Michigan Cichlid Association
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sean on October 10, 2015, 07:56:12 PM
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What did everyone get today? I got:
1 Blue Phantom Pleco
4 Lamprologus meleagris
1 Male Lwanda
1 Male Lemon Jake
1 Male Copadichromis chrysonotus
1 Male Red Empress
50 Cherry Shrimp
1 Male German Red
1 Male Ahli
8 Assassin Snails
1 Vallisneria sp.
6 Red Empress Juvies
2 Vieja synspilum
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I picked the following:
Yellow labs and lots of fry
A beautiful rusty group
Labeotropheus trewavase mpanga red fry
Geophychromis lawsi group---neat fish
Metriaclima publican group--I think these used to be called kingsizei
Paralabidochromis chromogynos zue island---interesting fish lots of variability
Neochromis greenwoodi fry
Some calico, regular and albino bristlenose plecos
A nice group of P. Acei ngara
A group of large Neolamprologus hecqui
An endlers group
Some java moss
A bunch of pest snails (thanks for those:) I appreciate it)
This rounds out my classroom fish for the year. Hopefully lots of fry, no deaths and a few budding aquarists:)
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Aah so you're the one who got the chromogynos >:( I think I was bidding against you on a few of the others on your list as well :)
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VC10 6"
Maleri Island 4" (stunning fish from Stevens)
OB Peacock 3"
German Red 3"
Eureka Orange 4-5"
Red Shoulder 4-5"
Four Yellow labs 3"+
Mloto Yellow Princess 6"
Some Java fern
I could have easily spent more but hit my limit by noon so had to take off before they got to a beautiful Electric blue Ahli I had my eye on lol ;D
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Did you outbid me on the C. Hara group.....if so that was a bummer.
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I did not, I looked at them briefly but decided I didn't need them lol. The only things I won in the auction were the chrysonatus, the meleagris, vallisneria, synspilum, and the red empress juvies
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Kinda bummed that the chrysonotus went for way way way less than a common run of the mill copadichromis borleyi. Live and learn I suppose.
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Kinda bummed that the chrysonotus went for way way way less than a common run of the mill copadichromis borleyi. Live and learn I suppose.
I know, I wasn't really looking for one but at that price I couldn't pass it up. They're awesome fish.
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5 Red Head Topajo (private sale)
10 Theraps lentiginosus (auction win x2)
3 Synodontis petricola (auction win)
5 ExCichlasoma pearsei (private sale)
5 helianthus (auction win)
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Kinda bummed that the chrysonotus went for way way way less than a common run of the mill copadichromis borleyi. Live and learn I suppose.
I know, I wasn't really looking for one but at that price I couldn't pass it up. They're awesome fish.
They are if I were sell my big group I'll let you know. They are cool to watch when they spawn since the are are aerial spawners.
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That'd be awesome. I picked up some fry from Blair a while back but they didn't make it due to a heater malfunction :( Not sure that I'd have the space to breed them right now but I might if you ever decide to sell them
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I have them in 65 they are not super aggressive like other copadichromis
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Crazycoolpeacocks, how much was that blue phantom pleco? I had my eye on the green one but figured it would be too pricy for me anyways.
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Not sure about the Blue Phantom, but if I remember correct that 5" green phantom went for about $27 I think it was.
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I got two awesome 3D backgrounds and a pair of Gold Occies.
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I got the second green for 32 pretty reasonable for a wild l200
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Crazycoolpeacocks, how much was that blue phantom pleco? I had my eye on the green one but figured it would be too pricy for me anyways.
I got a fat happy wild caught baby blue phantom at about 2" for $25
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I got 6 baby electric blue acaras $12
Auto feeder from petco $5
And a zebra pleco $10
I wanted some l-333's and the green phantom but was running low on cash
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I also picked up a nice l-333 for a customer. A zebra would've been nice, didn't even see those. And that's a pretty good deal on those acaras!!
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I have them in 65 they are not super aggressive like other copadichromis
Oh that's not too bad. What's the ratio in the group?
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Now 2 males 4 females.
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Nice!
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I have fry I'll see how they do again come winter.
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VC10 6"
Maleri Island 4" (stunning fish from Stevens)
OB Peacock 3"
German Red 3"
Eureka Orange 4-5"
Red Shoulder 4-5"
Four Yellow labs 3"+
Mloto Yellow Princess 6"
Some Java fern
I could have easily spent more but hit my limit by noon so had to take off before they got to a beautiful Electric blue Ahli I had my eye on lol ;D
Steve, I thought the new tank setup in the WALL was for DISCUS...
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And a zebra pleco $10
WHAT?!!
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Steve, I thought the new tank setup in the WALL was for DISCUS...
It is Mike, those fish today went into the 75 that's attached to the desk.
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I got two awesome 3D backgrounds and a pair of Gold Occies.
I didn't even notice at the auction, probably because it took us a few tries to get the BG in since the trim on that tank was slightly different, but when I looked at the pics of the tank/BG just a few mins ago on FB I noticed the BG is actually sat in upside down. Flip that puppy over because the top left of it is carved slim so a HOB can fit over it (actually be the bottom right as it sits in there now since it is upside down lol). Unless it'll have a canister or sponge filter, in that case it won't matter then.
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And a zebra pleco $10
WHAT?!!
I'm sure it probably is a LDA076....if it is a L-046....I'm going to drag mom kicking and screaming to those auctions
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Steve, I thought the new tank setup in the WALL was for DISCUS...
It is Mike, those fish today went into the 75 that's attached to the desk.
Whew!! I was worried.... for you.
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And a zebra pleco $10
WHAT?!!
I'd be willing to bet it is an L-129 Columbian Zebra.
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And a zebra pleco $10
WHAT?!!
I'd be willing to bet it is an L-129 Columbian Zebra.
That would be my second guess choice....logical thinking Tony
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It was a Columbian zebra...
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Yes L-129
Columbian Zebra pleco, sorry didn't mean to cause such uproar, lol.
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12 julidochromis regani "kipili"
6 julidochromis regani black
3 synodontis petricola
8 lamprologus gold occelatus
4 eretmodus cyanostictus kasanga (pre arranged)
6 Enantiopus kilesa (pre arranged)
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2- female lemon jakes (pre ordered) thanks to Robert Stephens
Small stand
And a box lol!!
My first MCA auction so I kept it simple, tried for some Frontosa but kept getting outbid but I'll be back again in the future. Had a good time!
Some big money was definitely dropped yesterday!!!
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Had a good time!
And that's the most important part!
I came home with a few fish and a bunch of plants. I spent last night cleaning up from bagging before the auction and got the new fish placed. I still have empty tanks, but that's OK.
Then today I spent a good portion of my time redoing my living room (upstairs) show tank. Doing water changes on it isn't much fun relative to the rest (requires using a 5 gallon bucket instead of hoses and pumps), so I'm changing trajectory and setting up what I hope becomes a successful low-tech planted tank that will have water changes at a much lower frequency than if it were full of cichlids.
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How come you can't use pump/hose on it Ron? You're not talking about the 400g tank are ya? That would take forever with buckets :o lol
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How come you can't use pump/hose on it Ron? You're not talking about the 400g tank are ya? That would take forever with buckets :o lol
Downstairs, I have a large utility tub to pump into, refill from. Years ago, in an apartment I would haul a pump and garden hose throughout the house to drain tanks, then rig up a system where the tub fills into a bucket, with a pump to push water back out to the tanks. It was all kind of a PITA and I have little interest is doing it again. The tank is a 6' 100 gallon. Doing 20 gallons with buckets isn't bad, but 40-50% water changes aren't fun.
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Ah got'ya. I thought maybe you were talking about the monster tank and was gonna say holy crap man you must get a workout and a half doing that with buckets ;D
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Ah got'ya. I thought maybe you were talking about the monster tank and was gonna say holy crap man you must get a workout and a half doing that with buckets ;D
The monster tank is 4' from the utility tub on the backside. It's my favorite tank to do water changes on. ;D
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Even without my good buddy Rob there to spur me on to bid, I scored quite a nice haul.
Great looking group of Gymnogeos El Norte
Albino Greshakei group
An incredible Tramitichromis Intermedius-could not believe how much he colored up in the tank.
bag of Labeotropheus Mpanga red juvies
Pair of Xeno melanogenys
A group of yellow labs with a holding female
Bi color 500
Benga yellow
Ruby red
Missed out on the deep water hap, but hoping Ron gets a nice spawn out of them ;)
Also, missed the few bags of gobies since I was in a hurry and forgot to add them to the priority.
Seemed like fewer bags than usual, though a great selection of fish. I was disappointed to see some of the fish in ziplock bags, though I understand people were told it would not be acceptable next time. All in all, a great auction.