Hello everyone at Goliad Farms! Wow, I love the patterns on this species. Just beautiful. They sure are biggies!!

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

All the members of the genus Nimbochromis seems to get very large. We currently raise this species and its relative N. polystigma. Charles

I love these videos. Those were really impressive cichlids. Glad to hear your numbers are getting back to pre-winter storm levels.

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

It'll be next year before we are fully recovered, assuming we don't have a bad hurricane this year, but production is certainly improving. Charles

The coloration and mottled pattern makes for quite a striking looking fish. Well done Charles!

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

This fish does have an interesting, mottled pattern. Some people report that they pretend to be dead and rotting to attract small fish to eat. I've never witnessed that behavior. Charles

@danieltaylor757

2 жыл бұрын

AKA the giraffe cichlid...cool looking fish!

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

@@danieltaylor757 I've not seen that common name, but it seems appropriate. Charles

Been missing these videos 🔥🔥🔥

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

We have quite a few videos in queue. Things have been very hectic, and we are way behind on posting videos. We hope to post 2-3 a week now. Charles

Thank you Charles! Always a nice surprise to see an update video.

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

We will be posting many updates as we get our breeding colonies back up to full size and production. Charles

Lovely fish! Thanks!

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

It is pretty. Interestingly enough, some think the colors mimic a dead, decaying fish to attract food when they play dead by laying (or lying, I can't keep that straight) on their sides. I've never have seen that behavior, but it is reported in the wild. Charles

The pattern on these fish makes the females rather pleasant to look at as well, I like the fish with nice patterns.

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the females are also patterned unlike many Lake Malawi females. While their colors are muted compared to the males, they are still pretty. Charles

Thanks for the new video

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

We have videos in queue and hope to do at least three or four a week. Charles

Beautiful fish. The plants seem to be doing well in the greenhouse. 👍

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

Plants do great in the greenhouses, and they help us maintain zero ammonia and its metabolites. Charles

I Got 6 Of These Guy's. I Just Love Mine.

@goliadfarms7029

28 күн бұрын

They have a unique coloration. I'm doing some crosses in hopes of developing a Green OB Peacock. Charles

Awesome Beauties!!! 👍🏻

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

They are spectacular fish when mature. Large and beautiful. Charles

Awesome

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is an awesome, large fish. Charles

Great video!! Your channel seems really cool!! Just subbed too!!

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. We try to make our videos informative and to show some nice fish. Charles

Mine got huge. Love those fish.

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

They are impressively large. Our aquarium maintenance company customers like them for that reason. They are perfectly sized for the large aquaria they sell and maintain. Charles

That is good the algorithm is hungry 👍🏼

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

We will feed it! We have videos in queue. Charles

Love Nimbochromis venustus@

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

It is a very nice fish. I also like N. polystigma, but it is much less prolific than this fish. Charles

@williamblansett5786

2 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 when I worked for a fish importer, Southwest Tropical we received a group of Pollys, N. Polystigma about 5 or 6 inches. They would swim in a school even when I wasn't close to the tank. I enjoyed seeing them but their light portions were a light tan and the N. livingstoni which we had in a separate tank by himself except a few odd fish that were not part of a group, until he was sold was a bit smaller (maybe under 4") but the light portion was snow white.

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamblansett5786 We had N. livingstoni long time ago. Probably should get some again. Our N. venustus are very prolific, but N. polystigma isn't for some reason. I do like the brown spotting on the females. Charles

@williamblansett5786

2 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 Not in position to get any fish today maybe later. Thank you.

Oh I like those they’re lovely I like the spots. I still think my favourite are the China blue ones which I call white and blue they are stunning 🤩

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

The entire Nimbochromis genus has some very interesting color patterns. We currently only raise two Nimbochromis species, this one and N. polystigma. The species name means "many spotted." It's the females that show many, many tiny brown spots. Charles

That's the largest Dieffenbachia 'Rudolf Roehrs' I've ever seen. Nice fish.

@goliadfarms7029

28 күн бұрын

It was a ratty little plant that my mother's cats kept scratched up when I got it. It loves the warmth and humidity in the greenhouses. I think people under water them. Charles

@geoffbreen2386

28 күн бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 I grow it in my garden here in Australia, but it's a plant gone out of fashion. Plenty of new varieties of Dieffenbachia in the nursery trade now. This variety I've not seen sold for at least 30 years. Interestingly a lot of new varieties are imported into Australia as tissue culture flasks. From..... Florida.

I want a few of these!!

@goliadfarms7029

Жыл бұрын

They are large, impressive, and colorful fish, and we do sell them. Charles

Cool! I was wondering what Mark Hammell was up to after Star Wars

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

Yoda once said, "Go live with the fishies." I may have misunderstood his meaning. Charles

Great video Charles and all involved. I I have a pair of the venustus that beautifully coloured up and around the 6 inch mark but they have no interest in spawning. Should o add more females? Thanks Jim

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

I've always found it's best to have at least four females per male. A single female gets harassed too much by the male who thinks because she is nearby, she wants to mate. In nature, the females only approach the males when ready to spawn. Charles

Another outstanding fish with excellent color…. Video looks great as well. Did you get a new camera or was it just exceptionally sunny?

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

Same iphone camera, so maybe it was the sun. Charles

👏🤝

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite species of Lake Malawi cichlids. They are in high demand, but due to their large size, it takes a while to get the males colored up. Charles

I really liked the video. I kept venustus years ago and want to get a small group going again. I also have to German Shepherds like your dog! Where are you located?

@goliadfarms7029

Жыл бұрын

We are in Goliad County, Texas about 120 miles from Austin, 110 miles from San Antonio, 160 miles from Houston, and 80 miles from Corpus Christi. Charles

Hope you guys recover to full straight on all your specimens. Are this on your website yet?

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

We aren't listing this species yet, but probably will after the next breeding cycle (probably August or September) after we bring the breeding colony up to full size. Charles

those spiders scared me. moving to oklahoma from the far north never seen them. raking leaves and 1 was on the rake handle. Looked close and it jumped! Seem my soul leave my body for a second.

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

We have a lot of spiders, mostly native, but some are introduced. We accidentally brought a jumping spider with us when we moved here from Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2000. Charles

I still wonder why this man is wearing a tshirt and LONG PANTS in a greenhouse where it has to be a complete sous vide 😳

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

I guess I could go nude, but I don't think KZread or our viewers would approve. I sometimes wear shorts, but the long cotton pants keep my legs free of algae from the sides of the vats when working them. Charles

Is the shipping cheaper if im from Texas too?

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

Where are you in Texas? We allow site visits by appointment. Shipping is a loss for us. By the time we pay FedEx or UPS, buy boxes, bags, and oxygen the cost of shipping exceeds what we charge. Charles

i see u have what looks like the aquarium co op nets let me know what u think of them are they good bad or just average

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

I like them, but I need Susie to try them out. She's a lot pickier than I am. I'll have her use them starting tomorrow. Charles

I believe u deleted a video about swordtails. When will u upload again?

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

We haven't deleted any videos. Once you are on our KZread channel, try a search for "swordtail" and you'll find some. Sometimes, since we polyculture some swordtails with cichlids, the swordtails will be combined with a cichlid video, usually at the end of the video. Charles

@SAILSANDPLUMES

2 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 Looking forward to new videos about live-bearers!!

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

@@SAILSANDPLUMES We did a video today on Red Swords and some very large mollies. I don't know when that video will post since there are quite a few in front of it. Charles

@SAILSANDPLUMES

2 жыл бұрын

@@goliadfarms7029 I hope they post it earlier because majority of your recent uploads are about cichlids.

Just feeding the algorithm .

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Charles

You look like the dad from Jurassic park 3

@goliadfarms7029

Жыл бұрын

I haven't seen that movie, but I looked it up to see who played the father. It was William H. Macy. This isn't the first time I was told I resemble him, but it is usually related to the TV series Shameless. Charles

Show molly

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

We will be processing mollies soon and will show them too. Charles

Lost my big male to some sort of nasty cancer looking thing. He had it all over him

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

That does happen sometimes. Cancer often seems hereditary. We had a line of goldish-orange Sailfin Mollies that was prone to tumors. Charles

poor fishes..

@goliadfarms7029

2 жыл бұрын

Why do you they are poor fishes? Charles