Fish For Sale, Gateshead Tyne And Wear

[Kev_A]

Livestock: Fish, various
Age and condition: Various
Quantity for sale: Approx 20
Reason for Sale: Converting to marine
Delivery or Collection: Collection preffered but will consider posting
Sales price: Various
Postage & Packaging: TBC
Location: Gateshead Tyne and wear
Photograph:

These all need to go as I'm converting my tank to Marine.

Here's what I have...

Tic toes/Odessa barbs x 3 - 2 large and 1 medium - £2.50 each

Khuli loaches x 6 (possibly more) I have beige and black/orange - £2.50 each

Angels x 3 - 1 large yellow and white, 1 medium silver with black stripes, 1 silver with black spots £3 each

Black ghost knife fish, appox 5" long - £5

Red tail black shark, approx 3.5" long - £3

Chinese algae eater, 3.5" long - £2

Flying fox, 3.5" long - £2

Bristlenose plecs x 2, 4" long - £2 each

Synodontis catfish ( I beleive he is a Synodontis decorus), very pretty, silver with black spots. he's currently around 5" long and gets along great with everything else in there. - £5

Any viewings welcome, will try and sort some pics

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Hi,

Could you upload a photo of the Synodontis, please? If it is a true S. decorus (all barbels branched, horizontally striped tail, long dorsal fin extension), I would love to rehome him/her to join my adult one (these are very social synos) in my 5x2x2, if you are happy to send it by courrier.

 

[Kev_A]

Never posted a fish before but I know the practice as I've received livestock through the post, so yeah I could do that, how much is postage usually?

I'll try and grab a pic when I get home, but the description you gave there is very familiar, and he/she is a very sociable fish. Just hard to photograph, I have a very well planted tank and he loves it, usually only pops out for food.

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

I think the courrier, APC, charges something around the £20 mark. I've never posted fish myself either, but "Vickiandkev" on the forum and others swear by APC, knowing how "Special Delivery" parcels are usually handled (I'm a postie) I really don't like the idea of sending or receiving fish via Royal Mail.

I think the biggest risk is from puncturing of the bags with the fisrt pectoral ray, so I would say that triple-bagging inside a polystyrene lined box would be best, possibly with a heat pad and the addition of a Bag Buddy tablet after fasting him/her for two days before dispatch.

Anyway, I look forward to seeing the photo(s) to positively ID it as a S. decora, as opposed to Valino Synopdontis hybrid (decora x multipactatus). My local store have had some of these hybrids incorrectly labelled for a couple of months now, was pretty gutted, after finding out that S. decora is the most social of the genus by some way.

 

[Kev_A]

I've got a couple of pics but can't upload from my phone, will get them on later.
I'm now unsure, he doesn't have a stripef tail but a spotted pne, I can still 100% guarantee that he is a social fish though, he's lived in the tank circa 18 months and hasn't bothered a thing, even when I added new fish

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Had a very quick look through the Synodontis photos at planetcatfish this morning before work and I was struggling for ideas as to what it might be, hopefully things will become clearer with the photos.

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Any news on uploading those pics from your phone?

 

[minnnt]

Royal Mail guarenteed next day delivery before 1pm is £9.05 under 2kg.

 

[Kev_A]

Really sorry for the delay, all fish are still available and here is Mr Catfish...

 

[Kev_A]

Forgot to mention, I had 2 x Bush fish/Spotted gourami's, the larger of the two went this evening, still have the smaller on though, approx 2"