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THE NICEST FISH I'VE SEEN! FREE SHIPPING!

Item #1304040162

Current Auction Time: Mon May 20 10:43:21 2024

		Final:	$42.24		First Bid	$1.00
		Time left	00:00		# of Bids	11 (bid history)
		Started	Apr 23 2011 - 03:52:43 PM		Location	Lexington KY 40508 United States
		Ended	Apr 28 2011 - 08:22:42 PM Auction Closed
		Seller	Lexinverts (261/261)
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		High Bidder	Lgfelic (126/126)
		Payment	PayPal
		Shipping	Will Ship to Continental United States Only Seller Pays Shipping,

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Description

TWO PAIRS OF STUNNING N-CLASS ORCHID ENDLERS, CPOs, ASSASSINS, FREE SHIPPING!

I have seen the David
I've seen the Mona Lisa too
I have heard Doc Watson
Play Columbus Stockade Blues

from "Dublin Blues," by Guy Clark

I've always liked that song by Guy Clark, because I am a huge fan of Doc Watson, and I got a chance to see "the Doctor" play Columbus Stockade Blues with his grandson Richard at Merlefest in '99. It definitely topped my experience seeing the Mona Lisa a few years back!

What does this have to do with fish? Well, when I sit and watch the fish in this auction I get a feeling that I'm seeing something really, really special, just like I did back in '99 while watching Doc and Richard.

I need to take my hat off to Adrian Hernandez (AdrianHD) and Armando Pou. Thanks to the collecting efforts of Armando and the breeding efforts of Adrian we now have dozens of amazing pure wild stock Endler's Livebearers variants in the hobby. In fact, without these two guys we would probably only have the descendants of the Black Bar Endlers that Dr. John Endler collected in the 1970s. Once you see the pictures and video of the fish in this auction, I think that you will agree with me that Adrian and Armando have painted their MASTERPIECE with the Orchid Endler. These are the nicest freshwater fish that I have ever seen; either in person, or in photographs. But it's not just me who thinks so... These fish are so nice that as soon as I sent Pete Mang (Lotsoffish) a picture of them, he responded with an offer to trade for some of them. As most of you know, Pete has a nose for nice fish!

In this Auction:

N-Class Orchid Endlers

N-Class Orchid Endlers

N-Class Orchid Endlers

N-Class Orchid Endlers

N-Class Orchid Endlers

CPO Crayfish

CPO Crayfish

Assassin Snails

Up for bidding are the following awesome pieces of livestock:

• Two Adult Pairs of N-class Orchid Endlers (That's 2 females and 2 males)
• 2 young adult male CPOs
• 5 Assassin snails

Although sometimes referred to as "Endler's guppies," Endlers are not guppies (Poelicia reticulata). Rather, they are a closely related species that was recently (2006) described by a group of German scientists as Poelicia 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 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 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. 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.

We really like having colorful and "busy" tanks and we keep invertebrates in all of our Endlers tanks and they coexist very well. You just need to have some Hornwort and/or Java moss to provide some cover.

The first beautiful invertebrate we're going to throw into this box is a pair of male Cambarellus patzcuarensis orange (CPO) crayfish and they are as hot as anything else on Aquabid right now. I know that many of you are probably skeptical of crayfish...how many of you have watched a Marbled crayfish (Marmorkrebs) ravage a planted tank? Well, CPOs will NOT EAT YOUR PLANTS. They will not mess up your substrate, or move stuff around. They are only 1.5 inches of pure orange AWESOME as adults and are absolutely gorgeous on a black Fluorite substrate (take a look at the pictures of our CPOs to see how they stand out). They are too small to do much harm to fish (except maybe fry), and provided that there are at least as many shelters as there are crayfish, will get along fine with conspecifics in the same tank. They will eat a few small shrimp from time to time, but this has not had any noticeable effect on the population growth of the shrimp colony in the same tank with our CPOs. They are hardy animals and will thrive in a range of 72-77 F and pH 7-8, which is regular tap water for most people. Besides the striking coloration, their behavior is the most endearing thing about these crays. These are not shy animals, folks. When our 2-yr-old approaches the CPO tank, one will often charge the glass as if defending its territory. Given their puny size, this is very cute and is endlessly entertaining for our child!

The next thing we're going to put in this box is five awesome Assassin Snails (Anentome helena). We've come to become REALLY big fans of these snails. They are attractive, fast moving, and very active animals. Plus they are very useful, since they will kill and eat all of your pest snails. We use ours to control Pond snails, Ramshorns, and Malaysian trumpet snails. It takes several months, but they will clear the pest snails out of your tank. Once they did this for us, we had to start supplementing their diet with crushed Ramshorn and Pond snails from a different tank, in order to keep their population going strong. As soon as we drop a few crushed Ramshorns in their tank, they start cruising from all directions in the direction of the food--they seriously haul A&* for snails! Check out our picture of an Assassin snails feeding frenzy. And as long as you keep them well fed, they are very easy to breed. You will love these snails!











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 Lex.inverts@gmail.com, please. Contact us with questions at Lex.inverts@gmail.com. Check out our stellar feedback to see how we do business!

Pictured below is an Endlers/Assassin/CPO 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 Sat Apr 23 15:54:55 2011:

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Bid History:

Bidders		Bid Time		Bid		Comments
Lgfelic (126/126)		Apr 23 2011 - 04:24:09 PM		$1.00
Lgfelic (126/126)		Apr 23 2011 - 10:58:27 PM		$15.00		Bumped up by: Kegdave $15.00
Lgfelic (126/126)		Apr 23 2011 - 10:59:17 PM		$20.00		Bumped up by: Kegdave $20.00
Lgfelic (126/126)		Apr 23 2011 - 11:04:38 PM		$25.00		Bumped up by: Kegdave $25.00
Kegdave (3/3)		Apr 24 2011 - 06:56:14 PM		$28.00
Kegdave (3/3)		Apr 25 2011 - 04:48:23 PM		$33.00		Bumped up by: Lgfelic $33.00
Kegdave (3/3)		Apr 25 2011 - 04:48:39 PM		$35.00		Bumped up by: Lgfelic $35.00
Dzydvl (11/11)		Apr 26 2011 - 02:37:09 AM		$36.00
Dzydvl (11/11)		Apr 27 2011 - 10:53:35 PM		$40.00		Bumped up by: Kegdave $40.00
Dzydvl (11/11)		Apr 28 2011 - 10:37:17 AM		$42.00		Bumped up by: Sara54d $42.00
Lgfelic (126/126)		Apr 28 2011 - 06:17:20 PM		$42.24

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