Auction Pickups

[mibwb]

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

[danielratti]

It was a Columbian zebra...

[greg y]

Yes L-129
Columbian Zebra pleco, sorry didn't mean to cause such uproar, lol.

[Cat(fish)lady]

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)

[agirard2003]

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!!!

[Ron]

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.

[Steve]

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  lol

[Ron]

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  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.

[Steve]

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 

[Ron]

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 

The monster tank is 4' from the utility tub on the backside. It's my favorite tank to do water changes on.

[Howler]

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.