Exotic Animal Swaps and Auctions - Eastern Iowa Area

04/06/2023

Midwest Wholesale Jewelry
Tons of animal farm and patriotic jewelry from this seller. More published on marketplace everyday. They are also looking for Flea Markets, animal swaps and craft shows to setup with their jewelry. Plus if you know any vendors who may want to add Jewelry they will make in bulk for you to sell. Local pickup and wholesale much cheaper. Cedar Rapids located but travel often in the Iowa City, West Branch, Marengo, To Center Point area.

05/04/2023

Hi Fishy Friends!

It is that time of year again!! We are so excited for the April 22nd Eastern Iowa Aquarium Association Tropical Fish and Supplies Auction at the Hiawatha Community Center!

We have been working on multiple enhancements to the event including the displays of items for sale! We want to make this not just an auction but an experience!

Register now to sell! All rules are in the google document. Everyone who signs up agrees to the seller and auction rules. Information can be found here for buyers as well! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevZ1xNvrPhuj2sKyaKGF2GlM81gqFOR7E3eFo_s5r39rnvJw/viewform

If you would like your Auction labels prior to the auction please be sure to sign up by 4/7 and come to our Tuesday (4/11) membership meeting at 7pm at Hiawatha City Hall. For all buyers everyone is welcome and you do not need to be a member. For payments we will accept cash, checks, PayPal (Friends and Family free, Goods and Services buyer pays fees), and Credit Card (with a fee of 4% plus 0.15$ to cover the clubs fee).

Help us help you!
The key to an event like this is getting the word out! Attached is a flyer that you can promote to your fishy friends, clients, social media followers and more! In fact we are going to do a drawing for a $50 Gift Certificate from Guppy Barn Aquatics for Fish Food for 🚨making the poster your profile picture on facebook🚨!! To enter, put the poster up on Facebook as your profile picture and then comment DONE on this EIAA Post https://www.facebook.com/groups/695849220436714/permalink/6356203151067931/?mibextid=Nif5oz containing the Poster and Promotion Details!

The more people hear about this event the better the event will be!

Setup Crew please arrive about 7 to 7:15am.
Sellers please begin arriving at 8:15 - 9am. Sellers please arrive within this window so buyers can view your items prior to the sale!
Auction begins at 10am Sharp.

The Facebook Event Page
https://www.facebook.com/events/3480929985512597

The Poster (found attached and in this location)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/r8wj5t4n13ptmbq/EIAA%20Auction%20Spring%202023.pdf?dl=0

The Flyers
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5p7ql5eke3jirnw/EIAA%20Auction%20Spring%202023%204%20up.pdf?dl=0

Hope to see you all there!!
Cameron, Dan and the EIAA Board!

23/03/2023

02/01/2023

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Tropical Fish Swap in ...

23/09/2022

3 Weeks Away! Register Today! tinyurl.com/bddbv222

Eastern Iowa Aquarium Association Tropical Fish Auction: Sunday October 16th 2022, Hiawatha Community Center * 101 Emmons Street, Hiawatha, IA Sellers: Please register by October 12th Sellers: Arrive 8:15 to 9:00 am Auction Starts at 10AM Buyers and Sellers: A 60 Gallon Cube Tank to be raffled off!....

06/09/2022

Sellers Please Pre-register before October 12, 2022
INFO needed from you to Pre-register: Name,Email address, land address.Cell phone #, and if you need 20 or 40 item labels.
Seller's proceed checks are mailed via USPS to your land address
Contact by Text: Cameron Bearce at 319-721-5153 Text
Contact by email: Dan Butterfield at: [email protected].................................................................
Want to volunteer and get first look at what's for sale?
Volunteer by contacting Cameron or Dan...................................................................
Sellers must arrive between 8:15 and 9:00 AM
Auction begins at 10:00 AM
Tables will be sorted by type. (example: Catfish, Cichlids, Plants, Dry Goods)
Limit 40 total items per Household (Of these 40, upto 10 may be dry goods)
Limit 10 (ten) Dry Goods per Household (bundle your small items)
No more than 5 bags of any color variety
Pizza and Pop will be available for purchase

25/06/2022

Cameron is bringing...
Cabomba stem plant, Java fern, Java moss, riccia, hornwart, narrow leaf Java fern, anubis, Val splinaria, red flame sword, Amazon sword, red and black sword tails, pineapple sword tails, neolamprologus multifasciatus (multi Shelly’s), red swordtail’s and some other odds and ends

23/06/2022

Bonnie Ahrens is bringing the following!

I'm okay with doing pre-orders.

I'm brining these neocaridina shrimp:

Blue dream

Cherry

Chocolate

Yellow goldenback

These plants:

Water lettuce

Java moss

Also bringing golden mystery snails

Let me know if you have any questions!

-Bonnie

21/06/2022

Bryson Cline and Spencer Wilcox will be at the swap as Arbor Aquatics on Sunday. This is what they will have available with quantities listed, pm for pricing and preorder!

Plecos-
5 Albinos juveniles
Adult albino pairs (Pre order)
5 Standard lemon blue eyes
5 Super red juvies-

Inverts-
10 Orange dwarf crayfish
3 Cherry shrimp groups of 10
Ramshorn snails 5/$2
10 Daphnia starter culture

Livebearers
5 Blue/purple dumbo mosaic pairs
5 Mosquito fish pairs
10 Black tailed red velvet swords juvies
Red velvet adults trio
Select large swordtails
5 Platinum halfbeaks

Plants-
5 Wisteria
5 Elodea
5 Money wart
5 Bacomba
2 Guppy grass
5 Lidwigia
5 Corkscrew Valisneria
5 Frogbit
5 Water lettuce
5 Tiger lotus

20/06/2022

Here is Basement Aquatics list of what will be available at the Eastern Iowa Tropical Fish Swap!

Albino Cory’s
Red Haze Guppies
Mutt Guppies
Feeder snails
Chocolate BN plecos 2+ inches
Gold Angelfish
Belan Blue Angelfish
Dry goods

20/06/2022

Grundy County Swap 2.0

20/06/2022

Guppy Barn Aquatics Pre sale list for the Eastern Iowa Tropical Fish Swap! is this weekend!!!! Here is a list of what I "Can" bring. I can't bring everything so I will be taking preorders! https://tinyurl.com/y6fwpy2j

If you would be so kind as to share this post either directly to your fishy friends, or share to your walls or tag your friends in the comments to help us get the word out! Thank you!!

07/05/2022

If you know of any Animal Swaps please post below!

05/04/2022

Hello Fishy Friends! If you have any swimmers or supplies you would like to bring to the Swap this Sunday let us know! Below are what 3 of the Vendors are bringing and will try to update the event page as information comes in!

31/03/2022

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05/03/2022

Megan Green writes...
ISO Pair of Mandarin Call ducks. Mature is best. Willing to travel but located in Cedar Rapids.