[FS]: Adult Malawi Mbuna and Synodontis catfish, Midrand

Fish for sale​

Common Name

Adult Malawi Mbuna and Synodontis catfish ​

Scientific Name

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Size of fish

All are over 10 cm long. ​

How long have you had the fish?

The fish have been in my care for a few years, many are fry raised to adulthood spawned under my care. ​

Location

Midrand ​

Shipping or Collection only

Collection Only ​

Price

About R100 per fish, price negotiable, catfish R200. ​

Photos and description

with great sadness I have to break down my Malawi mbuna aquarium. I would like my fish to go to good homes; for a good home, prices are very negotiable. Small fish free to good home.I have metriaclima callainos, two males, the dominant one, Shep, is pictured below. Four adult females, plus some 8 cm fry, and some smaller fry. labidochromis caeruleus, two males, four females, and a handfull of 2-5 cm fry. maylandia estherae, six adults, two rather attractive males. One confirmed female. Some unconfirmed sex, these guys are hard to sex!Five or six 'snowies', probably albino socolofi, maybe albino metriaclima. Three adults, two smaller ones. One a bit beaten up, but healing.Two/three adult 'electric blue' mutts, likely johanni/maingano hybrids. Several mutt offspring. Pretty fish, but not for the purist.Two adult female (both confirmed female) melanochromis auratus. Both in male dress.Four synodontis multipunctatis.One oddball 'Victorian' that needed a home (free to good home).These fish have been with me for about three/four years, but most are a bit younger, my first generation has been largely sold off to make space for my fry. None of them are especially rare fish, but they are all nicely grown up with good colour and pretty fins.Sometimes life forces you to make tough decisions. This is one of them. These fish have never known disease, never known high nitrates, and have been fed the best I could find their entire lives. If anyone needs more pictures of any fish, I will happily take them/upload them.

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Update your location so we can see where your from.

 

Beautiful fish, is the catfish Synodontis petricola?
Any pic's?

 

I'm in Midrand, but I'll update my profile.

I'm pretty sure it's synodontis multipunctatis:and thank you.

 

Beautiful Fish Nina.

I may be interested in some. Re-reading this post, I dont think I have space for them all though. Possibly 10-12.

You're metriaclima callainos (Shep) looks stunning btw.

As for price what would be a fair offer to you? I also noticed you mentioned you are breaking up the tank. Do you have any nice sized rocks which you may consider selling as well?

Thanks

Muhammed

 

Make me an offer. I'm not going to go back and forth negotiating prices. I've set the starting point already. Say what you're willing to pay, and I'll agree or not. Otherwise we're just wasting time haggling, which I very much dislike doing. If you're taking 10-12 of them, will you be taking two of the harems? This is a 200 liter tank at least, yes? And it is established? If not you will have to take some established media from me as well to get you going on the right foot.I have about 40 - 60 kilograms of nicely broken up slate that you can take. The tank they're in is 2 meters long, so there's a lot of it. Here's a picture:
Edit: Mohammad, I've read some of your other posts, you're a good guy. Sorry for the questions above, if they seem a bit hostile. This really is hard for me, they have to go, but they are my pets. Make me an offer, and we'll get you going with some Malawi mbuna.

 

I may be interested in the synodontis but im not to sure how quickly you want to the sell the fish , so i might be unable to purchase it then

 

well, let me know what your timeline is? I'm not seriously rushed.

 

im in the process of setting up a new 3ft tank so in about 2 weeks id say

 

Hi Nina,

No problem I understand. I've grown to love my Malawis as well and letting them go must not be easy. Especially since u've had them for a number of years.

Would R60 each sound okay? Yes I dont want to break them up so i'd take two/3 harems.

Set up is slightly larger then a 4ft. I'm quite close to you so you more than welcome to check my set-up out. Tank has been set up for over a year.

 

Can you take full tank shot including the cabinet,just interested in seeing what the cabinet looks like even if you aren't selling it (Looks like a Boyu tank).

Are you also selling the slate rock,if so how much per KG?

 

I can:

I will be selling the tank/cabinet. But, the fish must have homes first (unless you'll take the fish and the tank, which I know is unlikely). The tank is 2 meters long, 40 cm deep and about 57 cm high. Holds somewhere around 400 liters of water.
There is a scratch on the top right inside of the glass, but it is not noticeable unless I point it out. The leftmost cabinet has suffered some damage during our last move, That is fixable with some black paint, I believe. I have not yet given any thought to a price, since the fish really have to have homes first.

Slate I guess around R10 per kilogram? I have no idea what would be reasonable here, so make me an offer?

 

@MHD has offered R80 per fish, which I am happy to accept. We will arrange a time/date, after which I will update what is left.

 

So I still have lots of snowies, one metriaclima callainos male, six red zebras, two auratus females and the catfish.Also, slate. Lots of slate. Lots and lots of slate.Let me know