2013 MCA Winter Auction Results?

[Steve]

My auction day results? A very sore back and a busted knuckle. I had to help my buddy move today and thought I was gonna at least be able to get to the auction by 2/3pm'ish. Didn't  pan out the way I had hoped

[Helloitsme]

I bought a Castle.

[Regalblue]

16 Ylw Lithobates,  13 Ylw Labs, 8 Gal. Reef Zebras, 6 Wht Labs, 4 Ngara Acei, 5 Rd Istlanum & 3 Loiselli (ones actually a Mota)

A big thank you to everybody who helped today.

[saji1986]

Hi -
A co-worker and I (we are from Port Huron) made the trip yesterday, and it was an awesome experience. We both picked up fish on a pre-arranged deal with other members, and both bid and won some fish as well. I added some Duboisi Maswa's to my colony and am taking the plunge into Petro's, picking up 13 Famula juvies, who are currently cavorting with some Bemba's while I am in the process of firing up a new 125G home for them.

We stopped off at Wet Thumb on the way home and chatted with Delores and picked up some supplies - awesome day.

Just like to say thanks to all the people who put the work into this thing. I felt it was well organized, and the check-in guy was extremely patient with my friend who wasn't quite prepared to enter his fish into the auction
Definitely can't wait until the next one - Wonder if the the wife would mind a new 180G in the dining room???

[Ron]

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?

LOL. No worries. I was surprised to see so many maingos available at the auction. In the past they weren't always so prevalent. I don't remember the price, but I thought you got those afra for a great price. Normally they tend to go higher because they aren't as common.

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

Sorry to hear about the keys. I missed out on those P. electra - what did they sell for?

[jkeeler]

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?

Don't return the fish!  Just get another tank

[jkeeler]

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.

I like the Contradens better....bigger spots.

[jcunningham0295]

I can home with seven petricola, 6 albino plecos (decent size), and the pair of Placidochromis sp. "Jalo" from the raffle.  Hopefully the pair will work out in my 75G with my yellow labs, german reds, alhi's, yellow blaze, and pair of pundamilia nyereri.

[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?

Don't return the fish!  Just get another tank

I'd love to, but I am an eclectic person when it comes to hobbies so I don't want to stretch myself too thin. Once I'm not such a cichlid newb I'm sure I will expand. And if I set up a second tank, it will definitely be for Malawi Peacocks, not more Mbuna.   

[African cichlid Keeper]

I went to the auction got 6 fish from 2 people at the Auction then went to 2 fish store and got 1 other fish at one of the fish store. Had a ok day.

[four_by_ken]

Came to get a couple plecos and check out an auction.

Got two perfect sized albino Blue eye bushynose.  $10  perfect size for the two little tanks.

$16 for a large strawberry peacock... not sure that is what it is though.  Doesn't look anything Iike the pictures on the internet or even that was taped to the bag.  Don't care,  it looks excellent!

$15 for 3 Regal Blue peacocks. They are pretty beat up, but should heal up with no marks on them.

Very happy.

[JeffroM]

I'd love to, but I am an eclectic person when it comes to hobbies so I don't want to stretch myself too thin. Once I'm not such a cichlid newb I'm sure I will expand. And if I set up a second tank, it will definitely be for Malawi Peacocks, not more Mbuna.   

That just means you need a third or fourth tank!   

[SKISWETPETS]

I think I did well on my second auction. 2 small groups of "electric blue hap's" 2m4f, a small group of I believe 5 Neon Hai Reef fry, 3 Red Ruben Peacocks, 7 large M. Estrae Zebra's a couple seem to have quite a pinkish tint, 6 Venustus Fry, and another styro chucked full from Robmc... Ohhh and 1# of Spiralina plus got in on 3#'s of plecocain from Tony... All in all a good time...

[mandalawi]

Scored on some yellow labs, a bag of Koi angels (the wife liked a couple out of the bag) , quite a bit of java fern, a few anubias nana finally some petricola and some rcs. Btw, for what it's worth i thought the plants were a welcome addition. And great job by all who made the auction what it was.

[GrizzlysDad]

I would like to thank everyone again for all the help. I would also like to thank all the bidders/buyers for their great participation.
Hopefully over time we can improve upon things that I/we might have fallen short on.
Al-in-all, the feedback was great at the auction as well as the follow up opinions/comments I have been hearing.
I am also pleased with the participation in regards to the raffle items. We received some very generous donations from quite a few people and I am personally grateful to them. There were a large variety of items available for raffle and I hope to keep that going.
Now, I think I will go to sleep until the Fall auction...someone please give me a wake-up call