What is your favorite ORA frag now

[Whalehead9]

If you could get only one ORA frag, which would it be?

[flyyyguy]

German green with blue polyps

I lost mine a while back and I can easily find the rest that interest me

[143gadgets]

Pearlberry!!!

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/143gadgets/LIV_1490.jpg

[pepnarok1]

The Red Planet Table Acro :D

[60Cubed]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13535215#post13535215 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by flyyyguy
German green with blue polyps

I lost mine a while back and I can easily find the rest that interest me

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/60cubed/037.jpg

Yes I agree. This is my favorite ORA coral by far!

[Creetin]

Purple pillow is my fav to date. I have a 4-5 inch colony. If i didnt suck at taking pics i would post it. I lost my first one and then replaced it in a trade. I have had this one for over a year and a half. Nice table acro with blue to purple coration.
The pearlberry is growing on me as well as the red planet.

[reefkoi]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13535215#post13535215 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by flyyyguy
German green with blue polyps

I lost mine a while back and I can easily find the rest that interest me

amazing, I've had one of these for years, it's not a fast grower but it is a pretty coral. I haven't heard anyone mention the name till lately........are they not available from ORA nowadays??
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[paintballer768]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13536704#post13536704 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefkoi
amazing, I've had one of these for years, it's not a fast grower but it is a pretty coral. I haven't heard anyone mention the name till lately........are they not available from ORA nowadays??
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I think ORA lost their colony. Not too sure, but thats what Ive read.

My favorite has gotta be the Purple Plasma or Pearlberry

[jthao]

143 gadgets: that's the most beautiful pealberry I've seen so far. wished mines looked like that!!!!

can anyone post a pic of the red planet?

[Rendos]

Left is Purple Plasma, middle is Red Planet, and right is GARF Purple Bonsai.

http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/392461247_qBvz3-X2.jpg

[jgatmaitan]

My top two so far are the Pearlberry and Red Planet. Here are my frags:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3276/2928426906_0de0cf561f_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3240/2927567815_349202c4df_b.jpg

[george albert]

i would say the Pearl berry and Red Planet

[pwoller]

Purple Plasma and the Roscoe

[Don-Coraleone]

red planet!!!!!

[spleify]

NIce pieces!!

Thanks for sharing

Spleify

[yeldarbj]

Pearlberry!!!

[SDguy]

I love the hawkins for not only color, but more for the very unique shape/texture....

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p5/SDreefguy/Rollinghead%20July%202008/HawkinsEchinata.jpg

[SeeDemTails]

The red plant in not that impressive IMO. I have seen Rose Milles that look identical.

Now the Hawkins is something special, as is a few of the other blue acros they have.

[143gadgets]

Peter - I agree. It comes in a close second to the pearlberry. Very unique shape.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/143gadgets/LIV_1469.jpg

[SeeDemTails]

Nice piece!

[Matt_HiHat]

That's some awesome pieces of frags dudes!!
Back here in sweden, if one want corals like these one have to travel to Germany. 1500km

Keep em' coming boys! :)

[myzislow]

Those pictures of your guy's hawkins make me sad. haha, very nice. If mine doesn't pull through I'm defnitely going to have to try one again. It's such an awesome coral when it's happy. Definitely my favorite ORA right now.

[Mykel Obvious]

My current favorite is Chris's Pearlberry as well... followed closely by his Hawkin's Blue :lol: Now if I can just get him to send me his tank and corals, I'll be fine :D
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13535240#post13535240 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 143gadgets
Pearlberry!!!

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/143gadgets/LIV_1490.jpg

Of the ones I own (N8s Green Mille, Rose Mille, Purple Plasma and Hawkin's Blue), I like my Hawkin's best, though it's still small, and the PP has good potential I think...

Of those I don't own, out of the "new" ORA stuff, I want the Pearlberry most, and the Red Planet second... Outta the old ORA stock, I want Scripp's Mille (I'm a Mille freak) and German Blue Polyp... hmm and Phil's Granulosa, and Roscoe's and Chip's and and and...

So I can't limit myself to just ONE :rollface:

[basser1]

Hey everyone! I was on LA tonight and in the DD section, they have ORAs' new corals listed for sale! For those of you that don't have an LFS that is an ORA dealer, you may want to check it out!

[60Cubed]

It is hard to get a good photo of the Hawkins........

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/60cubed/019.jpg

It is a sweet piece as well.

[PUGroyale]

oldy but a goodie... ORA blue bottlebrush...
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/PUGroyale/Pictures2-9-07428.jpg
hawkins...
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/PUGroyale/Pictures2-9-07429.jpg

[tamarindthai]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13535215#post13535215 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by flyyyguy
German green with blue polyps

I lost mine a while back and I can easily find the rest that interest me
something like this:) ,,just teasing
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h23/koboree/germongreen.jpg

[143gadgets]

Thanks guys!

[60Cubed]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13548839#post13548839 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by PUGroyale
oldy but a goodie... ORA blue bottlebrush...
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/PUGroyale/Pictures2-9-07428.jpg

You still got this piece?

If so, I'd like a piece if you will. I'm sure I have something to trade!

[moonlightxpress]

a fellow reefer sold me a piece of ora german blue ..but the polyps were green..will it turn blue once acclimated or i got rawed??thanks

[jonthefb]

What are ORA's new corals like the pearlberry, red panet, hawkins echinata, etc typically selling for at your LFS'?

[klondike4001]

Pearlberry
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b194/klondike4001/ORAPearlBerry-2.jpg
Blue Bottlebrush
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b194/klondike4001/ORABlueBottlebrush.jpg

[jgatmaitan]

I must say that those hawkins pics you guys posted looks amazing!

[soccerbag]

Hawkins and Pearlberry are my favs as well.

[60Cubed]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13550341#post13550341 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by moonlightxpress
a fellow reefer sold me a piece of ora German blue ..but the polyps were green..will it turn blue once acclimated or I got rawed??thanks

Yours should look like the one above. Anything else would be something else. That is a unique piece!

[Todd March]

Purple Plasma is about the first frag anyone notices in my tank--the intense flourescent green tips and polyps, and the purple body really gets attention. My heavy in actinic and blue T5's really bring it out...

But I think the Hawkins is really lovely. The color is so unique and bright, and it's so delicate.

I just wish I had bought the Pearlberry as well. Chris is right, that really is a beautiful coral...

[basser1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13549211#post13549211 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 60Cubed
You still got this piece?

If so, I'd like a piece if you will. I'm sure I have something to trade!


Thanks PUGroyale for posting that pic. I picked up a frag of that from my ORA dealer a good while back. I didn't know what it was except it was an ORA acro. Now I know what it is after seeing your pic! The blue bottlebrush and the Roscoes are showing great growth and very bushy polyps.

[ticocuban]

I just picked up my Red Planet today!!!

http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr92/ticocuban/20081016redplanet.jpg

[todd03blown]

I just got my red planet and bellina and they look great!!

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13548661#post13548661 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 60Cubed
It is hard to get a good photo of the Hawkins........


It is a sweet piece as well.


this is the best i could get, i need another peice someday i killed this one.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q45/GSMguy/IMG_4098.jpg

[skey44]

99.99 for the limited ones.

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13564545#post13564545 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by skey44
99.99 for the limited ones.


from where? my old LFS in ohio was selling them for $65

[cato]

Red Planet #1 for me. Although the Pearlberry and Borealis are close seconds. :)

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m53/chirocato/Sept%2008/redplanet2.jpg

[Todd March]

Cato, exciting Red Planet pic! Are your colors in this Red Planet pic accurate? If so that is a GORGEOUS coral. All the pictures of this coral have look muddled in color to me so far, and I haven't seen one in person, so I have wondered what this coral looks like in terms of color...?

[basser1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13564501#post13564501 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GSMguy
this is the best i could get, i need another peice someday i killed this one.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q45/GSMguy/IMG_4098.jpg


Nick, I hope you get one to. That was one sweet looking Hawkins!


Cato, Very nice Red Planet!!

[cato]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13565112#post13565112 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Todd March
Cato, exciting Red Planet pic! Are your colors in this Red Planet pic accurate? If so that is a GORGEOUS coral. All the pictures of this coral have look muddled in color to me so far, and I haven't seen one in person, so I have wondered what this coral looks like in terms of color...?

They are close but a little lighter in reality. This is best I can get with my point n shoot cam. Maybe some day I'll feel impelled to drop $$$ for a real camera just to take tank pics but for now I'd rather spend the coin on reef stuff. :D It is under a Radium so it does pop alot more. Here's one when I first got it. It's under a 14k here.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m53/chirocato/Sept%2008/P9110201.jpg


And another now under a Radium. Best I can do. :)


http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m53/chirocato/ORA/P9210224a.jpg

[todd03blown]

are you all leaving them on the ora plugs and just either gluing them or finding a whole to stick the plug in? can you cut the bottom of the plug off and then just glue the base of the plug with the frag to the rocks?

Can you just try and take the frag off the plug totally or is that not good practice for these ORA's? TIA

[cato]

I plan on leaving mine on the plug for a few months. Then I will cut the frag at the base and glue it to rock letting the remainder to grow out another frag. :)

[60Cubed]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13568548#post13568548 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cato
I plan on leaving mine on the plug for a few months. Then I will cut the frag at the base and glue it to rock letting the remainder to grow out another frag. :)

Exactly what I do. Then you can trade out for other nice stuff!

[Todd March]

I've heard that the end of ORA plugs do not Dremel off well...? I Just found some spots where I could epoxy the plug right into the rock. I usually Dremel the end of the plugs off of my frags and just mount the top cylinder... (My wonderful Purple Monster frag came plugless, but it came on a SQUARE mounting! Looks SOOOO unnatural in my tank, I just hate it. And it had to be on my most expensive and beloved coral that I have lusted after for years of course...!)

[bugitup]

The Roscoe is my favorite.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g56/hybridnano/40G/ets%2002%2008/HPIM1727.jpg

Followed closely by German green w purple polyps
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g56/hybridnano/40G/ets%2002%2008/HPIM1704.jpg

[danfrith]

Anybody like the Dustins deepwater?

[Todd March]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13574592#post13574592 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by danfrith
Anybody like the Dustins deepwater?

Looks good, but I've heard it's now where near as hearty as the Hawkins...?

[Whalehead9]

I know that Purple pillow was done in by some hurricane years ago, but does anyone still have a frag or two? I remember seeing it only once, and was impressed.

[NewbieForever]

The coral nursery is still propping the purple pillow

http://www.thecoralnursery.com/newsite/images/Acro_PurplePillow.JPG

[docalatamu]

wow these are great, are they really worth that much $$ per frag?

[Mykel Obvious]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13582173#post13582173 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by docalatamu
wow these are great, are they really worth that much $$ per frag?

That is a question only YOU can answer for yourself :D

Me, I'm gonna have to start selling plasma or a kidney or something :lol:

[docalatamu]

i guess it really all does depend on supply and demand

is that what they mean when they talk about coral economics?

[GSMguy]

i cant get my dremel blade thru the plug., the dang plug melts and spits chunks of molten plastic all over the frag

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13574636#post13574636 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Todd March
Looks good, but I've heard it's now where near as hearty as the Hawkins...?


besides NAKA ive never seen one that has much growth, ive heard from a couple people that they lost 2 or 3 of them i wont be trying it anytime soon although the colony NAKA has is very nice looking.

[danfrith]

Yeah, Naka's is the only reason I want to try it.

[143gadgets]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13589723#post13589723 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GSMguy
besides NAKA ive never seen one that has much growth, ive heard from a couple people that they lost 2 or 3 of them i wont be trying it anytime soon although the colony NAKA has is very nice looking.

Yeah. I've lost three and I'm on my fourth now and it's holding on.

[60Cubed]

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[CheckitOut]

Chris I love your pearlberry. That has to the best looking one I've ever seen. Does anyone know where I can get the ORA german green with blue polyp acro.

[sdietz2469]

anybody have a frag of the belina? i would love to see your pics...

personally i really like the dustins deepwater, and have had way better luck with that then the hawkins... i have lost 3 frags also, and am going to wait till i find someone who has an established colony to get a frag from them...

as far as oldies, i like the scripts milli, german blue polyp green, purple pillow, and the blue bottle brush.....

[myzislow]

bugitup, very nice roscoes and german blue colonies!!!

[myzislow]

Yeah, the dustins has been the hardiest for me out of the three "deepwater" type ORAs. I got the hawkin's, phils, and dustins on the same day, and while the growth is pretty slow, dustin's has been by the far the toughest out of the three, in my tank anyway. The hawkins started out wonderfully, then I light shocked it and its been struggling ever since. It has shown signs of improvement as of late, what's left of it anyway, so I'm very stoked on that. The hawkins is defnitely my favorite ORA coral.