Michigan Cichlid Association

Classifieds => Want to Buy/Trade => Topic started by: gshark7 on October 07, 2019, 01:16:38 PM

Title: male compressiceps
Post by: gshark7 on October 07, 2019, 01:16:38 PM

any one have a spare male,  I bought a trio from the auction and the male died in the bag :(.

trade or buy

Title: Re: male compressiceps
Post by: gturmindright on October 07, 2019, 02:05:04 PM

Which compressiceps?

Title: Re: male compressiceps
Post by: gshark7 on October 07, 2019, 03:57:31 PM

Hi, this kind...






Malawi Eyebiter, Dimidiochromis compressiceps Cichlid

Hoping the females make it they are breathing heavy too, I guess they were in the bag too long.  Kind of bummed out over the male...

Title: Re: male compressiceps
Post by: danotaylor on October 09, 2019, 11:31:26 PM

Sorry to hear you lost your male dimi comp male mate, that sucks...auctions are often long days...most peeps don't bag with pure O2 which is necessary for time frames >3-4 hours.

Title: Re: male compressiceps
Post by: gshark7 on October 10, 2019, 10:42:13 AM

Yes I was totally bummed out I never had that happen before.  I can't blame anyone because it was right at the end of the auction.  The bummer is it was a breeding trio and the male was looking really good.
I'm tring to replace it,  I might have to wait til another auction but there not super common.
Thanks for your reply.

Title: Re: male compressiceps
Post by: gturmindright on October 10, 2019, 11:18:43 AM

I thought the MCA was supposed to inspect and ensure that everything was bagged properly.

Title: Re: male compressiceps
Post by: Regalblue on October 10, 2019, 12:28:59 PM

Quote from: gturmindright on October 10, 2019, 11:18:43 AM

I thought the MCA was supposed to inspect and ensure that everything was bagged properly.

We do.  Things happen that are out of our control.

Title: Re: male compressiceps
Post by: gshark7 on October 10, 2019, 03:43:50 PM

Yeah like I mentioned before, it was at the end of the auction.  The person who sold it acutally had it bagged really well.  Maybe he/she bagged them very early in the morning.  But Again I can't blame anyone...it just kind of sucks to lose such a nice fish, and of course it had to be the male and not one of the females..

Title: Re: male compressiceps
Post by: danotaylor on October 10, 2019, 09:18:33 PM

When I used to attend auctions in Australia I would take 5gal of aged water, several buckets with lids, and a battery air pump, lines and stones. Fish handle the slightly cooler water temporarily better than the ammonia bath in low oxygen conditions

Title: Re: male compressiceps
Post by: gturmindright on October 11, 2019, 07:38:51 AM

A couple days without food helps too.