm concerned they might disrupt egg layers so have been avoiding.

I need the Macaulay springs gupps !!!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

We got a few on our trip to McCauley Springs. There is a video of that expedition coming. We should have some available in the fall. Charles

I'll bet that the humidity in those greenhouses is just atrocious in the summer time. Sweat sweat and sweat some more

@goliadfarms7029

Жыл бұрын

100% humidity and very hot temperatures. You do get used to it. Most of our summertime work is done before noon. Charles

Do you catch the sump fish? That would be a great video

@cheryltemple7188

3 жыл бұрын

I believe he did say recently that they will be working on the sump fish as well.😁Cant wait for that!!

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

We'll do that soon! Charles

I want to ask sir, what are the cages used for? Tank

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

The cages provide refuge for fry. Fry can go through the mesh to escape larger fish. Charles

I really like your t shirt, do you guys sell them?

@goliadfarms7029

3 жыл бұрын

Well...Susie and Carl are supposed to be setting a merchandize page on our website (goliadfarms.com/) to sell them. But somehow that has yet to occur. Charles