Goliad Farms, Inc.

Goliad Farms, Inc. Goliad Farms, Inc., is a freshwater tropical fish hatchery specializing in the intensive culture of tropical fish and other aquatic organisms and plants.
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Here's another Peacock Cichlid we have been working with. Charles shows the entire procedure for processing a set of vat...
07/03/2024

Here's another Peacock Cichlid we have been working with. Charles shows the entire procedure for processing a set of vats for a strain, in this case our Skyblue OB Peacocks.

Charles discusses the entire procedure for processing a strain of fish using our Skyblue OB Peacocks, including netting out the fish, sorting, selecting bree...

Here's a video about our Blue OB Dolphin Peacock cichlid strain that we are rebuilding after losing our best breeders in...
06/30/2024

Here's a video about our Blue OB Dolphin Peacock cichlid strain that we are rebuilding after losing our best breeders in the Texas Winter Storm and last year's horrible summer (120+ days of temperatures of at least 100F).

Charles discusses our Blue OB Dolphin peacock cichlid strain while selecting breeders.

04/20/2023

MEETING April 14th! Joined with CAS!

Bethany Church, at 7pm
4500 E Hampden Ave
Cherry Hills Village, CO 80113
Our next in May will be joined with CAS also. Back to normal in June.

Speaker Kevin Fehringer! on Water Quality
WARNING: THIS TALK IS FOR NERDS ONLY!

We will still have our normal virtual Bowl Show.
VIRTUAL BOWL SHOW (For paid club members)

Here are the new rules!
ALL OTHER BOWL SHOW RULES STILL APPLY.
1.) Fish must fill most the frame of the pictures or video (Not tank shots) And show both sides of the fish. Videos are not to be edited, other then the overall length of the video, which is no more than 1 minute long.
2.) Fish must BE YOURS, and the files must be made between the last meeting, and the current meeting.
3.) You must have owned the fish for AT LEAST 30 days, before submitting.
4.) Each specimen can only be submitted once a year.
5.) Your membership with the RMCA must be current.
6.) You must be PRESENT AT THE CURRENT MEETING TO WIN.
PLEASE SEND SUBMITIONS TO...
[email protected] by midnight Thursday before the meeting. Please give us your full name, the species of the fish, and for what category. This will give us time to put the entries together in a slide show that we will show at the beginning of the meeting, and another slide show with the winners at the end. All other Bowl Show Rules still apply.

APRIL BOWL SHOW

LAKE MALAWI – GROUP 1—HAPLOCHROMINES—Alticorpus, Aristochromis, Buccochromis, Caprichromis, Champsochromis, Chilotilapia, Copadichromis, Cyrtocara, Dimidiochromis, Exochochromis, Fossorochromis, Lethrinops, Lichnochromis, Mchenga, Mylochromis, Nimbochromis, Otopharynx, Placidichromis, Protomelas, Rhamphochromis, Sciaenochromis, Serranochromis, Stigmatochromis, Taeniolethrinops, Tramitichromis, Trematocranus, Tyrannochromis.

LAKE TANGANYIKA – GROUP 2—JULIDOCHROMIS, LAMPROLOGINES, SHELL-DWELLERS—Altolamprologus, Chalinochromis, exLamprologus, Julidochromis, Lamprologus, Lepidiolamprologus, Neolamprologus, Paleolamprologus, Telmatochromis, Variabilichromis.

OTHER AFRICAN/ASIAN CICHLIDS – GROUP 1—VICTORIA BASIN CICHLIDS—Allochromis, Astatoreochromis, Astatotilapia, Haplochromis, Lithochromis, Lufubuchromis, Mbipia, Neochromis, Oreochromis, Paralabidochromis, Platytaeniodus, Pseudocrenilabrus, Pundamilia, Pyxichromis, Unknown Furu

NEW WORLD CICHLIDS – GROUP 2—SOUTH AMERICAN CICHLIDS—Acarichthys, Acaronia, Aequidens, Andinoacara, Astronotus, Australoheros, Biotodoma, Bujurquina, Caquetaia, Chaetobranchopsis, Chaetobranchus, Chocoheros, Cichla, Cichlasoma, Crenicara, Crenicichla, Geophagus, Guianacara, Gymnogeophagus, Heroina, Heros, Hoplarchus, Hypselecara, Krobia, Kronoheros, Mazarunia, Mesoheros, Mesonauta, Pterophyllum, Retroculus, Rondonacara, Satanoperca, Symphysodon, Teleocichla, Uaru

OPEN - PLECOS AND OTHER SUCKER MOUTH CATFISH

Here is a video of our feral sump fish:
04/03/2023

Here is a video of our feral sump fish:

This is a look in the sump of greenhouse #1. The population has grown considerably since it's low point after the Texas Winter Storm in 2021.Goliad Farms Tr...

A video about an OB Peacock with discussion of keeping females with males in display aquaria. At the end of the video Ch...
03/11/2023

A video about an OB Peacock with discussion of keeping females with males in display aquaria. At the end of the video Charles gives a bonus discussion of sailfin molly genetics as he selects breeder mollies to place with the cichlids for polyculturing.

Charles discusses combining our Canary OB and Gold OB Peacocks into a single strain. He also lobbies against all male African cichlid aquariums. He conducts ...

Here's a neat livebearing fish, Xenotoca eiseni, from Mexico's central plateau.
03/07/2023

Here's a neat livebearing fish, Xenotoca eiseni, from Mexico's central plateau.

Charles discusses an interesting group of Goodeidae (non-Poeciliidae livebearers) from the central plateau of Mexico. In particular, he talks our aquarium st...

This is another strain of Peacock Cichlids we are working on. Charles discusses color genetics and s*x determination.
03/04/2023

This is another strain of Peacock Cichlids we are working on. Charles discusses color genetics and s*x determination.

Skyblue Peacock:This is a line of Peacock Cichlids Charles is working on. Like many of our Peacock strains, it has complicated genetics, which Charles discus...

03/02/2023
03/02/2023

February 26th, 2023 Swap Meet Registration Selling at GCCAs Swap Meet is a great way to reach hundreds of area hobbyists. Registration is on a first-come, first served basis. Scroll to bottom to...

Charles discusses the genetics and breeder selection for one of his favorite OB Peacock cichlid strains.
03/02/2023

Charles discusses the genetics and breeder selection for one of his favorite OB Peacock cichlid strains.

Charles selects breeder Skyblue OB Peacock breeders and discusses genetics of this strain.Goliad Farms Tropical Fish Hatchery

Here's a video about the unfortunate loss of a snake that is common on the farm.
10/15/2022

Here's a video about the unfortunate loss of a snake that is common on the farm.

Sadie, one of the granddaughters' dogs, mortally wounded a coral snake she found in their yard. Charles shows its injuries and gives some info about coral s...

Here's a video about two livebearer species we raise: Xiphophorus cortezi from Rio Coy Tambaque and Gambusia punctata, t...
09/25/2022

Here's a video about two livebearer species we raise: Xiphophorus cortezi from Rio Coy Tambaque and Gambusia punctata, the Blue-Eyed Cuban Mosquito Fish.

Charles discusses two livebearers, Xiphophorus cortezi from Rio Coy Tambaque and Gambusia punctata, the Blue-Eyed Cuban Mosquito Fish. The X. cortezi were al...

Here's a neat snake that lives and reproduces in our greenhouses. It can do so since it is a livebearer and doesn't have...
09/18/2022

Here's a neat snake that lives and reproduces in our greenhouses. It can do so since it is a livebearer and doesn't have to have soil in which to lay its eggs.

Charles videos and discusses a Texas Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus). This snake is a livebearer and readily reproduces in the greenhouses since it doesn'...

Here's an update on our Royal Blue Dolphin cichlid line. Also, Charles saves a sump fish from Stormy.
07/12/2022

Here's an update on our Royal Blue Dolphin cichlid line. Also, Charles saves a sump fish from Stormy.

Charles processes and discusses a strain of Peacocks he calls Royal Blue Dolphins. Royal Blue refers to the deep blue color of the males and Dolphin refers t...

Here's a video about a strain of Peacock Cichlids we developed long ago.
07/07/2022

Here's a video about a strain of Peacock Cichlids we developed long ago.

Charles discusses our Gold OB Peacock Cichlids while they are being processed at the end of a breeding cycle. He shows some very pretty female Peacocks and d...

Here's a large, beautiful cichlid from Lake Malawi Africa:
07/05/2022

Here's a large, beautiful cichlid from Lake Malawi Africa:

Nimbochromis venustus is a large Lake Malawi maternal mouth-brooding cichlid.Here's our previous video on this fish: https://youtu.be/AbMzui8iznEGoliad Farm...

Here's something a bit different:
07/02/2022

Here's something a bit different:

One of 4 species of tree frog on the farm.Goliad Farms Tropical Fish Hatchery

I show a pair of Aulonocara stuartgranti 'Flavescent'. I also talk about how we keep our water so clear even though we f...
06/25/2022

I show a pair of Aulonocara stuartgranti 'Flavescent'. I also talk about how we keep our water so clear even though we feed heavily by using plant filtration to prevent green water.

Aulonocara stuartgranti ‘Flavescent’, one of many geographic variants of the species.Goliad Farms Tropical Fish Hatchery

Here's a video about Fossorochromis rostratus, a large maternal mouthbrooding cichlid from Lake Malawi.
06/23/2022

Here's a video about Fossorochromis rostratus, a large maternal mouthbrooding cichlid from Lake Malawi.

Charles, after the Winter storm, is rebuilding the Fossorochromis rostratus breeding colony, showing how large this fish gets. There is an interruption to de...

06/21/2022

Skyblue/Red OB Peacock, a new aquarium strain of African Lake Malawi cichlids of hybrid origin. We polyculture these fish with Marble Sailfin Mollies. Charle...

This video deals with Skyblue/Red OB Peacocks polycultured with Marble Sailfin Mollies. For livebearer hobbyists, the Ma...
06/21/2022

This video deals with Skyblue/Red OB Peacocks polycultured with Marble Sailfin Mollies. For livebearer hobbyists, the Marble Sailfin Mollies start around at the four-minute mark.

Skyblue/Red OB Peacock, a new aquarium strain of African Lake Malawi cichlids of hybrid origin. We polyculture these fish with Marble Sailfin Mollies. Charle...

Here's a video about Gold Freckle Sailfin Mollies, one of the strains we saved from the one-two punch of Hurricane Harve...
06/19/2022

Here's a video about Gold Freckle Sailfin Mollies, one of the strains we saved from the one-two punch of Hurricane Harvey and the Texas Winter Storm. This is last year's video and we'll be doing an update soon.

Gold Freckle Sailfin Molly, a commercial (aquarium strain) molly of likely Poecilia velifera and P. latipinna heritage. This strain has a pedigree dating bac...

Here's a blog about an all-female molly species, Poecilia formosa, that I wrote a few years ago. Click on the photo to r...
02/10/2022

Here's a blog about an all-female molly species, Poecilia formosa, that I wrote a few years ago. Click on the photo to read the blog.

https://goliadfarms.com/poecilia-formosa-amazon-molly/

Photo: Two Poecilia formosa, Amazon mollies, collected from Coleto Creek at Highway US 77 in Victoria County, Texas.   December 12, 2017, four of us plus two German Shepherds went collecting on Coleto Creek in Victoria County, Texas (see my blogs: http://goliadfarms.com/coleto-creek-collecting-trip...

This is a video of a resident lizard on the farm, Anolis carolinensis, often called American Chameleon. This species is ...
02/03/2022

This is a video of a resident lizard on the farm, Anolis carolinensis, often called American Chameleon. This species is one of our most common lizards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9YvJNycy4E

Charles shows us an anolis that lives near the front door of their house.Goliad Farms Tropical Fish Hatchery

Here's a somewhat recent (not really) video about a color selection of a Lake Malawi cichlid species.https://www.youtube...
02/02/2022

Here's a somewhat recent (not really) video about a color selection of a Lake Malawi cichlid species.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZIQh_Yu6O0

Video originally recorded Sept. 2021Protomelas taeniolatus ‘Sunshine”, a color selection Charles has made from the species. This species is commonly known as...

Here's a short video on a Lake Malawi cichlid with an unusual color pattern and combination:https://www.youtube.com/watc...
11/29/2021

Here's a short video on a Lake Malawi cichlid with an unusual color pattern and combination:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT9t8PZ9xh8

Yellow Blaze (Otopharynx lithobates) a maternal mouthbrooding African Cichlid from Lake Malawi.Goliad Farms Tropical Fish Hatchery

This is a Peacock Cichlid color strain we've been working on. Unfortunately, we saved a small breeding colony from the T...
11/28/2021

This is a Peacock Cichlid color strain we've been working on. Unfortunately, we saved a small breeding colony from the Texas Winter Storm. They were set up for breeding back in July and are due to be processed soon. We'll post a video of how they did after the breeding colony is processed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv1QdERqHXo

We lost almost all of these fish during the Texas Winter Storm of 2021.Goliad Farms Tropical Fish Hatchery

For a change of pace, here is a video about some of the farm's wildlife (for Stormie's fans, she is featured).https://ww...
11/25/2021

For a change of pace, here is a video about some of the farm's wildlife (for Stormie's fans, she is featured).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR-ZY-TsMLk

Charles relocates a garden spider and points out other fauna.Goliad Farms Tropical Fish Hatchery

Here's a video about a nice Lake Malawi cichlid with a discussion of color genetics.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Y5...
11/25/2021

Here's a video about a nice Lake Malawi cichlid with a discussion of color genetics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Y5e-Optdw

Labeotropheus fuelleborni ‘Blue Marmalade’ a color selection of species with blue males and yellow/orange females. Charles discusses color genetics in this s...

This is an aquarium strain Lake Malawi maternal mouthbrooding cichlid that we've been working on since about 2009. The T...
11/23/2021

This is an aquarium strain Lake Malawi maternal mouthbrooding cichlid that we've been working on since about 2009. The Texas Winter Storm this last February set our breeding program back when we lost our breeders. These fish are part of our rebuilt breeding colony.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SMJ7cPRgdU

Royal Blue Dolphin Cichlid, an aquarium strain we developed. Charles discusses the strain’s origin and genetics.Goliad Farms Tropical Fish Hatchery

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