report from the CAS auction 17 nov 2010

[Richard B]

Surprisingly as a Midlander i didn't need my passport to venture up North to Castleford for one of Castleford aquarist Society's auctions.
Nice people & plenty of major bargains this time round & great to catch up(albeit briefly) with Mark & Steve better known on PC as Cory Wally & The Dark One respectively

So for your delectation, here is a brief summary of some of what was on offer - the list might miss a few bits, with bad spelling & maybe a couple of the prices aren't exact where i recorded them, however.....

a number of otocinclus macrospilus £1.50 each
Ituglanis sp
L90
L349 - £5 each - these were really nice
Tatia Gyrina(?) - stunning - £4 each
small L333 (1 only)
pairs of x tequila livebearers
eques pencilfish £1.30
Acanthicus adonis
bag of convict fry (huge number)
bag 5 ellioti cichlid (juv) £2.50
pair ellioti £7
pair albino kribs £3.20
2 female p mexicana livebearer
male krib 50p
2 platy £1.10
pair black bar endlers £2.10
pair yellow panchax £2.00
pair krib £1.70, another pair £1.60
single kribs 20p each
giant danio £1.10 to 50p
clown loach £4.60
medium angel £3.10
female dwarf gourami £1.80
silver dollar £2
large black marble angel £5
Large black angel £7.50
2 scissortails £1
bag assorted livebearers £2.50
trio swords £2.50
2 blue rainbows £2
kuhli loach £1.20
3 leopard danio £2
3 odessa barb £2
2 bronze cory £1.40 or less
L144 or sp4 actually £2.50 each
breeding pair of L144 (sp4) £22.50
L066 small £4.90
L066 medium £8.50
S Barbatus £ 2.60-3.00 each
various platy singles
pair guppy £1.80
pair red guppy £2.60
'show' pair guppy £2.70
various pairs guppy & platy
male fighter £3.60
2 albino cory £1 (lots of these)
2 peppered cory £1 lots of these
3 bronze cory £1.20 or £1 lots of these
10 individual lots of a single black veiltail angel £3
common plec 6" £2-£2.60
redfin botia
pakistani loach
Skunk botia £2
malawi cichlid £2.50
female bronze cory £1.50
XL female peppered cory £1.90
C Ambiacus £2.10
C Leucomelas
C Trilineatus £2.10
Horseface loach £2
2 rummynose
black phantom tetra £1
longfin danio £1.20
2 pentazona barb £2.50
2 black ruby barb £2.50
male emperor tetra £1.30
2 incissus red rainbow £2.00
3 gold gourami £3
pair gold gourami £3.50
male piketop livebearer (lg) £2.00
humbug cat £2.50
axolotol £6
filament barb £1.20
purple spot gudgeon £3
zebra obliquens £2
breeding pair krib £1.50
pair subocellatus £4
2 pair guppy £1.50
various guppy
2 breeding pairs C (tatia) perugiae £7.50 pair
lanceolata whiptail £3
albino B/nose £1.50
pair jamaican blue endlers £1.50
5 cherry shrimps £1.50
2 severums
adult tinfoils
5 assasin snails £1 (lots of these)

add in to this loads of quality but bargain live & dry food, other dry goods, digi TDS meter, digi pH meter, 36x18x12 tank & cabinet £24, 24x15x12 tank £8.50, other tanks, loads of plants, etc AND cheap beer at the bar & all-in-all i'm sure you'll agree a great night & well worth attending - look out for future dates!

[CoryWally]

Richard,
Thanks for the write up, must have taken ages to type all that in! Hope you got back alright and up early again the next morning - must have been a struggle on Thursday!

I got my kids the two axolotls which they were very excited about. As usual, a great selection of fish at bargain prices. Next stop CSG tomorrow.

Cheers,
Mark.

[Richard B]

Knowing i had spare fuel in the boot, i actually drove back successfully(125 miles approx) with the fuel warning light on!!! But i did run out the following morning after about 800 yards. Felt ok after getting to bed at 2.45am but it hit me late yesterday & today.

the original post failed to correctly submit 1st time which was worrying but obviously is ok.(phew!)

I was pleased i didn't go mad & buy much but it was sooooo tempting - the larger L066 were superb condition & went for £8.50, almost bargain of the century after the male piketop for 2 quid!!! But there was so much that was such great value.

The L144 (sp4)are doing fine & the ituglanis must be ok although i don't see much of them.

Let's see what tomorrow brings....