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March Greater Detroit Aquarium Society Auction

2K views 5 replies 4 participants last post by  Jake Levi  
#1 ·
Well, I went to the auction yesterday, and it was incredible, the recession hasnt hurt the aquarium hobby in lower Michigan !

It was a 4 hr drive for me, but worth it, I got a few more tanks, plus fish.

There were more fish waiting to be sold at 4 pm when I left then at the beginning of the sale back in Oct. There are always a few selling out, or estates cleaning out garages etc, but the bulk of the mdse was people upgrading, changing set ups, and a huge amount of juvenile fish, older fish were in the minority.

Because Cichlids I got 3 nice almost breeding size long fin bristlenose plecos, there were a lot of brown and albino pairs and trios there. Many juveniles. Along with a good assortment of corys and a lot of synodonts.

A huge assortment of African Cichlids, and a very good assortment of Central and South American including some gorgeous breeder size Tangerine Discus. Only one Jack Dempsey, a large female, probably 6".

A nice assortment of Severums. Four bags of quarter size Heros , sp Uatumen, four small breeder size Redheads, 5-6 Red-lined, and some juvenile Turquoise, I didnt see any golds or albinos. Many other SA Cichlids, a sprinkling of CAs, and a lot of domestic Angels. Plus 3-4 species of Tilapia. Enough to start several Tilapia farms.

There were a large assortment of plants, huge Java Ferns going for $8-10, the same in Anubias, some Amazon Swords, many others.

The guys I talked to working it said it was the biggest turnout they had seen and several are very long time members.

People were enthusiastically buying when I left at 4. I had to get home and get my fish settled in which I did, some Severums, the Plecos , and some crayfish.

A very nice assortment of Rams and Apistogrammas.

Their next auction will in later part of Oct, should be a lot of young fish from all of the breeders sold yesterday.
 
#2 ·
sounds fun as ****....*** never been to an event like this :( ....id be like a kid in a candy store..
 
#4 ·
I am always like a kid in a candy store there, I love Severums and added some new ones to me, got two bigger tanks I needed/wanted, some longfin bristlenose plecos, almost breeder size.

its a 4 hr drive for me, but what I save on what I get more then covers gas. Plus I see a lot of stuff thats not available in the big box store available for me. This is about the 5th one I have been to with them , and the best.

This club has a lot of very good breeders in a lot of areas so there are always excellent young fish. You can get breeder catfish plus fry of new and unusual ones. I saw 3 royal plecos sell. Out of my budget but they sold well. These were breeder size.

This was their best auction I've been to, I'll be back for the Oct one.
 
#5 ·
I thought the GDAS auction sucked, the church basement is too small for a turn out that size. Motor City puts on a better auction in a much bigger space. Their March auction had over 2000 items! The All Clubs Spring Bash is May 2nd which has a flea market a guest speaker and a rare fish raffle.
 
#6 ·
Each to his own, I enjoyed it and thought it was excellent.

The 'Motor City' auction is so big that I never heard of it up here.

There was easily well over a thousand fish items at this auction.

The All Clubs Spring event sounds good but many events are in the eve, I am not going to drive 4 hrs home after that.