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.

Charles discusses our Skyblue OB Peacocks and very large Red Tuxedo Swordtails.
02/04/2025

Charles discusses our Skyblue OB Peacocks and very large Red Tuxedo Swordtails.

Charles chooses breeders of Skyblue OB Peacocks and Red Tuxedo Swordtails. These two varieties are poly-cultured in the same 300-gallon vat.

Charles talks about an unusual mutation found in our greenhouse resident Bullfrog population.
01/27/2025

Charles talks about an unusual mutation found in our greenhouse resident Bullfrog population.

In a short series of videos Charles discusses our resident greenhouse bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) and their recent spawning. He highlights a light-bo...

Here's a livebearer Charles has been working on:
12/24/2024

Here's a livebearer Charles has been working on:

Charles discusses his creation of a HiFin Marigold Variatus from crossing our Marigold Maculatus to HiFin Sunset Variatus lines. He covers some of the geneti...

Here's video of a Peacock Cichlid strain Charles has been working on:
11/02/2024

Here's video of a Peacock Cichlid strain Charles has been working on:

Charles discusses the complicated genetics of this fish, including OB, gold, and pastel characteristics. While he promised a whiteboard genetics session, tha...

Here's a video about a nice variatus platy that we raise.
10/24/2024

Here's a video about a nice variatus platy that we raise.

Charles discusses the genus Xiphophorus and its aquarium strain hybrids. As he selects breeders for this strain, he also talks about the genetics of blue and...

Here's another beautiful OB Peacock:
10/01/2024

Here's another beautiful OB Peacock:

Charles selects breeders and discusses what he looks for in this fish. On one male, he is outvoted by what he refers to as "people with extra X-chromosomes" ...

Charles discusses annoying raccoons.
09/28/2024

Charles discusses annoying raccoons.

Raccoons love the greenhouses, but they can cause lots of damage. Charles shows how we trap and relocate them when they get too pesky.

Charles talks about an old Peacock strain from the 1970s, German Red Peacock.
09/21/2024

Charles talks about an old Peacock strain from the 1970s, German Red Peacock.

This is a long-time aquarium strain African cichlid originally from Lake Malawi. This fish showed up in fish stores in the mid-1970s. It's obviously an Aulon...

Here's a video about one of our sailfin molly strains we are working to restore after the Texas Winter Storm disaster.
09/18/2024

Here's a video about one of our sailfin molly strains we are working to restore after the Texas Winter Storm disaster.

Charles discusses breeder selection as we rebuild our Sailfin Molly stocks after the Texas Winter Storm followed by the hottest summer we've had. Both events...

This is a Lake Malawi cichlid with and interesting color pattern and a mutation thereof:
09/16/2024

This is a Lake Malawi cichlid with and interesting color pattern and a mutation thereof:

Charles selects breeders for this Lake Malawi cichlid. He also discusses a color mutation of this species, leucistic which in this fish prevents placement of...

We recently processed an interesting genetically complex Peacock, Skyblue Red OB. Charles discusses breeder selection an...
09/03/2024

We recently processed an interesting genetically complex Peacock, Skyblue Red OB. Charles discusses breeder selection and discusses the strain's genetics including a whiteboard genetics presentation.

Charles discusses what he looks for in breeders for our Skyblue Red OB Peacock strain. After the portion of the video in the greenhouse, Charles does a white...

08/30/2024

SCUDS AVAILABLE!
For those who have been waiting, we have completed a massive order and out cultures have recovered.

Charles relocates a wasp nest. Video includes an unexpected mishap. Cussing has been edited out.
08/19/2024

Charles relocates a wasp nest. Video includes an unexpected mishap. Cussing has been edited out.

Charles demonstrates how he moves a wasp nest out of harm's way.

Here's a video about raising our Blue OB Peacocks, some very large Red Swordtails, and some Bullfrog tadpoles.
08/09/2024

Here's a video about raising our Blue OB Peacocks, some very large Red Swordtails, and some Bullfrog tadpoles.

Charles selects Blue OB Peacock breeders. He also discusses successfully polyculturing large Red Swordtails with the Peacocks. Charles shows off the surprise...

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.

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8497 Fm 622
Goliad, TX
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