Who Goes to the Local Auctions

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Who goes?

What are some of the bennefits you've founf from getting involved with the other hobbiests that are there or running them?
 
I sometimes drive 5 hours to go to the Chicago swaps or auctions. I get some great deals and awsome fish from local breeders. I never buy fish from the local stores. I have a group of fronts I bought a while back that I only paid $24 for 6 of them. They weren't even an inch, but now they are almost three inches and doing great.

I highly recommend getting involved with any local groups. You can get some good deals and make some great friends that enjoy the same things that you do.
 
what are these auctions you are talking about, ive never heard of thme before, can anyone tell me if there is such a thinng in new york, or where i might be able to find out or look it up for myself???
 
I go to the ACA auctions they have twice a year, they usually have some great deals, especially on plants and pleco's, they normally don't have "our" kind of fish (monsters) but when they do they are normally really cheap because the demand is low. Plus I just have fun sitting there all day and getting into raffles! :headbang2
 
Auctions are fun, because around here the crowd goes for plants/shrimp/small live bearers. That leaves all of the larger fish for the few people that keep them. I got some red shouldered severums cheap from an auction, and the response I got was "I hope you have a tank big enough for them".
 
rallysman;1651384; said:
Auctions are fun, because around here the crowd goes for plants/shrimp/small live bearers. That leaves all of the larger fish for the few people that keep them. I got some red shouldered severums cheap from an auction, and the response I got was "I hope you have a tank big enough for them".
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^ That's what I was going to say. The local club here is into the smaller fish, so the big ones go cheap. :headbang2
 
the auction is the best place to go if you are looking for some nice fish. i went to the first one this year and got about 40 fish for under $100
 
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