QLD Cichlid Group Forum

Fish talk => General Aquarium Discussion => Topic started by: jjfish on November 20, 2005, 10:26:07 AM

Title: Brisbane Auction
Post by: jjfish on November 20, 2005, 10:26:07 AM
Well it was my first time to the auction and i thought it was great i was in the green shirt the little short kid 2nd row.I cant wait to go to the next one ill just have to save up a bit though cause the money i had went quik lol.
Title:
Post by: nemo1981 on November 20, 2005, 01:13:44 PM
my 2nd auction.
was a good night, great variety and lots of stuff being sold.
wish i had more $$$ lol.
next auction i should be selling some of my stock and hopefully buying up fish to stock a 6 footer.
Title:
Post by: wrk21 on November 20, 2005, 01:51:37 PM
i picked up the tro of crabro for $35.00, good size fish and have all setteled in nicely.

luke, sorry about the trip home but all worked out well.....


  ))o
Title:
Post by: firemouthkid on November 20, 2005, 02:00:50 PM
Yes, i was there too, i was the lucky person to snag the large jack dempseys for a steal at $44. :wink:

i also came home with the trio of elec blues for $22,some driftwood and plants also.

I brought jjfish along for the first time and he thought it was great,he took home a pair of texas,(good female ready to breed)electric blues and yellows.A pair of bristelnose and a colony of flamebacks ended the night.

All in all was a great night and can't wait untill the next Auction.
Title:
Post by: dammwoman on November 20, 2005, 03:19:11 PM
So it was YOU who got the Jacks you Buggar.

No problem.. I got another pair the same later in the night for $35.
Would have liked both though.
Linda
Title:
Post by: nem7902 on November 20, 2005, 03:30:46 PM
haha na its all good waynee i had a good time....got some nice little fish to:)
Title:
Post by: Jaynee on November 20, 2005, 04:25:47 PM
:D  Great night once again... Picked up some great fish!
Was good to see all the familiar faces and to meet some new ones as well!  :D
Trying to make tank space for all the different varieties of fish I ended up with... :? hmmmm buy more tanks maybe??!!  :lol:

Jaynee   :D
Title:
Post by: wrk21 on November 20, 2005, 05:34:55 PM
and the food was'nt bad either..............


w
Title:
Post by: grokz on November 20, 2005, 05:36:00 PM
yeah i picked up some great fish to :D
Title:
Post by: kiya4 on November 20, 2005, 07:23:46 PM
I wish I could have gotten there but I had to work until 3pm and drop of some fish so by the time I got home it was getting too late to drive all that way back across town. It is good to see that a lot of people went home happy??

Wayne, any luck on that price for the Tank, Stand????????

Also keep your ears open to anyone after a breeding colony. My 6ft is overstocked as they all grew up. All breeding and causing problems so I have to unfortunately part with one of the colonies.

Let meknow if you ehar of anyone. I will have to advertise them by the end of november in the paper otherwise. I would prefer they went to someone that wants to breed them and knows that they are doing??? Or I would hope that they know what they are doing.

Kiya4
(Rebecca)
Title:
Post by: GTR73 on November 20, 2005, 10:15:49 PM
Yeah a bit more variety this auction: -
For the African lovers some less common Mbuna on offer. Also a large selection of Discus - plenty of different morphs on offer. A real nice selection of Tangs - some real pleased Tang lovers walked away happy I'd dare say  :lol: . And a big selection of catfish (aside from the shed-load of bristlenose!).

All in all a good night, and congrats to the organisers that always do a great job - hard work last night as it seemed to be lots of sellers, not many buyers. Which reminds me, a few Mbuna lovers at past auctions that didn't seem to be there last night - they missed out on some great fish!

And a bit of critique if I may: a great job on the photos up front as it ain't an easy job I'm sure. However sometimes a shame some photos didn't get up there in time as I'm sure a few people in the audience would have snapped up fish if they saw what what was on offer. I wonder if there's a quicker way to select a photo from the massive library?  :roll: Dare I ask was it wireless Net? I find the Cichlid-Form from Nth America has a quick fire reference on just about all cichlid species for example. But still did a great job and not much missed just the same.

Like I say, a hard job to do last night and I'm glad you people put it on every six months.
Title:
Post by: dammwoman on November 20, 2005, 10:47:37 PM
Poor Greg. He does a great job. He does miss the odd thing but its usually due to having to change discs.  Not up on computers myself so I have no idea what system he has or if theres a better one.
 Sometimes hes busy sorting out peoples money too as he also has to work out everyones accounts for the end.
Linda
Title:
Post by: nemo1981 on November 21, 2005, 05:20:18 AM
they were using the aqualex cd's and i'm not sure what else.
he did a great job, a shame as it was the pics couldn't come up quicker, he's only human.
i sure as heck wouldn't want to have to go through the thousands upon thousands of profiles.

great job all involved, looking forward to the next :D
Title:
Post by: dammwoman on November 27, 2005, 11:40:01 PM
A lot of the photos there are also from own private photo collection. He goes around all the time taking new photos for the auctions.
If anyone has anything new or the photo on the aqualex isn't very flattering you can send him photos to add to the collection.
Linda
Title:
Post by: here fishie fishie on November 28, 2005, 12:42:49 AM
It's a shame I had a prior engagement at the "Arena".  8)
Sounds like I missed out on a good Auction.

From previous brissie auctions, Greg does a great job, be hard to recongise a fish name & then to find it. Maybe a set up like this for the Goldie Auctions? :?

Frenchy :D
Title:
Post by: efc on November 28, 2005, 12:55:26 PM
nooooooo what Tangs went through??????
the only auction i miss and they have some bloody Tangs!!!
I give up :(
Title:
Post by: GTR73 on November 28, 2005, 02:32:36 PM
Geez, it was such a long time ago . . .
I ain't a Tang nut so probably got it all crosswired but I think they had some featherfins(exactly what can't remember), a few Frontosa (I'm sure there was a 7 bar in there somewhere but could be wrong), some Julidochromis but again, can't remember what types, and other Tangs but can't really remember now.
Someone that's a Tang enthusiast might have a better clue, unlike me.
I just remember thinking it was interesting how manyTangs were going thru this auction.
Title:
Post by: ndoboi on November 28, 2005, 04:59:38 PM
Yeah it was a while ago now...  :?

Umm, there were (if I recall correctly, and im not so sure of that sometimes... :oops: ) -

Hequi
Caudopunctatus
Brevis
Occelatus (Blue)
Frontosa
Leleupi
Maraguense (spelling??)
Calvus
Elongatus
Moorii
Dhonti

Cant remember any feather fins or Julis, but that's not to say they
werent there  :o

Feel free to correct me on the above!!

Cheers
Steve