What we found at an AQUARIUM FISH Auction in Australia!

In this video I headed to a local aquarium fish auction in Brisbane, Australia! There were hundreds for fish up for auction, as well as plants, shrimp and driftwood, with many things going for extremely cheap prices. We also found some unusual and rare species. These can be HUGE. Last year the auction went until 2am!
Stick around until the end to see:
- The buy of the night
- Hear about what happened to me after the auction (not good lol)
- And see how my fish coloured up after 2-weeks on a new colour flake food!
Timestamps:
0:32 - Arriving at the auction! Springwood State School
0:39 - The Auction board (100's of fish including African Cichlids)
1:57 - Saying hi to Dan from Brisbane Discus
2:20 - Duthie Aquatics and Plants for Sale
3:52 - Meeting Nigel from AQUARIUM CENTRAL!
4:09 - Aquamunch Food - New Good Quality Australian food
5:31 - Can you eat fish food..? (I did)
7:34 - Claudia showing her new Bettas and Gourami
8:16 - Buying some Ad Konings African Cichlid Books
8:52 - Steve Baines - I believe in Rainbows
9:23 - Driftwood for Sale
9:43 - Jason from Australian Biotopes and his Blackwater Botanicals
10:34 - Graham's Aquarium Fish and Shrimp Deals!
13:31 - Trying out Aquamunch Gel and Flake Food with my African Cichlids
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[@mattstevens84]

Nigel is such a great guy. Good to see him still in the hobby. He used to sell me fish from under his house in Maroochydore about 15 years ago 😊

[@nix_cosplay]

Yay that's me! My fish have been doing super well. The bettas were shy to start but they're doing so well now! I regret not buying more at the auction, but I did have a budget for the day haha. I need to try that food! It was so lovely meeting you! I only recently moved to Brisbane from a small town and it's been great getting more into the fish keeping community. Everyone is so lovely and passionate about the hobby

[@Kaityscichlids]

Yaaasss, go Claudia!! It was SO lovely meeting you! AND seeing your awesome and incredible cosplay creations 😱 I'm so glad to hear the fish are doing well and I think you are fitting in super well here with us Brisbaners 😁

[@kwackytankslap9339]

Try a couple of nano aquariums. They're great fun. Easy to set up and great fun to watch as they develop.

[@PaulsFishroom]

Just a tip when you’re making up the gel food. You can pour the mixed food while it’s still warm into ice cube containers and just pop out a cube when you feed your fish. I’ve used this method with Rapashy gel food and you can also seal the cube container in a freezer bag and store it in the freezer for a couple of months.

[@Kaityscichlids]

Ohhhh that is a great idea!! I'm definitely going to get some ice cube trays for when I do it again next

[@stephenguldenschuh118]

Or a cute silicone mold!

[@billmeyer4773]

Very nice video tour. Thanks for sharing with us all. ❤

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you Bill! I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙌😊

[@fil23ralliart]

Fellow Brisbanian here. Great vid, you put me on to some local stores! Thanks!

[@tommybunk2292]

Wow...I'm so happy you are having luck mixing the Tropheus with the other Tangy's. As I told you many times, the Tropheus I had were little heathens. I'm loving the way your Tanganyika Tank is looking, it's going to be so "bad ass" when everyone grows up. 😃🤙

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you Tommy!! Yes they are doing well so far! (touch wood 🤣). Hopefully as they grow they keep doing well. But I'm really loving them so far, they are such awesome little fish 😊

[@scottkailey1]

Very cool 👍

[@ChrisWijtmans]

Wow those featherfin catfish look awesome. Love seeing all the variety of species of fish and shrimps. You look beautiful as ever.

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you 😊 Yes I loved the featherfins, they were such a good buy!

[@markfranklin8831]

Very cool thanks for sharing

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you 😄

[@ELmerC-ms4cg]

Your tanks are AWESOME 😮

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you!!!

[@nevilleswain835]

You will love the varieties of fish at Aquarium Central Kaity, their range is huge and cover Americans, Africans and so much more, I am down the Gold Coast but have purchased all my peacocks from there, make sure you have plenty of time up your sleeve 😂

[@ArchangelHornet]

i breed (neo)caridina shrimps and you can definitely put it in hard water. just make sure you buy a juvenile and not full adults as juveniles can handle anything while full growns are super sensitive. basically the older (larger) they get, the more sensitive they get. goodluck they are so much fun 🥰

[@mrcarl5481]

Glad you are back 🤗 here’s a thanks for your hard work for the channel… so are we going to get IG stories of you snacking on fish flakes now 😂 I think you should 😜

[@Kaityscichlids]

Wow thank you SO much Carl!! 🙏 You're too kind 😊 I'm so glad to be back too. I think maybe that will need to become a part of the mix lol

[@JanaeGamingFBYT]

Thanks god your back!!

[@Kaityscichlids]

I'm so glad to be back too!! 🙏

[@bobtaylor7197]

My first fish auction. Great vid

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you!! 😁

[@benbarnett5684]

Ahhh that was so funny to see yall eating the fish flakes 😂

[@Kaityscichlids]

😂😂😂 It was not something I expected to do that night but I'm glad I did

[@urbanexoticuk]

I went my first ever fish auction here in the uk loved it going another one next sunday

[@Kaityscichlids]

That's awesome!! They're such great fun and such great deals!

[@zlamanit]

8:16 time for a books review video for members :P

[@Kaityscichlids]

That is actually a brilliant idea!!

[@rjvlogs3653]

damn eating the fish flake is brave af

[@IPPacket]

Where, when and who runs these auctions? Keen to get to the next one.

[@griffinballfish]

first love your videos kaity

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you 😁🙏

[@ArchangelHornet]

We have something exactly similar called Repashy in the US for those home made gel food. I make snello with it and its a big hit to my snails!

[@saltybulldog3241]

Repashy is great! Sadly it's now a banned import into Australia.

[@jerrysfishroom3579]

Great video. My aquarium club has auctions every month but they are mostly community. I was wondering what are those frontosa like Tanganyika fish you have?

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you!! I have their name written down in my notes because I can never remember it 😂 They are called Neo tretocephalus 😊

[@Lukas_1996]

11:04 that's microsorum most likely windelov . Very commen epiphyte plant. You literally just need a water and little light to grow it,very easy plant to keep similarly to anubias

[@MakoyUnggoy]

2 things Kaity, whereabouts on the sunshine coast is that place and also...My favourite soft drink in oz is the bunderburg range and here in England we import the ginger beer bunderburg. Anyway my sister in Caboolture sent me a photo of bunderberg gingerbeer crisps (chips to you!) and she's coming over just after christmas for a visit so she better be putting some in the suitcase for me haha

[@Kaityscichlids]

Omg that's so cool!! 😱 I didn't even know they made them in chip (or crisps 🤣) version! And Aquarium Central is at 11 Pike St, Kunda Park 😊 I'm so keen to check it out!

[@MakoyUnggoy]

@@Kaityscichlids Oh yeah I've just had a look, I see it's near Buderim, I made a video from there haha

[@bapidas9754]

Your video is very refreshing...love you kaity..♥️♥️♥️♥️...Have a good day...❤❤❤

[@Kaityscichlids]

Awwww, thank you 🙏 I hope you have an amazing day too 🙌🙌🙌

[@bapidas9754]

@@Kaityscichlids ♥️

[@animablo]

Hello I'm a new fan here

[@Kaityscichlids]

Hello!! 😊👋👋

[@diddykong7547]

Hi Kaity, how do find out about fish auctions? I’m on the south coast of NSW and can’t seem to find any around here. Great video by the way.

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you!! I find out about them from our local Cichlid Association. Check to see if you have a local aquarium club, they are normally the ones who organise events like this 😊

[@andysfishden6506]

Ad Konings is going to be speaking at the OCA extravaganza next weekend about that trip he took to Lake Tanganyika.

[@Kaityscichlids]

That is freakin awesome!!! What a small world!

[@cryptodownunder1806]

I missed the auction got the weekends mixed up 😅

[@Kaityscichlids]

Oh nooooo! 🤣 I have a friend who always does that too lol

[@cryptodownunder1806]

@@Kaityscichlids haha I'm usually on to that stuff but this year has gone just to fast 😅 I was only looking for tangs anywho

[@sakilmansuri5736]

I'm waiting your video

[@dannyaquatics]

I wish we had something close to us the closest is at 2-3 hr from a large city. I usually have to order online. Oh by the way love your accent.

[@Kaityscichlids]

Wow, that's crazy you have to drive so far! 😱 Thank you 😊

[@niteshwarnarayan5293]

When is the next auction katty I would love to pop in and buy so fish at a bargain price

[@zlamanit]

I'm jealous now because every fish club or auction I could find within 5 hours drive was a fish and chips club...

[@Kaityscichlids]

😂😂😂

[@brogastlol1239]

Hoi Kaity, zou je een video kunnen maken over de voor en nadelen van het gebruik van lava steen in je bak. Of gewoon over de voor en nadelen van een aantal steen soorten. Ik kan hier niet echt goeie video’s over vinden wat stenen doen met de waterwaarden met bacterie vasthouden, of scherpe stenen iets uitmaken en de ph waardes enzo.

[@Kaityscichlids]

I can most definitely do this!! Thank you for the recommendation! 😁

[@brogastlol1239]

@@Kaityscichlids Thank you!

[@user-by4ye6vp4c]

😊

[@hbe0606]

Hello Kaity, what food would you recommend for tanganyika tropheus species and your aquariums are very nice, I follow you with pleasure, thank you.

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you so much! I feed mine New Life Spectrum Thera A, and algae max is also good. They also like Fluval Bug Bite flakes. Then recently I have been trying the Aquamunch foods 😊

[@hbe0606]

@@Kaityscichlids thank you🙏

[@ChristianBarthels-xd4ls]

Back in the 1980's i worked for a tropical importer in Belgium/Europe and i was responsible for the Cichlidroom. Now i'm very scared when i found out there are more species like Pseudotropheus zebra "Chilumba and chizumulu". Back to school like to speak.

[@Kaityscichlids]

Yes I can't even imagine how many more species are probably discovered now! Especially if someone can write 5 editions of a book on them 🤣

[@GrumpyGillsFishing]

I wish I could find wood that cheap for my tanks here.

[@jsaquaticX]

🎉

[@Kaityscichlids]

🙌

[@griffinballfish]

do you know a good food for EBA's that doesn't have colour so they can breed?

[@Kaityscichlids]

My Tanganyikan cichlids bred on this flake colour food!

[@griffinballfish]

Thanks !@@Kaityscichlids

[@duthieaquatics]

I pretty much gave away my guppies 😅

[@Kaityscichlids]

I also think I actually did the math wrong on that too, it's actually a nightmare 😅 But they still went for so cheap lol

[@Smalltimetanks]

Neo shrimp do awesome in hard water just acclimate them right first time ! Shot glass of your tank water every half hour for 3 hours 👍🏻drip acclimating is for loser's ha ha ha :)

[@Kaityscichlids]

Ooooo, that's good to know!! Maybe I can give it a go 😎🦐

[@brianp6180]

Love your new fish! Beautiful set up. I follow you on instagram and saw the car. I knew that wasn’t you. Crazy world we live in be careful!

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you!! And it was funny some people knew it was fake, other people were sending me congratulations 🤣 Definitely a wild world we live in!

[@brianp6180]

It just didn’t fit your personality and the way it was written did not sound like you!

[@alishanas9380]

Who sponsored the event? Typically in the US, Aquarium clubs put on auctions and swap meets. Used as fund raisers. Many do not allow other sales on the side as it takes away from money spent on the auction.

[@Kaityscichlids]

This is organised by our local Cichlid Club as a non for profit event, and all the people are volunteering. Then the people selling on the side I believe also pay to have their stalls as a part of it

[@zlamanit]

@@Kaityscichlids It does look way more like a comunity event than anyone trying to make money or find a bargain. Spend the same time at work and it'll more than make up for the difference between the action and retail prices, so it's clearly not about the money.

[@alishanas9380]

Clubs here jwill usually separate auctions from swap meets . The clubs make $ from swap meets by charging for vendor tables and an admission free. For auctions the club will split the proceeds with the seller. Usually Anywhere from 50/50 to 70/30 ( in favor of the seller). Some may also charge admission. My own club takes the first dollar from a live goods lot and the rest goes to the seller. We charge 60/40 for dry goods (60 to the seller)

[@jay-remedy-plz]

The thumbnail messed me up. I thought Predatory Fins hijacked the auction.

[@Kaityscichlids]

Hahaha, this gave me a good laugh! 🤣

[@jay-remedy-plz]

@@Kaityscichlids My humble attempt at humor wasn’t lost! Thanks for the footage, you’ve definitely earned your place as a top fishy content creator!!

[@max.0328]

Hi kaity,be careful not to turn into a fish yourself. Last time you were drinking Tankwater and now you're eating fishfood??!! I'm starting to fear for what's next😂

[@Kaityscichlids]

Hahahaha, I think you might be onto something 🤣 I'm becoming a little bit too comfortable with fish stuff 😳

[@max.0328]

As long as you don't start growing Gilles..😂 congrats on 50k subs,🥳i guess we can look out for that merch now?

[@azzasaquatics]

I am part of the NSW Cichlid Society, we hold mini auctions every month in both Sydney and Wollongong as well as a few major auctions throughout the year. If you ever wanted to come down and visit us we would love to have you.

[@zeb3421]

maths isn't her strength

[@Kaityscichlids]

You got that right 😂