PVAS Auction April 25

[Andrew]

In Springfield, VA.

http://pvas.com/auctions.php

[jonclark96]

Planning on being there. There was a lot of good deals last year.

[Tony]

They ever have any cichlids?

[jonclark96]

There was a fairly decent amount of cichlids. I couldn't tell you about the africans as I didn't really pay attention because I dont' keep them, but there were some decent new worlds. Nothing extraordinarily rare, but good deals. There are also lots of dry goods, plants, used tanks, & equipment.

[SubMariner]

Every year is different.

Sometimes, there is a boat load of African's, then the following year there absolutely none at all.

[F8LBITE]

always a good time and lots of neat stuff.

[George]

I'm bringing tanks. No treads on them though. See you there.

George

[minifoot77]

I'm bringing tanks. No treads on them though. See you there.

George

you wouldn't have an abrams would you?

[Jamieishard]

ill be there... hopefully pick up something good :)

[DiscusnAfricans]

Any other MDers attending? I don't like crossing the Styx, I mean Potomac, but it is a great auction to attend.

[iamzrad]

I'm thur.

[Tony]

Any other MDers attending? I don't like crossing the Styx, I mean Potomac, but it is a great auction to attend.

nice. :D

[chris_todd]

Any other MDers attending? I don't like crossing the Styx, I mean Potomac, but it is a great auction to attend.
:lol: Yeah, I've actually been considering getting a hotel room for Saturday night, because the GWAPA meeting is in Northern Virginia the day before, and there's talk of activities after the GWAPA meeting at another GWAPA member's house.

When I was a consultant, I was on a gig at Fannie Mae, and commuted from Catonsville to Reston every day for two years. The flashbacks still haunt me... :eek:

[Tony]

When I was a consultant, I was on a gig at Fannie Mae, and commuted from Catonsville to Reston every day for two years. The flashbacks still haunt me... :eek:

That is just plain wrong....

I thought I had it bad with Gaithersburg to Bladensburg/Kennilworth Ave.

[iamzrad]

That is just plain wrong....

I thought I had it bad with Gaithersburg to Bladensburg/Kennilworth Ave.

North Baltimore to Dulles, VA. :angry3::angry3::angry3:

Glad that is changing soon :rolleyes:

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[Spine]

Lol, I plan on going.

[Andrewtfw]

I am trying to get someone to cover my shift at TFW so I can make the auction.

[chris_todd]

North Baltimore to Dulles, VA. :angry3::angry3::angry3:

Glad that is changing soon :rolleyes:

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Point well taken. :) Sorry, my bad, didn't mean to hijack the thread, just wanted to point out that another Marylander was likely to make the auction. :)

[Jumbie]

I will probably go as well see everyone there.

[DiscusnAfricans]

Point well taken. :) Sorry, my bad, didn't mean to hijack the thread, just wanted to point out that another Marylander was likely to make the auction. :)
It was my fault. I asked the question and instigated the commute stories. I just figure any conversation is worth keeping the thread active.

[Tony]

I'm out. Have some important stuff I need to take care of this weekend.

Bummer.

[F8LBITE]

I wont make it gotta work.

[Cartel]

I'm also busy this weekend so I'm out.

[DiscusnAfricans]

Anyone from the 270 corridor/area looking to carpool?

[iamzrad]

Who ended up going? Unfortunely, I had some moving things that needed to be done and would not have made it till the very end, ugh.

[Tony]

Who ended up going? Unfortunely, I had some moving things that needed to be done and would not have made it till the very end, ugh.

I ended up heading down there with O'Shea, Matt and Jon Clark. Saw a ton of CCA'ers down there... Jen, TFW Andrew, Kevin, Josh, Scales Andrew, George, Jim, Frank, Bob. A ton of fish, tanks and dry goods. We rolled out around noon, but I think the real deals would have been found towards the end of the day.

[iamzrad]

I ended up heading down there with O'Shea, Matt and Jon Clark. Saw a ton of CCA'ers down there... Jen, TFW Andrew, Kevin, Josh, Scales Andrew, George, Jim, Frank, Bob. A ton of fish, tanks and dry goods. We rolled out around noon, but I think the real deals would have been found towards the end of the day.

Was there a nice amount of Malawi stock?

[Tony]

Was there a nice amount of Malawi stock?

Not really. I got a bag of peacocks, but other than that (and some ruby reds that Mike brought and some L. trewavasae from Jen, I think), there were only bags of pretty common and/or questionable stuff from Lake Malawi. A few bags of yellow labs that were oddly dying in the bag an hour or two into the auction. A couple of bags labeled "Red Empress peacocks." Some "assorted" Africans that consisted of some johannis and hybrids.

Lots of sweet new world stuff though and some pretty nice Tangs as well.

Tons of angels, bags of juvie altums going for like $15. Really sweet discus going at very reasonable prices. Lots of catfish; cories and plecos (not so much for synos though). Livebearers galore. Plants galore....

Despite the lack of Malawi stuff (which I had anticipated) there was really some awesome stuff there. I will go again next year for sure. :)

[DiscusnAfricans]

Was there a nice amount of Malawi stock?
Yeah, I think the few bags of stuff that Matt and I brought covered about half of the African selection. There was plenty of stuff there though, especially plants and dry goods.

[jonclark96]

The new worlds they had were decent and at good prices. There were two 12" Red devils that went for $10 each. I would have bought one of them if I had an empty tank.

I had a good time riding down with Tony, Matt, and Mike and chatting with the other CCA'ers at the auction.

[SubMariner]

Yea, it's too bad I missed it. I typically go every year if I can. The lack of Malawi Cichlids is usually hit or miss at this auction, but there are some awesome dry goods stuff.

[dogofwar]

The new worlds they had were decent and at good prices. There were two 12" Red devils that went for $10 each. I would have bought one of them if I had an empty tank.

I had a good time riding down with Tony, Matt, and Mike and chatting with the other CCA'ers at the auction.

amen - what's better than hanging out and shooting the ****e about fish? I got a couple of bags of gymnogeos and brought a few bags to sell. Overall a lot of fun and very well run by pvas!

Matt

[Spine]

I fun PVAS ran things smoothly. I picked up some cool catfish:D

[breeia]

I got some pretty pretty discus, a couple of schools of cories, and some dry goods at ridiculous prices. In my book, a fine day :).

[BevN]

We made it down and took a bunch of stuff from our spring cleaning. We were very pleased with the prices we got and picked up a few new fishes as well. Green Laser corys for a song, some neat dwarf ancistris, and a bag of C114 corys along with a bag of common ancistris that are future tank cleaners.

I could not believe the amount of fish, plants and dry goods that were there. We manage to hang till the end. We were exhausted but it was worth the drive.