Patrick_G Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Our Seattle area aquarium club had a large auction yesterday. The amount of fish, plants and gear being auctioned was amazing. They started and 10:00am and were still going strong when I left at 2:30pm. I think they stopped at 4:00pm with many items still left to sell. I’d like to give a huge thank you for the volunteers who make this event run so smoothly! I bought some stuff, but lost out on a bunch of items. It was a good day for sellers. I brought some African Dwarf Frogs and netted over $70 for them. Not bad in my opinion! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 I live in the wrong state. 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 10:12 AM, Mmiller2001 said: I live in the wrong state. 😂 I guess we are really lucky to have such an active club. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 (edited) It ended a little after 4:00 but they managed to pick up the pace and auction off all the items. It got pretty crazy at the end. Most of my plants were like $1-$2 and this piece of wood was $1 too. One guy got a pack of three, full, large seachem fertilizers for $12, one of them had a pricetag of $14.99. Then the we stacks of spider wood, dragon stone, and siryu stone that went for similarly low prices. Dean was there and had said that he was going to bring a cup of fine sand for me but things were so crazy that I totally forgot until he was already gone... It was pretty awesome how much of a turnout we had there. I wish I had tried harder to get one if those grindal worm cultures. Those looked like guys setups It's also a bit crazy how many YouTube people are in our club Edited April 23, 2023 by Schuyler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 10:28 AM, Schuyler said: It ended a little after 4:00 but they managed to pick up the pace and auction off all the items. It got pretty crazy at the end. Most of my plants were like $1-$2 and this piece of wood was $1 too. One guy got a pack of three, full, large seachem fertilizers for $12, one of them had a pricetag of $14.99. If I don’t volunteer at the next one I’ll probably plan on getting there later and staying until the end. Your haul looks pretty nice. I’m happy that I got one of the grindal worm kits. It’s a prime setup. I’m also happy about the huge bag of fluffy Java Windelov that included about 6 separate bunches. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 10:34 AM, Patrick_G said: If I don’t volunteer at the next one I’ll probably plan on getting there later and staying until the end. I think the optional approach would be to get there early to get your items in a good spot and get some fish, leave and take a break in the middle for a bit, then come back near the end up get some crazy deals. Did you end up getting the free food samples? That was definitely cool, now I don't have to but a full jar only to find out my fish don't like the taste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 7:49 PM, Patrick_G said: Okay I want this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 10:41 AM, Lennie said: Okay I want this. 😁 Me too! It even lights up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 9:49 AM, Patrick_G said: My corydoras! You guys are very lucky just in the sense of I wish I could have a day there. Getting access to plants from a community of hobbyists would be special and really help me out! I would totally sell some fish and shrimp too! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 10:38 AM, Schuyler said: Did you end up getting the free food samples? That was definitely cool, now I don't have to but a full jar only to find out my fish don't like the taste Shoot, I saw the free food but forgot to grab some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 5:53 PM, nabokovfan87 said: My corydoras! You guys are very lucky just in the sense of I wish I could have a day there. Getting access to plants from a community of hobbyists would be special and really help me out! I would totally sell some fish and shrimp too! How close is your closest local club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 (edited) On 4/23/2023 at 8:01 PM, Schuyler said: How close is your closest local club? Santa Ana or Covina. 2-3 hour drive one way. https://www.facebook.com/groups/scape/ Edited April 24, 2023 by nabokovfan87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 12:51 PM, Patrick_G said: 😁 Me too! It even lights up! but does it sing when you walk past it?🤪 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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