The East Anglia Cichlid Group held its first auction and meeting on 1st Feb in Moulton Village Hall, Suffolk. Over 80 people braved the cold and snow to fill the hall to witness a lively and at times entertaining auction as Jim Dawson presided with his usual dry wit and dished out (and received) a fair sprinkling of cheeky one-liners to well-known breeders and locals in the audience. There was a good degree of variety of Cichlids in the auction, with nearly all regions represented. Despite protests from the American crowd(!) Malawis, blue, yellow and other colours were well represented as well as Tangs, West Africans and even a monster Nile Tilapia. As usual many bargains were had with a fair number of lots going for reserve and in general prices were probably a third of shop prices with many of the fish not even seen in most shops. There were a few bidding wars, the best probably for a wild pair of T. meeki (Firemouths) going above £40! It was also a good social occasion, many people meeting for the first time people they had known through emails and phone calls for many months or even years. There was a lively atmosphere before and after the auction as people made new friends and caught up with old ones, there was even a fair bit of trading of fish, food and equipment going on. All in all, a credit-crunch busting way to spend a winters day in the Suffolk country-side! Central America: Cichlasoma salvini male x2 HRP male x 2 H.nicaraguense fry A.nigrofasciatus Trio & pair N.nematopus fry lots of H.pantostictus fry lots of H.carpinte Escondido lots of H.tamasopoensis fry 3 lots N.haitensis fry 2 lots P.dovii several lots C.cutteri fry several lots P.motaguense R/T fry several lots Vieja breihdori lot of 5 young p.dovii male A.septemfasciatus fry 2 lots H.bocourti 2 young T.meeki wild pair P.managuense wild F/M UN ID group wild breeding group Guatamala N.tetracanthus poss young pair C.salvini W/C L.Peten H.pearsi 3" H.pearsi 1.5" Midas 3 - 4" 2 gps of 6 A.robertsoni 3" N.loiselli male 10" South America H.temporalis w/c 5-6" A.cacutoides yellow F/m x 1 G.braziliensis 2 lots of 6 H.severus F1 2 lots of 4 A.sp.Peru 5 lots of 6 Krobia sp Xingu Red Cheek 3 lots of 6 H.sp.Rotkiel F2 5 lots of 4 G.aff.Altifrons Xingu F1 4 lots of 5 Blue acara 2 lots @ 3" Rifts J.gombi 2 lots L.sp Mamba 3 lots T.sp Red Cheek 3 lotsP.nyrerri Pyphon Isl 3 lots C.leptosoma sebwasse 2 lots sub adult N.livingstoni Adult f/m A.stuartgranti 3 lots P.elongatus several lots N.fuscotaeniatus adult M O.nasuta Tiger 2 lots of 2 males L.calliurus trio T.iracae Burundi 1 A.compressiceps G/H N.leleupi O.ventralis White ghost 1 M.zebra Chilumba 3 lots A.jacobfreibergi M C.Afra FM L.meeli L.sp Hongi 3 lots of 2 Catfish Bristlenose several assorted lots adult, pairs and juv Jaguar cats 2 lots Syn.lucipinnis Syn.petricola 3 H.thoracatum Un ID lge synodontis several Other cichlids and non-cichlids Nile tilapia 12" XXL Silver dollar P.humilis Liberia Red Kribensis S.casuarius Other items Internal and external filters Books Bog wood Light units Bags of shells Tank ornaments Sera siporax Air pumps Sponge filters |    |
Inaurgural Auction 1st Feb 2009 |
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