SixThreeOh Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 With this crazy weather in Texas, I immediately thought about Goliad Farms. Does anyone know how they are faring through this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenman Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 They may be okay. They raise their fish in greenhouses, so I would assume they have heating for the greenhouses. They survived getting clobbered by a hurricane or two, so they likely have generators also. They don't have anything new posted on their forum's blog, but they could be okay. They may be running up a heck of a fuel bill heating the greenhouses, but hopefully they're still doing okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F10Key Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Looks like they had lots of problems. Check out their YouTube channel for updates, Goliad Farms 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee626 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 I watched their updates on YouTube today... it doesn’t make for great viewing if you love fish 😞 lots of casualties. Let’s just hope that the next few years are disaster free so they can get up and running fully again. He did say he’s planning some blog posts outlining what’s happened and what their plans are moving forward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markp2483 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 The video breaks your heart. Cory if you can do a video/ go fund me. I think I lot of people would donate. I watched aquarium coops visit to goliads farm multiple times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 I saw his YouTube videos last night, its a sad situation. He mentioned something about having a generator but it wasn't set up and hooked up yet, so had to hurry up and set something different up. I was only half listening because I was also helping my kids with homework LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDukeAnumber1 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 I really felt for him when he said they may have lost a decade of selection. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Puhr Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 All 3 videos were hard to watch. I hope he can rebuild. I can't even imagine going through that. They will definitely need a lot of support moving forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee626 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 It really sucks that those lines he’s been working on 10+ years have been lost. His video updates over the past few days have really made me appreciate the lifetimes work that some individuals put into the fish that make our hobby. This is a man who’s definitely not in the game to make the big bucks, he’s driven through passion. His knowledge of fish and aquaculture is off the scale. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 I have to commend the guy. He didn't dramatize his situation at all while doing the walkthroughs. He continued to educate while evaluating everything. Just the facts. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryKing Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Its hard to watch. Ive lost fish i was excited to breed and a whole tank once. But I can't imagine loss like this. I hope there are people he can reach out to who kept some fish from him and would be willing to donate back. Any other fish farms go in Texas freeze over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedrock Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I have been watching Youtube updates of the Goliad farms response to the Valentine's day fish massacre of 2021 for TX. I knew TX was hit so hard but I never anticipated this sort of disaster for the industry there. I don't know how you recover from this I really don't. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-fe8ErLGb8&t=2062s 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryC Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 That's so sad. I understand that's a lot of money lost, but as a hobbyist it saddens me to see so many beautiful fish dead as well. I hope they can bounce back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I feel so bad for all the people who lost their farm animals and infrastructure, life's work, and income from this. And for the hobbyists who lost their fish and maybe other pets. Also for all of the wild animals who froze to death. No doubt a lot of horses and other farm animals perished as well. There are so many horses in Texas, not necessarily acclimated to such bitter cold and deep snow. It was very sad to see the piles of dead fish they had at Goliad. But they're already talking about selling scuds and mystery snails, and what a positive attitude that is! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedrock Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 23 hours ago, Aubrey said: I have to commend the guy. He didn't dramatize his situation at all while doing the walkthroughs. He continued to educate while evaluating everything. Just the facts. You are so right that was the best part of it I was amazed at how he kept on going doing the teaching thing. I was in awe. His push forward ever forward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman12r Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 What a shame, they are still recovering from the flooding in 2017. I feel so Lucky, living in South Texas I never hooked up my heater. When it was 17° outside and I was struggling to keep the temps inside above 65. I was lucky enough to not lose power/water/gas for long period of time. I don't have heaters on my tanks so when my water temp hit 60° I did 25% water changes with ~73° water. I only lost 1 female Endler. So very very Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettsPapa Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 19 hours ago, HenryKing said: Its hard to watch. Ive lost fish i was excited to breed and a whole tank once. But I can't imagine loss like this. I hope there are people he can reach out to who kept some fish from him and would be willing to donate back. Any other fish farms go in Texas freeze over? I'm not at all sure there are any other farms in Texas raising tropical fish. I did some googling, and everything I saw was companies growing and/or selling fish for stocking ponds and lakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I’ve just started watching his update videos. I’m amazed how much info I picked up from him during a tragic time. I’m really pulling for him and his fish farm to recover STRONG. I wish he would do more vids in the future just going through his normal chores at the farm. I watched him service his pump sump and thoroughly enjoyed it for some odd reason. I’m still blown away he keeps guppies with African cichlids and they don’t get wiped out because they breed like mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Lindsey Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 I lost a show tank once and it was heart breaking. The devastation at Goliad Farms is actually mind numbing and hard to grasp. The videos are tragic but he has such an amazing attitude. So much to learn from them and I would love to help out if we choose to do something as a CARE community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Michael Lindsey said: I would love to help out Cory posted a link to their GoFundMe on the community tab of the YouTube channel the other day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 This was inspiring to watch. I really relate to how they embrace full-cycle ecology. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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