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[BengaBoy]

Due to changing personal circumstances I am getting out of fish for the foreseeable future…

For sale are 5 Tropheus breeding colonies including fry and juveniles.
Variants are: Ilangi, Kasanga Red Rainbow, Chimba, Ikola, Duboisi.
If someone wants some tanks and equipment to go with the fish they can be bought as well.
Tanks etc will not be considered for sale separately until the fish are sold.

I have given a valuation on what I see as a reasonable normal selling price.
I have given my sale price which has been made low in order to facilitate a fast sale and takes into account a discount for the quantity of fish being sold. I am not interested in splitting the adult colonies, they have taken many years to get to this stage. If you want to split a colony after the sale between several buyers that is your business.
Needless to say this is a very rare opportunity. Prices are cheap. All fish must go. As you may know I am also moving house sometime late Feb or March so there is an added incentive for sales before then.

Duboisi. 42 adults. Prolific breeding colony. Possible 3 bloodlines, but at least 2. Age 2 – 3.5 years.
Duboisi fry and juveniles: numbers always changing but currently 146 between 1cm – 4.5cm. Several females holding.
Total Duboisi: 188.- all sold -

Ikola: 33 Adults. Around 2 years old. 3 bloodlines including German bred.
Ikola fry and juveniles: numbers always changing but currently 64 between 1cm – 3cm. Several females holding.
Total Ikola: 97. - all sold -

Chimba: 17 Adults, about 2½ years old, 5 juveniles, 11 at 3-4cm plus 9 fry. Only known adult Chimbas in Perth.
Total Chimba: 42. Valuation: $2130. Sell $1400ono

Kasanga Red Rainbow: 21 Adults, about 3 years old, 2 about 14 months. 36 at 1-3.5cm. 2 females holding.
Total Kasanga 59: - all sold -

Ilangi: 32 Adults, 18mths-3 years old. 16 at 1-3.5cm. Most of the Ilangi adults are German bred. 2 females holding.
Total Ilangi 48:. - all sold -

Tanks: for sale with fish otherwise not for sale until fish are sold.
- sold -Two 6’x2’x2’ on 4-legged stand
- sold -Two 5’x2’x2’ on 4-legged stand
6’x2’x2’ over 4’x2’x2’ on 6-legged stand
- sold -4’x2’x2’ over 4’x2’x18” with stand
Two 6’x14”x18” on 6-legged stand
- sold -Two 2½’x2’x18” with stand
- sold -4’x14”x20” over 4’x18”x14” (divided into 4 tanks) with stand
- sold -Two 2’x10”x12” with stand

All tanks except the 2x10x12 and 4x18x14(4 bays), which have sponge filters, come with Eheim canister filters, lights, heaters. Breeding tanks also have internal Otto filters, others have Atman and Eheims internals. Most tanks have excellent access to bottom tanks. All stands are metal. There will be an awesome collection of limestone ‘holey’ rock available.

Probably what I will do is work out a price for each pair of tanks and their stand, and then the buyer can select filters, lights, heaters, rocks etc according to their needs. Make no mistake - prices will be cheap.

My Tropheus website will be maintained – I still have a few more articles to add.

9444 9407
0409 783 832
Leederville.
jiver@bigpond.net.au

Edited by: BengaBoy at: 2/15/04 1:28 pm

[chuckmeister]

*Jaw Drops*

Hey Steve, sorry to see all that hard work divide up. Being recognised as one of the leading tropheous fishkeepers in Oz your going to be sorely missed.

If you have a pair of your 5*2*2's left after you sell your fish I will be very interested.

Hope everything works out well for you mate

My email is chuckle1@bigpond.net.au if you'd like to email me when you have a better idea

Charlie

[Mazimbwe]

My chin will need a Band-aid after bouncing of the conctrete...Must say I am stunned.

I will ring you Friday(06/02) with regards to buying the Ikola and one of the 2tier 4-legged tank set-ups.

WOW.

Edited by: Mazimbwe  at: 2/6/04 8:39 am

[7BARfrontosa]

If the 4x2x2 over the 4x2x18 setup isnt sold with the fish, I will be very interested in taking it off your hands as soon as it is possible. You can email me on ericfrontosa@excite.com. By the way I have emailed you regarding this.
cheers eric

[urodacus]

Sorry to see your out of the game Steve, be a bit of a punch in the guts for tropheus keepers australia wide. Hope to see you back when circumstances change.

Regards
Jordan

[oo fish styx oo]

The posts above reflect exactly my reaction to this incredible news.

I'm so stunned I don't know what to say!

Colleen

[anchar]

Hi Steve,
I'm with the rest...sorry to hear this news . I hope this sudden departure does not reflect a serious health issue within your family. Hurry back to the hobby.

merjo

[00 Electric 00]

*crys*

[mrgreen]

ohhhhhhhhhhh no , stunned just stunned

[Sith]

Sad to hear your getting rid of all those colonys steve..

Will be intrested in tanks/filters etc once you have got rid of your fish, good luck doing that and i hope you get the price you deserve for those great fish. Was quite a sight to see..

[mrseby]

You will be back Bigger and stronger !!!

sometime in the future !!!!

Sad to hear ...best of luck

hope its all good

[fishnstuff]

Got a price in your head for the lot Steve, possibly interested in taking over the op... Give us a call if you want it kept private. Jeff 0422 594 889

[hlokk]

Sorry to hear about your departure from the fish keeping world.

Hopefully nothing bad has occured for this to happen though.

I might be interested in some of the tanks but i'll wait til you have sold the fish first (good luck btw).

My email address is xlr8[a]iinet.net.au if you want to send me an email. Otherwise i'll wait til youve sold the fish

(oh, i suspect people use [at] instead of @ because spam troller software might come though here?)

[BengaBoy]

is this a deal?
Chimba colony as above
Plus 6x2x2 and 4x2x2 on tall steel stand (280mm access to bottom tank)
Both tanks top quality made by Morley Aquariums. Black silicone.
Plus two Eheim 2217 canister filters
Plus two internal Otto filters. 2 Heaters.
Top tank has a 6’ Dalbarb(?) light, bottom has 4’ Aqua One.
Limestone cave rocks and substrate (natural gravel or aragonite) to your choosing.
$2600

[hlokk]

Did you have a pic of those tanks on the stand? Could you send one to my email?
I wouldnt want the fish though, i wouldnt trust myself with perths only chimba

[BengaBoy]

Tanks: for sale with fish otherwise not for sale until fish are sold.

[hlokk]

Yeah, sorry, i meant if you sold the fish and not the tanks.

[hlokk]

Out of interest, how likely would it be that the tropheus would start breeding if they were transfered? Are they breeding at the moment as well? Just wondering what the chances of the tropheus paying for themselves is (then i might be interested )

[BengaBoy]

hmmmmm
well they are advertised as breeding colonies and there are fry included so what do you reckon?
there are no females holding atm in the Chimba colony.
if it was me I would move them into the 6x2x2 - they seem to like the length better. They were breeding better for me in a 6x14x18 (adults only) than in the 4x2x2 (all of them). But I also think the other fry/juv's in there might have slowed them down a bit. I would also try the aragonite substrate as I have heard it shows off the reds better, but I have bare tanks atm because I dont like cleaning substrate.
sometimes a move to a new tank starts a spawning frenzy sometimes it doesnt.
I have only sold Chimba fry a few times and they went for $50ea. so lets see 11 at sale size now, grow up the other 9 fry = 20*$50 = $1,000 and you get 17 adults and 5 juvs for $400. Even if you sold the fry for $35ea (which you shouldnt) that makes the adults $650.
cant believe someone hasnt done the sums on this yet!

photos of the tanks are on my website.

Steve


Visit my site: Steves Tropheus

[geemaril]

well you did sell your duboisi for an average of about $18 each. thats pretty crazy. lol.