{"id":5549,"date":"2025-07-27T08:37:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/?page_id=5549"},"modified":"2026-09-14T14:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T14:45:25","slug":"sellers-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/bla-events\/tcs\/sellers-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Livestock seller&#8217;s guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Pre-booking your fish for auction<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\"><br><\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">All auction lots must be pre-booked before the event and booked in on the day.<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">(See auction guidelines)<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Preparing your Livestock.<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">When fish or are to be taken to an auction it is possible that the fish could remain in that bag or suitable container for up to 48 Hours. The Seller must ensure that the fish are provided with the optimum conditions to maintain their health for this period.<br>Please adopt the following guidelines when preparing fish for transport:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Starve fish for a period of 24 hours before being introduced to the bag. This is to help reduce the chances of self-contamination of the water by the fish.<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">When possible, it is recommended to pre-prepare and use fresh water that has been allowed to stand ready for bagging your fish. This is to provide water of optimum quality, and reduce the possibility of contamination that may exist within the aquarium water.<br>Water conditioners such as Ammo lock or Stress coat should be added to the water. This will help reduce the risk from toxins in the water produced by the fish and reduce stress. Please adhere to manufacturers\u2019 recommendations.<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">The bag must be of sufficient size to prevent overcrowding of the fish, when holding sufficient water to easily maintain the fish comfortably. A ratio of one third water and two thirds air is recommended to provide sufficient gas exchange within the bag.<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Bags with a rounded seal at the bottom are recommended to help prevent livestock being trapped in corners.<br>If straight sealed bags are used, it is recommended that adhesive tape is used to round the corners off. With some species such as Corydoras, if necessary, please use two bags with the 2nd outer bag inverted so the neck goes into the outer bag first. This helps by \u201crounding off\u201d the corners and reinforces the first bag.<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Where necessary, fish should be individually bagged with the bags joined together securely enough that they cannot be accidentally separated. This will eliminate damage\/fatalities caused by the fish themselves. It also means that the auction will progress smoothly if the Auction Team are not searching for stray bags!<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Large groups of smaller fish should be in bags large enough to maintain them comfortably or split into smaller groups.<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Bags with fish where contamination has become obvious will be returned to the seller to be re-bagged. Please bring some spare water in case this is required. Deflated bags will also be returned to the Seller to rectified.<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Lots not deemed fit for the auction will be returned to the Seller and the lot withdrawn. This will include bags with dead livestock.<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">The Committee\u2019s ruling will be final on all decisions.<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Labelling of auction lots<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">It is the Sellers\u2019 responsibility to label their bags correctly and that information matches exactly what is written on the booking form.<br>All bags must be marked with the allotted auction letter and the number of that particular lot.<br>For example, if the allotted auction letter is A, the first bag will be marked as A1, subsequent bags will be labelled A2, A3\u2026\u2026 and so forth.<br>Correct labelling of the species, and location\/collection data are extremely important. Please include the common and\/or scientific name of the fish. Include any relevant information such as catch location, date collected and collector (where known). Mark as &#8220;Aquarium Strain&#8221; if no data is available. \u00a0Also, the number of fish (or description) within the lot \u2013 i.e. pair, trio, 2 pairs, 10 fry etc. Lastly put a reserve price IF REQUIRED.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Correct labelling of the species, and location\/collection data are extremely important. Please include the common and\/or scientific name of the fish. Include any relevant information such as Catch Location, Date Collected, Collector. Mark as Aquarium Strain if no data is available. &nbsp;Also, the number of fish (or description) within the lot \u2013 i.e. pair, trio, 2 pairs, 10 fry etc. Lastly should you wish, a reserve price can be added to the auction lot.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Guide Label<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Auction letter &amp; lot number \u2013 your name (optional but preferred)<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Common name\/Scientific name<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Any catch location<br>Any known collection data<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Number of fish\/Description<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Reserve if required<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Example<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">A1 \u2013 Ivor Fish<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Green Swordtail\/Xiphoporus helleri<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Rio Atoyac 1966 \u2013 Ivana Platy<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Trio<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">\u00a310.00 Reserve<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Any existing relevant information should be included ON BOTH the Booking Form and the bag labelling.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Boxing fish ready for transport<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">It is recommended that a suitable polystyrene box with a properly fitting lid is used. This will help maintain water temperature whilst keeping the fish in the dark (this will minimalism any possible stress).<br>Use a heat pack, or additional containers of warm water, if cooler weather and\/or the fish are to be kept within the poly-box overnight. This helps maintain the water temperature for your fish within a suitable range and avoid any risk to your fish&#8217;s health caused by low or fluctuating temperatures. Any fish deemed to be in water that is too cold will be returned to the seller and withdrawn from the auction.<br>Take care to pack each polystyrene box\/suitable thermally insulated container in an orderly and secure manner. Bags rolling around during transport will cause unnecessary stress and fatalities.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Packing your vehicle &#8211; both to and from the event.<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><br>Take care that each polystyrene box\/suitable thermally insulated container is securely placed within the vehicle when travelling, some care at this stage will prevent any boxes and bags being dislodged during transport.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-booking your fish for auctionAll auction lots must be pre-booked before the event and booked in on the day.(See auction guidelines) Preparing your Livestock.When fish or are to be taken to an auction it&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"parent":5975,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5549","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5549"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6533,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5549\/revisions\/6533"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}