Buying Female MacMasteri

[Jeff W]

Need a female adult or close to adult for a male I have. Also looking for a Male adult Panduro. If you have either or both please send me pictures and price. i am in Wisconsin.

Thanks
Jeff

 

[Livebearer Lady]

Jeff,
I can get you 4-15 young @ 1 "+ @ $6.oo each (club member price) club member bred "IF" your willing to grow these out til' Spring.,,,There are also a few adulds available as well. What is your location,,, P.. me on this...
Hey,,, they will be good by March or so, but no adult female available now,,, just be patient. I just got a group of 7 Huscars,,SOO happy & are just babies I have patients to breed these as well,, I love this hobby!!!!
I also just saw Black Friday sale Panduro's at my LFS at 23.99 a piece!! _ 30% but they're all gone!!

 

[Jeff W]

Thank you but it was late last night and i found some Juvies.I will be picking up this weekend in Chicago. I am still looking for the male Panduro. Sorry for not posting that i found them. Got 6 for $25. They are 3/4" to 1"

 

[Livebearer Lady]

Hey are you a member of the Chicago Cichlid Association (C.C.A.) ?
IF You are, you have it made! I have gotten into fish "group buys" from members for "my club" here in Seattle that I NEVER would have gotten other-wise!
I cruise they're web-site all the time & check into the classifieds (many catagories) then try to "ask" members to see IF they'll willing ship fish out West here!
They are very gracious in-deed!! Great packing jobs even in late Fall/Winter too!!
Try and join this great club If your not a member already

 

[Jeff W]

I am not a member but i know a lot of the people in there.Not sure if you mean the CCA or GCCA both are good clubs. I found some young ones at the GCCA swap plus I found a wild female from http://aquaticclarity.com/ she has laid eggs once. But thank you for the tip

 

[RodsAquatics]

Jeff,
I can get you 4-15 young @ 1 "+ @ $6.oo each (club member price) club member bred "IF" your willing to grow these out til' Spring.,,,There are also a few adulds available as well. What is your location,,, P.. me on this...
Hey,,, they will be good by March or so, but no adult female available now,,, just be patient. I just got a group of 7 Huscars,,SOO happy & are just babies I have patients to breed these as well,, I love this hobby!!!!
I also just saw Black Friday sale Panduro's at my LFS at 23.99 a piece!! _ 30% but they're all gone!!

Can you still get these?

 

[MacZ]

Can you still get these?

Your're answering to a thread from 2016 and the user you're asking hasn't been online here since 2018. Doubt you'll get a reaction Sorry.

 

[RodsAquatics]

Your're answering to a thread from 2016 and the user you're asking hasn't been online here since 2018. Doubt you'll get a reaction Sorry

You miss 100% of shots you don't take.

 

[anewbie]

You miss 100% of shots you don't take.

I think the correct response would be oops.

 

[MacZ]

How far off the grid do you live? A. macmasteri are probably in the top 3 in terms of global availability and unless you aim for wild caught or F1-5 you must have a really lazy and incompetent LFS or no shipping company willing to deliver to your location.
If you are willing to tell the forum your lication maybe somebody in your area crops up or somebody from your country can guide you to an online source worth their money.

 

[RodsAquatics]

How far off the grid do you live? A. macmasteri are probably in the top 3 in terms of global availability and unless you aim for wild caught or F1-5 you must have a really lazy and incompetent LFS or no shipping company willing to deliver to your location.
If you are willing to tell the forum your lication maybe somebody in your area crops up or somebody from your country can guide you to an online source worth their money.

I was upset as well. I used to like that store. I live on long island ny

 

[MacZ]

So near a metropolitan center. You will likely find something local or with a short driving distance quickly.

 

[anewbie]

jdaquatics and aquaticclarity are two places i would recommend - though shipping is gonna cost. Local is most economic if you can find some - long island has some large aquatic stores .

 

[apisto_fan4evr]

Can you still get these?

I have several dozens 1-1.5" young MacMasteri. A few are showing signs they are female. DM me if you're interested. I'm based in California.

 

[RodsAquatics]

I have several dozens 1-1.5" young MacMasteri. A few are showing signs they are female. DM me if you're interested. I'm based in California.

I'm interested once you know for sure they are females

 

[MacZ]

Just a side note... you're willing to get two specimens of one of the most common species shipped cross-continent?

 

[anewbie]

Just a side note... you're willing to get two specimens of one of the most common species shipped cross-continent?

In usa shipping across country - say california to ny is sometime better than shipping 1/4 of that distance. I'm in the south-east but frequently get fishes from oregon.

I personally would take a hobby bred Mac over an imported farmed Mac any day of the week; even if one were local and the other shipped across country; having said that these days i mostly go for wild caught fishes. My wc cockatoo are actually pretty darn nice now that they've aged a bit.

 

[MacZ]

In usa shipping across country - say california to ny is sometime better than shipping 1/4 of that distance. I'm in the south-east but frequently get fishes from oregon.

Guess for Europeans this is just hard to grasp.

 

[anewbie]

Guess for Europeans this is just hard to grasp.

I would guess the quality of fish stores in Europe are far superior to many of those in the USA; and that 'mass hobbists' are far more serious about proper fish keeping than those in USA but that is just speculation on my part.

 

[MacZ]

Without further hijacking the thread:

I would guess the quality of fish stores in Europe are far superior to many of those in the USA; and that 'mass hobbists' are far more serious about proper fish keeping than those in USA but that is just speculation on my part.

I won't judge the quality of stores, as you also have great ones and we have very poor ones. But I will say thanks to strict regulations in animal keeping in general, people have to research more before setting up their first tank and that translates in to more seriousness indeed. Still we also have sales-hungry retailers promoting the same industry lies as yours and kids with spongebob huts in their tanks. Maybe less of a common thing, but it exists.