Skyblue OB Peacock Cichlid

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

[@geopie3879]

3 videos in 3 days? Yall are spoiling us subscribers. Thank you!

[@goliadfarms7029]

We (meaning Carl) are working through a backlog of videos from last year. We are beginning to film new ones. Once the backlog is cleared, we should post a couple of videos a week. Charles

[@marioc1836]

Love the updates and genuinely jealous of your ability to keep all these strains. They all look amazing and it shows the years of hard work you and your family have put into raising these fish. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@goliadfarms7029]

Thank you for watching our videos. It is truly a privilege to be able to raise so many fish. We are in the process of adding rainbowfishes, some killies, and barbs. Charles

[@paulneuman6021]

Good morning Charles and all 😊

[@sylviab.791]

Morning 🌄

[@goliadfarms7029]

Good morning to y'all too! More videos on the way. Charles

[@beerprem]

I could get used to a new video every day on this channel. I just love your large scale aquaponic setup its very inspiring.

[@goliadfarms7029]

Once we work through last year's backlog, we should publish at least two new videos a week. Charles

[@richcastro8990]

I love your vids. I can’t believe I missed this one last month. Glad I found it.

[@goliadfarms7029]

Thank you for watching. I'm glad you got to see this pretty fish. Charles

[@Cichlids23]

Beautiful cichlids as usual...

[@goliadfarms7029]

Thank you. I find this color variety to be very pleasing on the eye. Charles

[@AquariumOdysseys]

Thanks for the content updates!! We love to see what's going on with the farm

[@goliadfarms7029]

Thank you for watching. Carl is working through a backlog of videos from last year. We are starting to film new ones now. We plan on no long gaps again. Charles

[@kelterskelter1969]

Nice to see you back making vids. Love the content and informative commentary.

[@goliadfarms7029]

Thank you for watching the videos. We will be posting regularly again now. Charles

[@sylviab.791]

Love the videos ☺️

[@goliadfarms7029]

Thank you for watching. More on the way. Charles

[@stevenpavan327]

Beautiful fish!!!!

[@goliadfarms7029]

Thank you. I like this fish a lot. Charles

[@jayedahamedjayed6355]

❤️🥰 Love your videos.

[@goliadfarms7029]

Thank you for watching them. New ones on the way. Charles

[@miguelcintron7048]

I’ve ordered this fish from them and I absolutely love them, amazing in my tank

[@charles_king]

Upload a video of them to your channel

[@goliadfarms7029]

You can send photos of your tank to [e-mail]. Charles

[@stevecote8088]

Wonderful !!

[@goliadfarms7029]

Thank you. I like this fish and its somewhat complicated genetics. Charles

[@anvil49]

Thanks for continuing the vids!!

[@goliadfarms7029]

The gap in videos was caused by a lot of non-fish events and should not happen again. Charles

[@tktropicals4997]

beautiful

[@goliadfarms7029]

It is another pretty fish and has some interesting genetics behind the color pattern. Charles

[@dirtyoldfarmhand3]

Awesome

[@goliadfarms7029]

Thank you. It's an interesting variety to work with. Charles

[@lucasfaley]

Thanks for the video. I enjoy the information you provide. I am curious on the status on your livebearers - will you have more strains of livebearers available soon?

[@goliadfarms7029]

We should be making some livebearers available after the current breeding cycle. For those strains and species that we didn't entirely lose in the Texas Winter Storm we have been rebuilding breeding colonies. Charles

[@thehairywoodsman5644]

they are beautiful! if I ever decide to keep big fish I will definitely get them from Goliad farms, sadly I keep small fish sailfish mollies being the largest I have.

[@goliadfarms7029]

We also raise mollies, although the Texas Winter Storm did a number on them. We are working at restoring them. Charles

[@FoxyFoxyShazam]

Love the fauna diversity on your farm. Its unfortunate snakes got caught up in the fan, but thankfully they're common species. Have you had any more drymarchon sightings?

[@goliadfarms7029]

We've lost two species in the fans, both of which are very slim and can get through the protective grid. Both species are common here and one of them (Texas Ribbonsnake) reproduce in the greenhouses since they are livebearers. Yes, we seem to have an established breeding population and have seen several juvenile Indigoes. Charles

[@SlackerU]

Your setup is always interesting to see. I need to just build a 200 soft(below building permit size) one to play with cell-growth.

[@goliadfarms7029]

We are planning a long, stream-of-consciousness video soon to cover our systems. Charles

[@laurag1076]

Woweeeee

[@goliadfarms7029]

Thank you. It is a pretty fish. Charles

[@brushitoff503]

Here in Australia, Peacock Chilid's are basically termed as a Mixed breed & generally rubbish to keep in the hobby (Generally very agressive) Could you explain the meaning of "OB Peacock" over there? What does "OB" mean? Thanks for the fantastic video's.

[@SlackerU]

Peacock = striking color & OB = spots. I'm no expert though.

[@SequoiaElisabeth]

I believe OB stands for Orange Blotch. Though it is used rather loosely.

[@goliadfarms7029]

OB originally meant "orange blotch" and was applied to Pseudotropheus species in which some of the blotches were in fact orange. That fish was hybridized with Aulonocara species resulting the ancestors of the many Peacock cichlid strains. OB today has come to mean any blotched pattern. The OB pattern is caused by dominant gene (technically allele). I find the Peacocks, indeed the genus Aulonocara and its close relatives, to be much less aggressive than Pseudotropheus and its relatives. And all the Lake Malawi cichlids are less aggressive than pair-bonding species like the new world Cichlasoma species. The key, I think, to reducing aggression in cichlids is crowding. We keep as many as 120 adult male cichlids in a 55-gallon vat. These is virtually no aggression in those vats since peck orders can't develop. One issue for a hobbyist is that most Lake Malawi cichlids are lek breeders. Male lek breeders establish very small breeding territories along with many other males. The females approach the lek and decide which males they will breed with. Each of those territories usually cover an area larger than most aquaria. So, if you have two males, the dominant one will try to expel the other male from his territory. The other male can't flee, and he is constantly harassed. Adding additional males spreads out the aggression so that a single fish isn't always the pickee. Also, the dominant male will often help the most subordinate male by attacking his closest rival. The more males the less aggression. Crowding also helps any females. Because the breeding territory encompasses the entire aquarium, the male thinks any female in the tank wants to mate. He becomes frustrated and aggressive when she doesn't. If there are lots of males, females aren't harassed as much because the males have to deal with each other. Charles

[@brushitoff503]

@@goliadfarms7029 Wow! Now that's an Answer! Thank you Charles. Most Fish Stores I've been to over the years here call all sorts of Chiclids "Peacocks" & many of them don't have blotching but are clearly a mixed breed. So basically most fish store owner/operators have their information incorrect or skewed. Thanks again for a great answer, Leo.

[@seananthonyjohnson]

Have u ever sold any of those trees

[@goliadfarms7029]

The Dieffenbachia? Not yet, but we just got our Texas horticultural license and will probably offer them soon. Charles

[@SlackerU]

Wow 10:00 2k gallons per day of cooling, that's $20 per day worth of water here. I guess there isn't really any other way to cool 38k gallons of water.

[@goliadfarms7029]

That is the cost of living in our climate. Fortunately, we have good wells in an aquifer that continually recharges. Charles

[@twoguysfishandfrys6877]

Can I Oder shirts

[@goliadfarms7029]

Carl and Susie are working that, at least that's what they tell me. Charles

[@Exquailibur]

The males for that strain look fake, like soap or something. Those fish would look wild in a tank with a dark background and substrate. Much of the rock occurring in my area is basalt which would fit the bill. I usually dont like super crazy color morphs on animals, but when it comes to cichlids they just make it look really good, same with ball pythons.

[@goliadfarms7029]

There is so much variation in the Peacocks that I could start a new strain almost every day! We don't keep fish in aquaria, so I have to visit tanks that our aquarium maintenance customers set up to get a feel for how they look in tanks. We have so many deer mice these days. I should raise snakes too and trap the mice as food. Charles

[@Exquailibur]

@@goliadfarms7029 makes sense, you keep all your fish in bins.