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FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SULAWESI SHRIMP OCD GUY! FS!

Item #1308274368

Current Auction Time: Sun May 19 13:27:59 2024

		Final:	$100.99		First Bid	$1.00
		Time left	00:00		# of Bids	7 (bid history)
		Started	Jun 9 2011 - 08:32:49 PM		Location	Lexington KY 40508 United States
		Ended	Jun 16 2011 - 08:32:48 PM Auction Closed
		Seller	Lexinverts (261/261)
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		High Bidder	Billybob760 (31/52)
		Payment	PayPal
		Shipping	Will Ship to Continental United States Only Seller Pays Shipping,

Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item. You should contact the seller to resolve any questions before bidding. Currency is U.S. dollars (US$) unless otherwise noted.

Description

RILI SHRIMP, POSO ORANGE, YELLOW POSO, YELLOW SPOTTED, AND GOLD SPOTTED RABBIT SNAILS! FREE SHIPPING, NO RESERVE!

In case you missed last week's "episode," go here:

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/closed.cgi?view_closed_item&fwinverts1307668437

Lexinverts presents: Real Men of Sulawesi.

(singing) REAL MEN OF SULAAAWEEEEEEESI!

Today we salute you, MR SULAWESI-SHRIMP-OCD GUY.

(singing) MR SULAWESI-SHRIMP-OCD GUUUUY!

You stare wistfully into the barren 75-gallon Sulawesi-scape that you built with love for those little invertebrate pixies, watching Tigger's carapace swirl lifelessly in the current.

(singing) BUT I DID EEEEVERYTHING I COULD TO SAAAAVE HER!

Then you go back to Aristocratama.com and click relaod ten times until their techno intro pounds through your computer speakers and into your brain.

(singing) Dooo d-doo d-doo Dooo d-doo d-doo Dooo d-doo d-doo Doo d-doo d-doo Dooo d-doo d-doo!

While whirling in your techno-trance you have a REVELATION. By Monday, you've got a plane ticket, 500 breather bags, and a plan.

(singing) I'M GONNNNNNA GOOOOOO TO LAKE POSO!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, go ahead and crack open a nice old package from Lexinverts, Mr. Sulawesi-Shrimp-OCD Guy. Because you deserve some inverts that are hardy enough to survive weeks with the fish-sitter while you are recovering. And, after all, how were you supposed to know that you could get CANED in Indonesia for collecting shrimp without a permit?

(singing) MR SULAWESI-SHRMP-OOOOOOOCCCCCCCCCDDDDDDDDDDDD GUUUUY!

In this Auction:

Rili Shrimp

Rili Shrimp

Rili Shrimp

Poso Orange Rabbit Snail

Yellow Poso Rabbit Snail

Gold-Spotted Rabbit Snail

Yellow-Spotted Rabbit Snail

Juvie Rabbit Snails

Up for bidding are the following awesome and HARDY pieces of livestock:

• 10 juvie RILI Shrimps (males and females)
• 5 juvie Poso Orange Rabbit Snails (1/4 to 1/2 inch)
• 5 juvie Yellow Poso Rabbit Snails (1/4 to 1/2 inch)
• 5 juvie Gold-Spotted Rabbit Snails (1/4 to 1/2 inch)
• 5 juvie Yellow-Spotted Rabbit Snails (1/4 to 1/2 inch)

In case you don't watch TV (or you've managed to erase these horrible commercials from your memory...), go to Youtube and search for "Real Men of Genius." Ok...now that you have that lame song going through your head, let's talk about THIS auction. No offense intended to the Sulawesi shrimp fans out there! We actually think that Sulawesi shrimps are VERY cool, but have not had much luck keeping them ourselves. And judging by all of the TRAGIC stories we keep reading on the blogs out there, neither have most people. So bid on this auction, for crying out loud, if you want some beautiful shrimps and snails that will LIVE FOR YOU.

This package includes our newest variety of shrimp, Rili shrimp, and they are very unique. They are Painted Fire Red shrimp that have been selectively bred to display two-part coloration, somewhat similar to a Crystal Red Shrimp. The saddles and berries on these shrimps are often bright green, so when mature they can display bright red, green, and a translucent to white body color. They are really gorgeous shrimps! My pictures are of one of my breeders. This auction is for 10 juvies that are still coloring up. They are fast-growing shrimps, so they should be mature and have near mature coloration within 1 month or so after you receive them. YOU WILL GET MALES AND FEMALES. Rilis were brand new out of Taiwan last year, and they've just made it to the U.S.A. within the last 4-5 months. They first went for nearly $1,000 per pair in Taiwan! If you look at my feedback, you'll see that I paid over 80 bucks for a pair. But I'm offering them in this auction with NO RESERVE... And, yes, they are hardy and easy to keep, so they are perfect for Sulawesi Shrimp OCD guy.

For those of you that are not familiar with rabbit snails, they come from the warm-water, high pH great lakes of Sulawesi, are stunningly beautiful, and extremely active snails. When we first got them they immediately became THE first thing we pointed out in our tanks to visitors. They are livebearers and only produce 1 baby per month, so they won't overpopulate your tank. (Do the math - it would take almost two years for one female to produce as many snails as you will win in this auction!) They will eat plants like Amazon Swords, Anubias, etc., but they go VERY well with floating plants, mosses, and Marimo balls. (Check out the picture at the bottom of the page of our tank with Rabbit Snails and Shrimp to see how green a 'rabbit-snail-tank' can be with moss and floaters!)

For these snails to be happy, you need to turn your heater up to about 80-82 F. It's a good idea to add crushed coral/aragonite (1 lb per gallon) to bring your pH up to about 7.6-7.8. Feed this stuff raw carrots (they love carrots and they won't pollute your water!), Ken's Veggie Sticks with Calcium, Frozen Brine Shrimp, and Indian Almond leaves. Under these conditions your rabbit snails will grow into 3-4-inch-long MONSTERS and the shrimp will breed like crazy (I've been breeding my Rilis at 82F and they are thriving).

We're going to stuff all of this into a box and ship it to you for FREE with a LIVE ARRIVAL GUARANTEE. (No guarantee for any extras included in the box.) We ship via Priority Mail in a Styrofoam-lined box with Kordon breather bags. Heat packs are no extra charge. We offer a NO RISK LIVE ARRIVAL GUARANTEE. By no risk, we mean that if your animals arrive DOA, whether it's our fault or the fault of the USPS, we will re-ship them at NO ADDITIONAL COST TO YOU. How many sellers on Aquabid offer that kind of guarantee? Just email us a digital picture of the dead fish in the unopened bag within 2 hrs of the first delivery attempt. We ship to the continental USA only.

Payment is via Paypal only. Send payment within 24 hrs of close of auction to lexinverts1@gmail.com, please. Contact us with questions at lexinverts1@gmail.com.

Pictured along the left: Photos of breeder adult rabbit snails, and shrimp--the parents of those in this auction.

Pictured below is the Mixed Shrimp and Rabbit Snails setup in our kitchen following the theme of this auction. Go to our photo website for more pictures of these snails and shrimp.

http://s754.photobucket.com/home/Lexinverts/index

Note: since the adults are bigger and much easier to photograph, most of our pictures are of adults. The last picture is of the 1/4-1/2 inch juvie rabbit snails like the ones you will get in this auction!

Now...who wants to be Mr Sulawesi-Shrimp-OCD Guy (or Gal)?

Good luck and happy bidding!

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Bid History:

Bidders		Bid Time		Bid		Comments
Snoreson (77/78)		Jun 10 2011 - 12:13:36 AM		$1.00
Nvcichlids (10/10)		Jun 10 2011 - 10:25:01 AM		$13.50
Billybob760 (31/52)		Jun 10 2011 - 12:55:35 PM		$36.00
Billybob760 (31/52)		Jun 10 2011 - 08:20:12 PM		$70.00		Bumped up by: Fishrman $70.00
Fishrman (22/27)		Jun 11 2011 - 03:41:37 AM		$81.00
Fishrman (22/27)		Jun 11 2011 - 06:36:47 PM		$99.00		Bumped up by: Billybob760 $99.00
Billybob760 (31/52)		Jun 11 2011 - 06:37:13 PM		$100.99

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