Been eyeballing your shop so I can catch when some mollies are for sale. Some of my favorite fish to watch in the tank. Breeding them is also tons of fun. Keep up the good work I love these videos
I NEVER GET TIRED of watching your videos, its always interesting and knowledgeable...Looking forward for your next one, I wonder what species you gonna do next...Have a bless day ❤
Thank you for watching. We plan to do two long walk-through videos discussing the systems, plants, fish, polyculture, etc. Those should be filmed after I return from the AKA/ALA convention in Kalamazoo this coming weekend. I just checked. Our next video will post Friday and is about a cichlid, Aulonocara stuartgranti 'Chiloelo'. Charles
Sailfin mollies are spectacular fish. I can't wait to get our mollies back into full production and restore the strains that we lost in the Texas Winter Storm. Charles
That is Poecilia velifera. Yes, we had some very nice ones, but the Texas Winter Storm killed all of them. I hope to pick up some new stock at the AKA/ALA convention in Kalamazoo this next weekend. Charles
I just found your channel and i find your fish beautiful. Wish i could find these beautiful big fish here in Eastern Europe! I am looking forward to see your molly and swordtail breeding, i am a big fan of those fish.
We will be making some new livebearer videos soon. I find it interesting that much of the killifish breeding is being done as cottage industries in Eastern Europe. Charles
They're beautiful! Thank you for showing us! I put a couple old tubs on my porch a week ago that recirculate, added some rotala rotundifolia and duckweed, and I cut some stems of mint and held them to the sides with suction cups. They're still looking a little sad, but they've got roots 2" long now! I'm curious to see if the mint will grow at least half as well in water as it does in the ground.
Thank you. We lost most of our mollies during the Texas Winter Storm and its aftermath (high ammonia due to all the dead fish}. We're working on recreating some of the strains, collecting some wild mollies, and acquiring what we can't recreate or collect. Charles
When I was a kid I would catch Green Sailfin Mollies for one of my aquariums in a creek near my house. The males and females were Big and the males were pretty and dark in color.
Those were probably Poecilia latipinna, our native molly, unless you are in Florida where other molly species like P. velifera have gotten established. Charles
Thank you. Mollies are my favorites. I plan on collecting some Poecilia latipinna the first Saturday of June when Texas has a Free Fishing Day and a license isn't required. I usually have a license but, since there is some strange expiration date, I'm waiting to get one after January 1st. Charles
Charles, I have one male and 4 females I caught in a creek near Houston in march. there was a 5th female but she gave birth to about 35 fry and died a week after I caught them. I have them in a 110 gallon tub with a bunch of texas honey rock and lots of plants. there is also a 40 gallon overhead sump . other than the mollies there are 4 dojo loaches and 1 bristle nose pleco baby in the tub. they have not had any more fry since the one that time back in march. I've never had mollies before so I don't know how often the should be having babies. my guppies and platies seem to have them about every 30 days or so. any advice you could give me on what I could do to get more fry from them ? my well water is very soft and acidic , this is why I have the holey rock in with them , it puts the PH at about 8 anybody that has advice I am happy to hear from.
Your mollies are likely Poecilia latipinna, our native sailfin molly. That species has a winter breeding diapause caused by short day length. Females cease dropping fry from November to March. They normally drop fry about every 28 days, but if the water temperatures are low, that will extend the time between batches of fry. What has been your water temperature? Where are you? There is almost no soft, acidic well water in coastal Texas. Your pH is good for mollies, although P. latipinna is more tolerant of low pHs than most mollies. Are you sure your male is still alive? The females don't store sperm over the winter diapause and require mating in the early spring to produce fry again. Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 I'm north of Nacogdoches about 135 miles north of Houston . the tub they're in is inside my house but in a room I do not air condition, kind of an inclosed garage , the water temp is about 77 right now but it was about 60 when I put them in it. and yes the mail is alive a really pretty . I have a 4 foot led light hanging above e the tub to help grow the plants and the tub is also under a westward facing skylight .
Hope the cold snap during the winter did not give you any serious problems? As in power outages. Or water issues. At least the fish houses stood up without any failures. As ever your multi layer methods, as in using guppies and mollies both dithers, distraction, and food source. Shows just how you provide the best you can in terms of time work balance. Every vat, tank, even the sump. All get the care and time needed plus that extra as required.
This last winter was fine. No really cold weather and no power outages. We just did lose power for nine hours due to lightning hits a few days ago. Our new generator handled the outage without a hitch and used less propane than I expected. I'm looking forward to getting Greenhouse 3 rebuilt next month. We're planning a new design for it. Charles
Hi Mr Charlie great video as always. Ive a question regarding the crossbreeding of guppy and molly, i heard that all of the fry “muppy/golly” are males, is that true?!
It's not broken, it's dormant. I plan to change that soon. Susie has been working on a tickler file so we can notify people of fish being available. Please email me at charles@goliadfarms.com, and I'll add you to the beta test of the tickler file. Charles
Dalmation mollies are hybrids as are most commercial mollies. Size is a function of genetics and care with genetics having the biggest impact. We select for size. Charles
Man do I love sailfins! I really wanna get some "pure bred" (non hybrid) babies from em but right now I only have the ability to keep them with dalmatian lyretails, hopefully soon I can get them in their own tank. Also I have one pair of sailfin, and 2 pairs of dalmatian lyretails
@@goliadfarms7029 I love this comment it is true, fish are beautiful, luckily I have a nice 80 gallon tall tank that would be perfect to go right in front of the box turtle enclosure on the table we got (are dog like to piss in box turtle homes. >:(. )
Yes, they will. I'm donating some juveniles to the AKA/ALA convention auction in Kalamazoo this next weekend. After I get back from there, we'll look at offering them to hobbyists. Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 I would love to get ahold of some of your mollies too. Your mollies are simply stunning. I'll be keeping an eye on your website so I don't miss my chance.
Hey. I live in Sweden. I have some mollies and guppies. All my guppies and shortfin Mollys are healthy, breeding and thriving but the long fins don't seem to thrive. Can somebody help me?
Sailfin mollies are Poecilia latipinna, P. velifera, P. petenensis, and hybrids of those three species. They prefer hard, alkaline water and are very intolerant of ammonia and nitrite. Test your water hardness and pH and let me know what those readings are. Charles
We've had larger breeders which were unfortunately lost in the Texas Winter Storm and its aftermath (high ammonia levels from literally a ton of dead fish). But the genes for size are in the population, and we'll get them back to larger sizes soon. Charles
