2013 January Auction

[GrizzlysDad]

Anyone bringing any severums or geos to the auction?  Uaru maybe?  would love to know so I could make some room.  :  )

Severums will for sure be there and probably some Geos....the uaru less likely, but not impossible.

[dbo2212]

Anyone bringing Bristle Nose Plecos or Clown loaches?

[Marty]

Clown loaches won't be there unless they're a raffle item.  I would be very surprised if there weren't any bristlenose plecos.  If there aren't, you can come by my place for some 

[GrizzlysDad]

Anyone bringing Bristle Nose Plecos or Clown loaches?

As Marty stated there will almost certainly be Ancistrus available and there might just be a Clown Loach or two in the Rare Fish Raffle 

[scifisarah]

My husband arranged someone to watch our kids, bless him, and I think we will be making the drive out from Rockford. Fish I am interested in are:

Labidochromis chisumulae
Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos/Maingano
Cynotilapia afra (Cobue)
Pseudotropheus sp. "elongatus chailosi"
Tropheops sp. "Mauve yellow"
Pseudotropheus saulosi
Synodontis catfish

Is it possible that any of those might be there? I'd prefer older fry to 2" size but will get adults if that is all there is.

Also, is there somewhere that goes over event activities, or has photos from last years event?

[JeffroM]

My husband arranged someone to watch our kids, bless him, and I think we will be making the drive out from Rockford. Fish I am interested in are:

Labidochromis chisumulae
Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos/Maingano
Cynotilapia afra (Cobue)
Pseudotropheus sp. "elongatus chailosi"
Tropheops sp. "Mauve yellow"
Pseudotropheus saulosi
Synodontis catfish

Is it possible that any of those might be there? I'd prefer older fry to 2" size but will get adults if that is all there is.

Also, is there somewhere that goes over event activities, or has photos from last years event?

I have seen all of these at previous auctions but there is no telling if they will show up at this one.  Well... I can pretty much guarantee there will be some Synodontis at the auction.  FYI the cyaneorhabdos/Maingano are very frequently mislabeled as Johanni / Elec. Blue Johanni or something similar.  If they are fry and blue than they are not Johanni but actually the Cyan... / Maingano that you are looking for because Johanni fry are orange color.

A word of caution on the Tropheops.  They are extremely aggressive towards everything.  If you keep them I wouldn't keep anything else in the tank.  Keep like 1 male and 3 or 4 females.  And LOTS of hiding places for the females.

Please introduce yourself at the auction.  Always nice to put a face to a screen name.

[scifisarah]

My husband arranged someone to watch our kids, bless him, and I think we will be making the drive out from Rockford. Fish I am interested in are:

Labidochromis chisumulae
Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos/Maingano
Cynotilapia afra (Cobue)
Pseudotropheus sp. "elongatus chailosi"
Tropheops sp. "Mauve yellow"
Pseudotropheus saulosi
Synodontis catfish

Is it possible that any of those might be there? I'd prefer older fry to 2" size but will get adults if that is all there is.

Also, is there somewhere that goes over event activities, or has photos from last years event?

I have seen all of these at previous auctions but there is no telling if they will show up at this one.  Well... I can pretty much guarantee there will be some Synodontis at the auction.  FYI the cyaneorhabdos/Maingano are very frequently mislabeled as Johanni / Elec. Blue Johanni or something similar.  If they are fry and blue than they are not Johanni but actually the Cyan... / Maingano that you are looking for because Johanni fry are orange color.

A word of caution on the Tropheops.  They are extremely aggressive towards everything.  If you keep them I wouldn't keep anything else in the tank.  Keep like 1 male and 3 or 4 females.  And LOTS of hiding places for the females.

Please introduce yourself at the auction.  Always nice to put a face to a screen name.

Great! I didn't want to make the drive out if none of those had a chance of being there. I will cross the Tropheops off my list and make sure the Mainganos I buy are all blue .

I have never been to a fish auction before. Is that exactly what it is - people bidding on bags of fish, or will there be ones available for fixed prices. Just trying to know what to expect. Also, how long does the event usually go until?

[linuxrulesusa]

It will be bidding on bags of fish at this one.  I believe a "buy it now" table will be a feature for the fall MCA auction but not this one.  It is currently a  feature at some other auctions (e.g. MCAS, possibly GDAS, can't remember for sure).

Usually lasts until around 4PM, based on what I've been told of past auctions.  Again, this can be unpredictable, as the last MCAS auction I went to normally would go to 5pm and instead went to almost 8PM.

But if there's something you really want, pay the $2 priority bid fee and get the item bumped to the front of the line.  Doesn't guarantee you'll win it but at least you won't be gone all day just waiting for one bag and possibly miss it.

[GrizzlysDad]

It will be bidding on bags of fish at this one.  I believe a "buy it now" table will be a feature for the fall MCA auction but not this one.  It is currently a  feature at some other auctions (e.g. MCAS, possibly GDAS, can't remember for sure).

Usually lasts until around 4PM, based on what I've been told of past auctions.  Again, this can be unpredictable, as the last MCAS auction I went to normally would go to 5pm and instead went to almost 8PM.

But if there's something you really want, pay the $2 priority bid fee and get the item bumped to the front of the line.  Doesn't guarantee you'll win it but at least you won't be gone all day just waiting for one bag and possibly miss it.

Well said Dan.

[scifisarah]

So all the bags of fish that will be bid on will be out where they can be looked at, starting at 11 am? Or should I arrive a bit sooner than 11, and the bidding starts at 11 am sharp? Thank you everyone for clarifying things - it is a big help to know what to expect when we're making this long of a drive.

[RichE]

So all the bags of fish that will be bid on will be out where they can be looked at, starting at 11 am? Or should I arrive a bit sooner than 11, and the bidding starts at 11 am sharp? Thank you everyone for clarifying things - it is a big help to know what to expect when we're making this long of a drive.

You will be able to preview the fish and they will be tagged , so if you see something you are interested in just write down the bag number and then when you hear that its up you are ready.

Its a lot of fun and a great group of people to be around:)

[JeffroM]

So all the bags of fish that will be bid on will be out where they can be looked at, starting at 11 am? Or should I arrive a bit sooner than 11, and the bidding starts at 11 am sharp? Thank you everyone for clarifying things - it is a big help to know what to expect when we're making this long of a drive.

As sellers register the fish will be put on tables for viewing which can be done at any time from a few minutes before the auction starts until the auction ends.  It is HIGHLY encouraged to make notes of bag ID numbers that you are interested in while viewing them on the tables, so that when they go up for bid it is the exact bag you happen to be interested in.  But to be honest most of us don't make those notes and end up bidding on stuff that we thought was something else.  I had to learn my lesson to listen carefully to the reader announcing the auction item carefully when I was the winning bidder on some neolamprologus tetracanthus when I thought it was neolamprologus tretocephalus.  Whoops.

[Helloitsme]

[/quote] I had to learn my lesson to listen carefully to the reader announcing the auction item carefully when I was the winning bidder on some neolamprologus tetracanthus when I thought it was neolamprologus tretocephalus.  Whoops.
[/quote]

I remember that! It's still funny...

[gcalvus]

The best way to know whats coming up and you can view them is to be a runner.
You help out the club and yourself.

[Regalblue]

I had to learn my lesson to listen carefully to the reader announcing the auction item carefully when I was the winning bidder on some neolamprologus tetracanthus when I thought it was neolamprologus tretocephalus.  Whoops.
[/quote]

I remember that! It's still funny...
[/quote] hmmm,  I thought he was talking about when we were in Ohio,  at the Extravaganza auction.....  Looks like This has happened to Jeff on more than occasion