Thank You CCA

[fischfan13]

An ENORMOUS Thank You goes out to Pat Kelly and the CCA.
Sunday was just a great day and Pat Kelly and the CCA were the icing on the cake!
The ECC Spring Auction had about 135-150 people attend and there were quite a few CCA members, and trust me it was noticed!
Pat, thank you for your donations...extremely generous!
I hope that the drive was worth it for everyone.

As we would say in NJ...you's guys are a class act.

 

[emartin]

I know Tony went home a very happy man!

He won what...four raffles?

 

[fischfan13]

I know Tony went home a very happy man!

He won what...four raffles?

Tony is a very classy person who took my Washington Capitals abuse really well. I am not suppose to be happy to see one person win a raffle over another, but I was very happy to see Tony win.
I guess some of the boys liked the Open Bar as well (tab picked up by ECC member BlondeFishGal).

 

[SubMariner]

An ENORMOUS Thank You goes out to Pat Kelly and the CCA.
Sunday was just a great day and Pat Kelly and the CCA were the icing on the cake!
The ECC Spring Auction had about 135-150 people attend and there were quite a few CCA members, and trust me it was noticed!
Pat, thank you for your donations...extremely generous!
I hope that the drive was worth it for everyone.

As we would say in NJ...you's guys are a class act.

Your Welcome...

 

[Anubias Design]

I second Bill's sentiments. It was great to see everyone from CCA and we really do appreciate your making the drive!
Mark

ps Pat, I'm still waiting for my ACA 2011 shirt!

 

[DiscusnAfricans]

I know Tony went home a very happy man!

He won what...four raffles?

It was 3 raffles, but he had a very successful auction. Jim (guarddog) won an ACA membership too. Tony was very generous to offer to drive Phil, Jim and myself there (Phil had to drive part way back because an open bar was music to Tony's ears). We brought back 7 styros full of fish plus about another dozen bags. It was a packed vehicle. CCA had a good showing IMO. I think we had at least a dozen members there (from MD area).

We were glad to be there but special thanks to Bill and all the other ECC members who made the auction run smoothly. The location was well suited for the crowd and the auction closed in a reasonable amount of time considering there were over 600 lots I believe. We didn't even need our Jersey translation guide (Yeah Tony actually knew he was biding on a Jack Dempsey). We plan to make another carpool road trip for the fall auction.

 

[Pat Kelly]

ps Pat, I'm still waiting for my ACA 2011 shirt!

LOL

 

[Anubias Design]

(Yeah Tony actually knew he was biding on a Jack Dempsey).

That's good. That bid surprised me!
Mark

 

[emartin]

That's good. That bid surprised me!
Mark

That whole nick name surprises me! I have NO idea why that fish (Naevochromis chrysogaster) are called Malawi Jack Dempseys...

My adult male makes Lethrinops look just as bad as Aristochromis or Nimbochromis!

A super mellow fish...very difficult to get to color up too!

 

[iamzrad]

w00t w00t.
Had a blast, ECC auction was an awesome event.

Here was our dilemma,
7 styros, 6 or so buckets. How to pack, and with 4 people :lol:

Getting stuff ready,

Buckets are in with 2 styros. Oh crap, there's 5 more...:wacko:

This had to be spared...no room!

Rearranging...

Great success.

I forgot to snap a picture of the inside. But in the box, between Tony and Mike, there were 3-4 more boxes in the middle seat. And fish bag scattered everywhere.

Overall, worth it!

 

[fischfan13]

Priceless.
Absolutely Priceless.

 

[SubMariner]

Awesome! Love the look Tony has on his face. LOL!

 

[Cartel]

So where's the thread where everyone says what they got!?!?!

 

[iamzrad]

So where's the thread where everyone says what they got!?!?!

Well I picked up,
Aristochromic chrysti
Stigmatochromis pholidophorus
Protomelas sp. steveni imperial Likoma
Nyassachromis boadzulu Kanchedeza
Lethrinops furcifer "green face"
Lethrinops sp. "red cap" Itungi

 

[Charlutz]

Kudos back at ya, Bill. I was on the fence til late Saturday night before I cleared the day and made the road trip up. I won one lot out of the first five auctioned (cyathopharynx furcifer sibwesa juvies) and didn't win another bag all day. I am so glad I made the trip Had a blast, talking fish, eating Elk McMuffins and drinking comped Yuengling's. I'll be back in the fall!

 

[F8LBITE]

sorry I missed it guys. Sounds like it was fun.

 

[rsretep]

i had an awesome time at the auction...CCA was in da house.....great to see everyone and a special thanks to Bill and everyone at ECC fro a fantastic time always a blast....

i went north for some Telmatochromis and came back with three bags... i came back to harford county with:

(4) Telmatochromis Vittatus (thanks sarah)

(3) Telmatochromis Vittatus

(6) Telmatochromis (red cheek)

(3) Lamprologus mutifasciatus juvies

plant (name forgotten lol)

aqua clear 70 brand new


lots (is an understatement) of great fish,books,decorations,and people ... Thanks again to all

 

[dogofwar]

That's the "I think I just bought a jack dempsey for a dollar and I'm going to give it to Matt later" look

Although I wasn't able to make it, Tony and Mike did my bidding for me...and did an awesome job!

Three of those buckets are full of Stomatepia pindu... Thanks again guys!

Matt

Awesome! Love the look Tony has on his face. LOL!

 

[emartin]

I came home with:
4-F1 Neolamprologus buescheri Gold Zaire donated by TomsTanganyikans
3-Protomelas sp. 'solo' (johnstoni solo) 3-4". looks like one definite female as that was what I was looking for
5-F1 Placidochromis sp. 'Jalo' Jalo Reef donated from Daves Fish
Bag of juvenile Fossorochromis rostratus
2 MFK Shirts
ZooMed Large Floating Aquarium Log/Turtle Dock

Pre-arranged buys:
Full Colored 2" S. fryeri Iceberg (lost most of it after putting it in a tank with 6" fish though, but this little guy had a FULL BLAZE! Lots of potential for this guy...
Large Male Stigmatochromis sp. 'spilostichus type' to add to my group

Other Dry Goods:
Fish Flakes

 

[emartin]

Well I picked up,
Aristochromic chrysti
Stigmatochromis pholidophorus
Protomelas sp. steveni imperial Likoma
Nyassachromis boadzulu Kanchedeza
Lethrinops furcifer "green face"
Lethrinops sp. "red cap" Itungi

Did you get a bag of them or the single male?

Either way, this is the father:
http://www.capitalcichlids.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6876

A note on the Lethrinops (I didn't bring them in), they are also known as "Green Chest", get big (about 6-7"), are from Manda in Tanzania, and I don't agree with whoever started calling them furcifers. They aren't. They are a different species or a brand new species. Males in breeding dress get a ruby red throat (only visible from underneath). L. furcifer doesn't get this trait (some other species do but they don't match colors-wise with the green chest/green face variety.

BEAUTIFUL Lethrinops though! I used to have a wild pair. Never bred for me but the male was in constant full color never lost it.