2013 MCA Winter Auction Results?

[Ron]

So how did you do?

[gcalvus]

didn't get anything to busy burning the hotdogs. Hey Blair tell your daughter she did a great job today,
she even made some tip money.

[RichE]

All in all It was a GREAT day, Got some "new blood" to add to my tanks (species I am already raising), picked up a few south of the border fish for my sa/ca tank and had a great time talking to people and watching My son and his friend works there tails off and same goes for blairs daughters.

Very well Run Tony and I didn't hear a negative thing all day

The priority option seemed to be a big hit, and it was great to see high dollar bid's all the way to the end.

Now tomorrow, I will be saying bad things about the auction(joking) only because once I got going , i didn't want to stop or sit down even though I was in some serious pain( i can hide the look really good). It was worth it though, I am glad to be part of this group and I look forward to many more meetings and auctions. My other 2 sons are ready to take on the task of helping out

[Rob S]

First of all great job to Tony, Marty, Blair and everyone that worked so hard on the event it was a fun day.

I picked up a bag of Vieja Heterospilus which I had never heard of and so far they are settling in and look to be a really cool fish.

Also grabbed a pair of Elongatus Chewere, some OB Zebras and a large Male Venustus that I was really excited about but he seems to have a swim bladder issue and is scooting around the bottom of the tank. We'll see what happens with him.

Congrats to Jeffro grabbing that large group of Tropheus, if I had the room I'd have given you some competition.

[djlamonica]

Auction was awsome can't wait until the next one.  I did a lot of running (blue shirt blue giants cap). And I also did a ton of bidding.  I wanted everything but only if it was for the right price.  A lot of the stuff I was after went for close to retail at the start but as people left I was able to pick up some stuff cheap.

I missed out on a few things I wanted because they were going for just to close to retail prices.  The gren red spotted severum was one. 

There was also only 1 geo there which I got unfortunatly it wasn't a species I had and it was solo can't recall off the top of my head.  Also no uaru or polit which I really wanted but didn't expect to be there.

I ended up with these

12xsuper red severum for 30ish they are VERY small kind of regretting this
10xrasbery head severum 20is nice size I like a lot
4x red top hongi paid 11 for them about 4 "  1 male 3 females a feel really good about this purchase
3x trewassee paid 10 I think
2xcalico long fin bn pleco paid 7 there small but still a good deal
10x red istlanum paid 7 bucks for these small but will be nice soon
1x mature brevis 2 dollars bought him cause some guy who was low balling all day offered a buck
1x female geo stendacheni  (this is what's writen on the bag)
5x dwarf fire hap I don't no anything about them yet but I just wanted them and I got them cheap.

All in all a good day there were definatly some people there with blank checks which sucks for us but is good for the club. 

When is the next event?  I'm already pumped for it

(This was written on my phone that doesn't spell check....)

[Ron]

I came home with less than I took, so I consider it a successful day! 

I picked up 9x Chimba Red Tropheus. I may have missed the first bag - not 100% sure if there were 4 there or not. I kept them a long time ago and while they seem to be one of the less appreciated variants, they are one of my favorites.

I also picked up 3x Kachese Tropheus (was trying to bolster my numbers for the time being until I pickup more Chimbas to increase the group size. They won't be together long term because of hybridizing issues.)

Lastly I came back with 6x very young Julidochromis ornatus. I kept transcriptus years ago and thought that these would be interesting to try. Hopefully I'll end up with a pair or two.

1x mature brevis 2 dollars bought him cause some guy who was low balling all day offered a buck

From a seller's perspective, trying to purchase for only $1 is in poor taste. At least for $2 the seller gets a return of $0.80 to cover the cost of bagging supplies.

[scifisarah]

Well I got a little carried away. For my 65 gallon I purchased:

2 syn. petricola cats (small)
5 cynotilapia afra cobue (am hoping the males yellow up more or else I am going to be in trouble with my saulosi when they mature-not sure if I should keep these but I want to)
9 rusty cichlids (from two different breeders, I may just keep the 5 with brighter coloring)
5 acei yellow tail (will probably keep three when they are fully grown)
14 mainganos (8 small/6 large, I may just have to keep the smaller ones - don't be mad at me Ron!)

I already have 7 small saulosi and 3 small bn plecos in the tank so I am going to need to assess the situation and decide which need to go to new homes. Everyone is in the tank and happy, except the afra cobue, larger mainganos and four of the rusties are in buckets while I try to make up my mind.  Can you tell, I am usually the queen of returns?

[djlamonica]

1x mature brevis 2 dollars bought him cause some guy who was low balling all day offered a buck

From a seller's perspective, trying to purchase for only $1 is in poor taste. At least for $2 the seller gets a return of $0.80 to cover the cost of bagging supplies.
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LoL I dunno what I'm going to do with it I don't even have a shell for the poor guy for some reason I just didn't want hime to get it haha

[hezekiah]

i got 6 ikola tropheus was really hoping for more. a trio of electric blue ahils still young. and 4 long fin albino bushy nose plecos real small but ok. i thought it was a sellers market. trophs had been in great number at the auction, they were a little light today. jeffro got a large group of trophs? i must have missed that, how many, what kind and what was the final price?

[Super Turtleman]

I did a lot of running (blue shirt blue giants cap). And I also did a ton of bidding.

Blue Giants cap as in NY Giants?

Hope to make the next one.

[djlamonica]

I did a lot of running (blue shirt blue giants cap). And I also did a ton of bidding.

Blue Giants cap as in NY Giants?

Hope to make the next one.

Yes NY giants hat.

[djlamonica]

i got 6 ikola tropheus was really hoping for more. a trio of electric blue ahils still young. and 4 long fin albino bushy nose plecos real small but ok. i thought it was a sellers market. trophs had been in great number at the auction, they were a little light today. jeffro got a large group of trophs? i must have missed that, how many, what kind and what was the final price?

The tropheus were tropheus red rainbow kasanga I believe.  I could be wrong on the collection point but they were definatly tropheus rainbow of some sort price was close to 100.  They were really nice fish Id say 6 inches or so only checked out one of the bags though I think it was a group of 10.

[JeffroM]

Picked up:
10 WC Tropheus Red Rainbow
4 Super Red Ancistrus
2 male Tramitichromis intermedius
1 male Haplochromis sp 35 Tomato
1 male (Peacock / crap can't even remember.  When I go down stairs tomorrow I'll figure out what I bought)
1 male (crap can't even remember.  When I go down stairs tomorrow I'll figure out what I bought)
3 Rubin Red Peacocks.  1M was DOA when I got home.  Left with 1M/1F

Pretty good haul for someone who didn't have any tank space... LOL.

[linuxrulesusa]

Picked up a pair of plecos labeled as L201 inspector but based on PlanetCatfish pics I think they may be Hypancistrus contradens instead.  Regardless, I really like their coloration and hope to get them breeding after I get some 20s set up next week to give them more space.

Also got a bag of blue eye albino ancistrus...supposed to be 5 in the bag but either was a miscount or I lost it somehow, but I checked all my nets and buckets, so who knows.  They're small but good looking.

Otherwise, not many small or medium sized (when full grown) CA/SA cichlids which is what I've been going for lately.  Also very few catfish other than BN pleco variants.  I was a bit disappointed in that but not too badly since my tanks are now full between fry and the two pickups above. 

Fun time, glad I went home at the time I promised my wife as the day got busier once I got home - unexpected computer repair job, support call from work, etc. 

[theoryguru]

BN x 3
Albino BN x 2 
Syn Multipunctus
Male Strawberry Peacock
Male Aulonocara Stuartgranti
Female Aulonocara Stuartgranti

* My regrets: the beautiful pair of Red Empress and group of Deep Water Haps - should've won those

+ $60 for a tow service, locked keys in car - D'OH!   
Special shout out to Marty for the hangar, RichE, and Regalblue for checking on me out in the parking lot.