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NClass Orchid Endlers, Rare Beauties, No Reserve!

Item #1328840594

Current Auction Time: Fri May 17 20:42:23 2024

		Final:	$70.00		First Bid	$1.00
		Time left	00:00		# of Bids	12 (bid history)
		Started	Feb 3 2012 - 08:23:14 PM		Location	Lexington KY 40503-2019 United States
		Ended	Feb 9 2012 - 08:23:14 PM Auction Closed
		Seller	Lexinverts (261/261)
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		High Bidder	Avelino (33/33)
		Payment	Money Orders/Cashiers Check, See Item Description, PayPal
		Shipping	Will Ship to Continental United States Only Buyer Pays Fixed Amount, See Item Description

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

FOUR PAIRS OF STUNNING N-CLASS ORCHID ENDLERS, RARE! NO RESERVE!

Hello Aquabid:

I've got a fabulous variant of Endler, that I can't wait to pack into a box and send off to one of you. You will love these fish! Check out my feedback if you don't belive me... These Orchid Endlers are some of the nicest freshwater fish that I have ever had. But it's not just me who thinks these fish are awesome. I sent Pete Mang (Lotsoffish) some of them and he said that he was going to have to drop one of his other Endlers strains to make room for them. As most of you know, Pete has a nose for nice fish! He's a great photographer too. Thanks for the pictures, Pete! If you win this auction you have the option of adding a trio (or trios) of other fabulous Endler strains for 15 bucks each. In fact, I think you'd better try to win this box!

In this Auction:

N-Class Orchid Endlers

N-Class Orchid Endlers

N-Class Orchid Endlers

N-Class Orchid Endlers

N-Class Orchid Endlers

N-Class Orchid Endlers

N-Class Orchid Endlers

Up for bidding are the following awesome pieces of livestock:

• Four young Adult Pairs of N-class Orchid Endlers (males are still coloring up)

Although sometimes referred to as "Endler's guppies," Endlers are not guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Rather, they are a closely related species that was recently (2006) described by a group of German scientists as Poecilia wingei. They were originally collected by evolutionary biologist, Dr. John Endler in 1975 in Lago de los Patos, Venezuela and brought back to the USA, where they became established in the aquarium trade. In the 80's, while traveling in England, Dr. Endler discovered, to his surprise, that his fish had become known in trade as "Endler's Liverbearers." He noted that the fish being sold as Endler's Livebearers had lost much of the color variation present in the original specimens, perhaps because of genetic drift, inbreeding, and/or hybridization with guppies. Native populations of these fish show amazing colors and have a tremendous amount of variation. Fortunately for us, in the last 15 years, new collections have been made from the populations in and around Lago de los Patos. Sadly, Lago de los Patos is critically threatened by runoff from a nearby garbage dump and numerous other sources of pollution. (Soon many Endlers wild type color variants will probably only exist in the aquarium hobby.) The recent collections have added many fabulous new genetic variants to the aquarium trade. Check out Adrian Hernandez's Endlersusa.com for a ton of information about these fish!

The first amazing wild type variant of Endlers we are offering in this auction, is the Orchid Endler. These are one of the newest types of Endlers in the hobby and may be the rarest. As far as I know, only a handful of people in North America have these fish. (The Orchid strain Bettaubet has been selling came rom us.) The Orchids have the largest number of different colors that I have seen in any Endler. They have vivid areas of black, white, silver, green, blue, yellow, orange, and red-sometimes all in the same fish. These fish have more black than any other wild Endlers I have seen (Hence, the choice of music with this auction). This large amount of black really sets off the other colors! Probably the most striking feature of these fish, and what gives them their name-I think, is their tail. These fish may have short or long single swords, short or long double swords, or "Flame-like" tails, where there really isn't a sword, but instead a large part of the hind fin is colored. The swords are mostly orange and often have brilliant white extensions. These long orange and white swords combined with the peacock in their tail look like flowering orchids.

Our photos are a little washed out and don't do these fish justice-they are really tough to photograph! Make sure you check out the video clips, which are a little better. We got these fish from Dan Grummon, who got them from Adrian Hernandez (AndrianHD). He got the original wild stock from the collector Armando Pou, who collected them near Lago de los Patos, Venezuela in 2006. That is why they are N-class Endlers. N-class Endlers are pure-blood Endlers whose origins can be directly traced to wild collections.

If you win this auction, for $15 extra, you have the option of adding a trio of one of the following types of Endlers: 1) Red Chest Endlers strain #3; 2) Endlers sp#2; 3) Top Yellow Sword; 4) Tiger Endlers. Follow the below link for pictures of these different Endlers variants:

http://s754.photobucket.com/albums/xx186/Lexinverts/different%20Endlers%20varieties/

Or, for $10 extra, you could add a fabulous trio of Wild Type Japan Blue Guppies. See the below link for a picture of these beautiful fish:

http://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx186/Lexinverts/Japan_Blue_Guppies3.jpg

We're going to stuff all of this into a box and ship it to you anywhere in the USA for $15 (heatpack included) 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. 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 or USPS money order only. Send payment within 24 hrs of close of auction to Lexinverts1@gmail.com, please. Contact us with questions at Lexinverts1@gmail.com. Check out our stellar feedback to see how we do business!

Pictured below is an Endlers setup in our living room. Go to our photo website for more pictures of these animals.

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

Good luck and happy bidding!

Added by the Seller on Fri Jan 13 09:12:10 2012:

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Bid History:

Bidders		Bid Time		Bid		Comments
Chris4reef (78/78)		Feb 4 2012 - 10:34:34 PM		$1.00
Shrimpsandfishusa (0/0)		Feb 5 2012 - 08:43:41 PM		$2.00
Shrimpsandfishusa (0/0)		Feb 6 2012 - 02:04:42 AM		$5.00		Bumped up by: Expertlivebearers $5.00
Chris4reef (78/78)		Feb 6 2012 - 11:44:29 PM		$12.00
Chris4reef (78/78)		Feb 7 2012 - 12:04:14 PM		$15.00		Bumped up by: Sunshine12404 $15.00
Chris4reef (78/78)		Feb 8 2012 - 09:09:47 AM		$15.00
Chris4reef (78/78)		Feb 9 2012 - 07:31:30 AM		$25.00		Bumped up by: Hippie $25.00
Chris4reef (78/78)		Feb 9 2012 - 03:50:13 PM		$25.00
Avelino (33/33)		Feb 9 2012 - 08:21:03 PM		$56.00
Avelino (33/33)		Feb 9 2012 - 08:22:22 PM		$56.00
Avelino (33/33)		Feb 9 2012 - 08:22:43 PM		$65.00		Bumped up by: Chris4reef $65.00
Avelino (33/33)		Feb 9 2012 - 08:23:09 PM		$70.00		Bumped up by: Chris4reef $70.00

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