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Well it's five hours from DC if you like to 'get it on' a wee bit, seems one has has to really be impertinent (80-85+) to get pulled over on the PA turnpike. I didn't, and going there Saturday AM was like race day what with a bunch of us doing 90 mph. Rock and roll.
I bought:
6 Guernica sphenozas for $30
6 Unidentified Columbian severums for $20 - they get big and blue with red bellies
2 M/F pair of Sturisoma (long & anorexic) catfish for $32
10 Apisto macmasteri for $20
1 trio of all black guppies for $20
1 trio or red Apisto cacuatoides for $12
6 German rams for $15
1 trio of big honking Thoricthys ellioti for $24 (+ $3 auction express fee)
10-12 Red Ceibal juvies for $10
8-10 Laetecara dorsegeri for $10
A five gallon bucketful of driftwood and some food from Plecocaine (is that a great name or what?).
As of this morning everyone appeared to have survived. Really wanted some juvenile Cyps or Paracyps to keep my sand sifters company but they were all $45+/bag of 4 or 5.
Everyone claimed that the last couple years they've had 1200+ bags of fish at the auction. Thinking they were nowhere near that but as there was a swap meet the day before (specifically to minimize the historic auction glut) that may have diminished the bag count by 150 or so. Still a lot of fish at the auction itself, but almost no Corydoras to speak of, no Apistos, guppies, invertebrates (except a couple bags of shrimp) or livebearers at all, less than a dozen bags of plants (a few punky anubias and cryps only), a couple of lone discus, maybe a couple dozen bags of juvie angels (blacks and kois), half a dozen bags of Geos (including an adult pair of altifrons), a couple Aspidoras, a couple Gymnogeos, a dozen bags of juvenile Thoricthys mixtecas and longipinnis and 2 big trios of eliotis, and other than plecos (lots of those but no L204s - sorry Shawn) that was about it for New World other than a few bags of snarky species like red jewels and jaguars.
Best of show was a 5" male Firemouth that challenged and flared at everyone that got close to his wee little tank. Well deserved.
Room sales definitely favored Rift species and plecos and seemed things were way more expensive than the Catfish Convention where I got the impression that people were more interested in just covering their costs and sharing fish than making a profit. Faced with the prospect of going again not sure that I would. Sort of have to buy a lot of fish to make it worth the investment unless you just like jawing with fish fanatics and who needs it? Next thing you know you're joining a club and going to meetings. Sheesh.
I bought:
6 Guernica sphenozas for $30
6 Unidentified Columbian severums for $20 - they get big and blue with red bellies
2 M/F pair of Sturisoma (long & anorexic) catfish for $32
10 Apisto macmasteri for $20
1 trio of all black guppies for $20
1 trio or red Apisto cacuatoides for $12
6 German rams for $15
1 trio of big honking Thoricthys ellioti for $24 (+ $3 auction express fee)
10-12 Red Ceibal juvies for $10
8-10 Laetecara dorsegeri for $10
A five gallon bucketful of driftwood and some food from Plecocaine (is that a great name or what?).
As of this morning everyone appeared to have survived. Really wanted some juvenile Cyps or Paracyps to keep my sand sifters company but they were all $45+/bag of 4 or 5.
Everyone claimed that the last couple years they've had 1200+ bags of fish at the auction. Thinking they were nowhere near that but as there was a swap meet the day before (specifically to minimize the historic auction glut) that may have diminished the bag count by 150 or so. Still a lot of fish at the auction itself, but almost no Corydoras to speak of, no Apistos, guppies, invertebrates (except a couple bags of shrimp) or livebearers at all, less than a dozen bags of plants (a few punky anubias and cryps only), a couple of lone discus, maybe a couple dozen bags of juvie angels (blacks and kois), half a dozen bags of Geos (including an adult pair of altifrons), a couple Aspidoras, a couple Gymnogeos, a dozen bags of juvenile Thoricthys mixtecas and longipinnis and 2 big trios of eliotis, and other than plecos (lots of those but no L204s - sorry Shawn) that was about it for New World other than a few bags of snarky species like red jewels and jaguars.
Best of show was a 5" male Firemouth that challenged and flared at everyone that got close to his wee little tank. Well deserved.
Room sales definitely favored Rift species and plecos and seemed things were way more expensive than the Catfish Convention where I got the impression that people were more interested in just covering their costs and sharing fish than making a profit. Faced with the prospect of going again not sure that I would. Sort of have to buy a lot of fish to make it worth the investment unless you just like jawing with fish fanatics and who needs it? Next thing you know you're joining a club and going to meetings. Sheesh.
