Auction results

[ambushman2j]

so I guess ideally you would not want any other species in the tank with the colony then?

[328iGuy]

so I guess ideally you would not want any other species in the tank with the colony then?

You got it!  

[Sue]

heh..wish duboisi were not so expensive I would love a colony of those, the *1* I bought at the auction has adapted BEST of all *6* fish I was able to buy.. only one who's eating from top of the tank so far.. )

I'm glad to hear the little guy is doing well. I babied it with a big bag for such a small fish!

[pegasus]

so I guess ideally you would not want any other species in the tank with the colony then?

Well that depend on the size of your colony. A large colony of 20+ will do better by themselves but a smaller colony 8-14 could benefit in having other fish to break their chases. That's what I've done for my first 8 Kaiser. I will by adding the 5 new juveniles from the auctions in about 6 months, meanwhile they share their space with calvus, treto, lithobates, red empress & brichardi. My two other colonies of 10 & 18 are alone in their growing up tanks.

I had a near fatality when I had the 8 Kaiser alone. In just 4 hours, 2 dominant males went at it leaving one with tail, dorsal fin to the spine and a good part of his back in bare flesh. 3 weeks later, a vacation with the juvies and that fish had regain all his splendour.
So if someone bought 5 tropheus at the auction, you have only two choices... get 10 more or mix them with larger africans.

Here's a picture of the not so dominant Kaiser.

[Anubias]

Hi Shouganai,

I supplied the pigmies and was unaware of any problems. They were purchased several months ago at Super Pet and placed in their own bare 5 gallon tank. I lost none during that period, but I seldom viewed them. I moved them to another freshly filled 5 gallon about 36 hours before the auction. They may have been damaged  during the transfer. In any case, I most likely wouldn't have been able to discern the disease with my eyesight. It was inadvertent.

A few years back, I bid and won a rare synodontis at the OVAS auction. Immediately the vendor approached me and said that she thought that it might have ick. I wasn't too pleased, but it gave me a heads up to treat the catfish. It survived to become a great addition to the tank.

Let's hope that you don't lose them. If you do, email me (dwhitt at sympatico.ca) and I'll refund what I received for them. OVAS is self-insured and no doubt will refund the other 25%. I'm sorry about this. These things happen.

The same applies to the other purchaser.

Regards,

[Marc]

Actually items at the auction are sold "as is" but in this case if David refunds his 75% we could probably say there was no sale then OVAS would return the other 25%.

The above is my opinion.  I would have to check with the OVAS executive to get a final decision.  

Marc

[Marc]

P.S.  I hope it's not columnaris and that the pigmy cories make a full recovery.

[Sue]

so I guess ideally you would not want any other species in the tank with the colony then?

You got it!  

I've also put a few other tanganikan's in my tropheus tanks.  I also like to mix duboisi and moori, because duboisi are much less aggressive.
I don't have enough cherry spots, and the fighting is brutal in that tank. I have stuck sponges near the surface in the corners where the beaten up fish go to hide. I stick them on the glass with spare suction cups from old power heads/broken heaters. It seems to help the bottom ranking fish survive.

[TBarb]

The same problem, something what was announced I have not seen on the tables, maybe because there were a lot of stuff on the auction .
As a suggection for next grand auction to have separate tables for fish/plants/equipment. Maybe in this case people will be able to focus :?:
And also I liked the idea with the white board :!: . Just there were a lot of people walking there, so sometimes I was unable to see what is going on.

Regards

I second that. Good suggestion.

[BigDaddy]

There's a reason why people spread their lots across multiple tables......

[artw]

yes,  there is nothing like trying to auction off 10 consecutive lots of pennywort

[Shouganai]

Hi Shouganai,

I supplied the pigmies and was unaware of any problems. They were purchased several months ago at Super Pet and placed in their own bare 5 gallon tank. I lost none during that period, but I seldom viewed them. I moved them to another freshly filled 5 gallon about 36 hours before the auction. They may have been damaged  during the transfer. In any case, I most likely wouldn't have been able to discern the disease with my eyesight. It was inadvertent.

No problem, its all good.. I haven't lost any since the one that was dead in bag at the auction. Currently there is one showing pretty clear signs of columnaris, and they're all being medicated. I know cories are prone to catching this from high-stress situations, so it quite probably had nothing to do with you.

On a side note, you said you got these from SP about 5 months ago.. was it Merivale SP? If so, chances are I sold them to you, and  I own the rest of these little guys brothers and sisters I remember someone from OVAS coming in and buying 10 pygmy cories a couple weeks before I bought up the rest of them.

[Anubias]

Yes, that was me. I would have kept them, but am closing down all of my tanks for now at least.

Regards,

[artw]

Yes, that was me. I would have kept them, but am closing down all of my tanks for now at least.
Regards,

Feels good eh. I only have 1 tank running now.

[BigDaddy]

Feels good eh. I only have 1 tank running now.

BLASPHEMY!

[mseguin]

Sounds like the MTS is in remission, but it will come back.

[ambushman2j]

so I guess ideally you would not want any other species in the tank with the colony then?

Well that depend on the size of your colony. A large colony of 20+ will do better by themselves but a smaller colony 8-14 could benefit in having other fish to break their chases. That's what I've done for my first 8 Kaiser. I will by adding the 5 new juveniles from the auctions in about 6 months, meanwhile they share their space with calvus, treto, lithobates, red empress & brichardi. My two other colonies of 10 & 18 are alone in their growing up tanks.

I had a near fatality when I had the 8 Kaiser alone. In just 4 hours, 2 dominant males went at it leaving one with tail, dorsal fin to the spine and a good part of his back in bare flesh. 3 weeks later, a vacation with the juvies and that fish had regain all his splendour.
So if someone bought 5 tropheus at the auction, you have only two choices... get 10 more or mix them with larger africans.

Here's a picture of the not so dominant Kaiser.

Well, right now I have in my 50 the little duboisi and 2 of those tetro frontosa looking things and a syno upsidedown cat together, and in my 77 I have my 7" front, the 2 moori's I picked up from auction and my aulonacara bi-color I bought from last years giant auction.. my tanks are a little bare and inactive right now, so I definately would want to get more fish, I would really like to get a colony of some kinda tropheus preferably duboisi but if they are too pricey that will not be possible.. so for now I will explore all my options see what's what, but in all likelyhood I will only be able to afford 8-10 at most then figure out what tank and what combinations I can go with as I am sure what's in the 77 will go with what's in the 50

[pegasus]

ambushman2j  
Moving all your fish from the 50 gal to the 77 gal is perfect. I know you will wait till they get to the right size before they get to meet your aulonacara bi-color.

The name is... Neolamprologus tretocephalus my fish.. my avatar... so get it right!  

[328iGuy]

Well, right now I have in my 50 the little duboisi and 2 of those tetro frontosa looking things and a syno upsidedown cat together, and in my 77 I have my 7" front, the 2 moori's I picked up from auction and my aulonacara bi-color I bought from last years giant auction.. my tanks are a little bare and inactive right now, so I definately would want to get more fish, I would really like to get a colony of some kinda tropheus preferably duboisi but if they are too pricey that will not be possible.. so for now I will explore all my options see what's what, but in all likelyhood I will only be able to afford 8-10 at most then figure out what tank and what combinations I can go with as I am sure what's in the 77 will go with what's in the 50

How many Duboisi did you get from the auction?

[ambushman2j]

ambushman2j  
Moving all your fish from the 50 gal to the 77 gal is perfect. I know you will wait till they get to the right size before they get to meet your aulonacara bi-color.

The name is... Neolamprologus tretocephalus my fish.. my avatar... so get it right!  

Well I am not worried about the aulonacara causing problems it's the smallest fish in my 77.. it's only about 2" just about to be fully coloured up, I am conserned the frontosa will eat the duboisi

and yeah, that name is a mouthful never kept tang before so I gotta learn all these new names

and I am thinking I would rather have the large colony of tropheus in the 77 rather then the 50