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Alcolapia alcalicus
Item #1284775997

Current Auction Time: Sat Jun 1 15:24:08 2024


Final: $50.00 (reserve price met) First Bid $1.00
Time left 00:00 # of Bids 3 (bid history)
Started Sep 10 2010 - 10:13:18 PM Location Lincoln NE 68516 United States
Ended Sep 17 2010 - 09:13:17 PM
Auction Closed
Seller Nebraska_cichlids (190/190) 101-500
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High Bidder Mckidd (13/13) 10-50

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Shipping Will Ship to Continental United States Only See Item Description


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Description

This auction is for ONE SINGLE Alcolapia alcalicus, but winning bidder may buy a total of up to six fish at winning bid price (winning bid price x 6). I will try my best to sex the fish for you, but cannot guarantee proper sexing at this young age. The species (�Soda cichlid�) is endemic to Lake Natron in Tanzania, i.e. not truly West African. I have sold only two batches this year and, to the best of my knowledge, these are the only colonies kept in the U.S. (and only a very few world-wide). This auction will be the last (or perhaps second to last) that I am holding this year. The fish are a few months old and up to 1� in size; they come from different spawns, though, and the sizes vary considerably. The fish actually are fairly easy to spawn, but produce only a few eggs per spawn. At least that�s the case for their parents, which started breeding at a young age. In my other auctions I typically throw in a few extra fish for free, but here you will get only the number that you pay for. PayPal (jzempleni2@unl.edu) is the preferred method of payment but I will also consider other forms of payment. The fish will be double-bagged (including pieces of polyfilter) and will be shipped in a Styrofoam box. There is no charge for box, bags, and polyfilter. I reserve the right to delay shipping in case of unfavorable weather forecast. Shipping is $15 flat rate for USPS Priority (2nd day) without live arrival guarantee and without tracking number. If fish die in transit (priority shipping), there will be no refunds and no replacement fish � end of story. I can also ship fish by Fedex, UPS, or USPS Express for actual cost of shipping. I guarantee live arrival (value of fish minus cost of shipping; no replacement fish) for any overnight shipping method. Fish will be shipped from Zip 68516, in case you want to estimate shipping expenses. Please note that USPS in Nebraska goofed up the past 4-5 Express shipping attempts and fish (Pelvicachromis, Tilapia, Steatocranus) arrived ALIVE a day late. You will need a dedicated tank for this species because of the special water requirements. I will provide the buyer with detailed instructions for successful keeping and breeding of these beauties. The picture shows one of the males from my breeding group at a young age; I also uploaded a video of the actual fish for sale on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v42X0Fv1wh0). Buyer must be home to receive the fish in order to claim a refund for dead fish. A picture of the dead fish in the unopened bag must be emailed within one hour of receipt of the fish, no exceptions. Payment must be received within five days of auction close, otherwise the fish will be re-listed.



Bid History:

Bidders Bid Time Bid Comments
Jimbob54 (121/121) 101-500 Sep 11 2010 - 06:20:17 AM $1.00 
Jimbob54 (121/121) 101-500 Sep 13 2010 - 01:02:06 AM $6.00 Bumped up by: Fishy123321 $6.00
Mckidd (13/13) 10-50 Sep 16 2010 - 05:41:20 PM $50.00 

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