ORA Platinum Picassos

[NemesisElite]

my lfs has a pair for sale, and they are amazing in person

someone told me $1,000 for the pair or $500 each

http://www.wamas.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=30303

[douglam]

there freaking hidious. good money makers for ORA but truly very ugly.

[douglam]

BTW. the first pair ever sold (from what i understand atleast) was sold today for 300 each or 600 for the pair. it was at one of my LFS

[adtravels]

They are ok, i quite like them, there's a big thread in reef discussion on them, most folk don't seem to like them much.

[TheOtherReefer]

They are going for 300 each at my LFS in Miami. Cool clowns. Not my bag, but cool.

[this is me]

Fugly!

[aanntthhoonnyy]

Wow.... poor creature.

[socalireefer]

To eachs own, one mans trash is...
I would love a pair!

[tpdpercula]

It is sad what this hobby has come to!

[OrionN]

i think they are neat, i would not pay that much for them however

[redfishsc]

Oh man. They look like they've been soaked in bleach. :sad2:


<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15112984#post15112984 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tpdpercula
It is sad what this hobby has come to!


That's the truth!!

Next up, clowfish that have been injected with anemone DNA so they glow under blacklights. "Glo-n-sho Nemo"

[soccerbum474]

That's the truth!!

Next up, clowfish that have been injected with anemone DNA so they glow under blacklights. "Glo-n-sho Nemo" [/B]

already been done before.. but in freshwater. and not with anemones..

http://www.mongabay.com/external/glowing_fish.htm

[oceancube78]

everyone needs to relax, geez they are living animals and they look happy,they would be swimming backwards or upside down if they were ill, dang give ora credit they did and awsome job creating a new species, look we never had piccasso's and now everyone wants one........ all this talk about poor guys and ewwww but if they cost $10.00 each you would have one in a heartbeat, dont lie to yourself....

[soccerbum474]

i agree with oceancube78... people are more disgusted in the price of them then anything. the white coloration is from selective breeding, possibly inbreeding but i figure with a company like ORA inbreeding wasnt done. if your breeding picassos with picassos your eventually going to get a morph like "platinum"

same with naked clowns..

[OrionN]

no, not new species

[melanotaenia]

with exclusivity comes increased price; the same holds for most products, and sadly, fish.

I think they are kind of neat, but I like the Picasso look better.

[oceancube78]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15117167#post15117167 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by OrionN
no, not new species lol thats what i thought at first, my wife looked and them and said "oh no not more money" lol she knew i already wanted them....

[rachelcb80]

They're okay. To each his own of course. If they were the same price, or even less, than Picassos, I would still choose Picassos. But to some these fish will be worth every bit of their asking price. That's the great thing about capitalism! :)

[Reefvette]

299.99 a fish in jersey.....

[cbr600rri]

it's like someone used an eraser and erased off all the orange, haha. I could see the scales on those clowns. And pretty soon, they'll have ones that are completely white! :)

[marc price]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15120140#post15120140 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reefvette
299.99 a fish in jersey..... i'm not surprised but i just did a web search of jeresy lfs's and found them at og2 in north jeresy for $750 apiece!
www.oceangalleryii.com/livestock/product_info.php?products_id=1451&osCsid=ba622f715bcf5add379e658daff904fe

[schprock]

my local fish store just brought a pair in


http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/souleman381/IMG_1729.jpg


http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/souleman381/IMG_1728.jpg

[OrionN]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15117784#post15117784 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by oceancube78
lol thats what i thought at first, my wife looked and them and said "oh no not more money" lol she knew i already wanted them....
These are not new species of fish. They are A. percula, not a new species

[rrcg50]

i have snocassos, snowflakes, picassos, bnw and now hope to add a pair of these

[eb8919]

They are different...a little pricey but definitley unique.

[marc price]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15120140#post15120140 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reefvette
299.99 a fish in jersey..... a lfs confirmed it'll be in at the lower cost that you found in jersey. now to see if the pics don't do it justice, or not?...

[blazing]

I know this is off topic but I want to know what are PE mysis? What does the PE stand for?

[ktrandc]

I like snowflakes much more.

[vaporize]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15123987#post15123987 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by blazedapurp
I know this is off topic but I want to know what are PE mysis? What does the PE stand for?

PE is the company name, pristine energetics

Their mysis have much higher fat content than the rest including H* due to their unique grow out area, the mysis travel 200m in the Gracia lake to the top to eat plankton so giving them a much heavier insulation (i.e. fat) contents.

Unfortunately, not many shops carry it due to their distribution (i.e. associated with cost).

*Canadian product*

[blazing]

koo thxs dude i always see people saying they feed their fishes PE mysis and just always wondered what it was

[melanotaenia]

that picture above is not a very flattering shot of these fish. It is almost like there is TOO much white.

[vaporize]

considered that the last one that was almost completely white was sold for US$32,000 at thailand (A.polymnus), these are a steal.....

[twinspots_goby]

What is the difference between snowflake and Platinum Picassos?

[marc price]

big difference between A. polymnus and A. percula, the latter being the species "platinum's" were developed from. snowflake's are A. ocellaris.

i remember seeing a pic of the "white polymnus" and if i'm not mistaken it looked much better than those i've seen of "platinum's". i like the polymnus teardrop body shape and don't care for the body shape of percula's (juvies are cute). i'm more inclined to want a compressed teardrop shape plain jane over graphic patterns of a square jawed goofy looking face on a torpedo body type clownfish. still the smaller size and "community tank fish" nature of percula is a plus.

ora produces polymnus, who know perhaps they'll develop a white polymnus too??

[Slakker]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15116685#post15116685 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by oceancube78
everyone needs to relax, geez they are living animals and they look happy,they would be swimming backwards or upside down if they were ill, dang give ora credit they did and awsome job creating a new species, look we never had piccasso's and now everyone wants one........ all this talk about poor guys and ewwww but if they cost $10.00 each you would have one in a heartbeat, dont lie to yourself....

The picasso patterns are naturally occurring, this is not. That's the difference.

And no, I wouldn't buy them even if they were $10 each. :)

[oceancube78]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15133747#post15133747 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Slakker
The picasso patterns are naturally occurring, this is not. That's the difference.

And no, I wouldn't buy them even if they were $10 each. :) please dont lie to yourself about not buying one if they were $10.00 each... just forget it i wont even start with this cause it'll turn into drama.... anyways like i was saying just give them props, they(ORA) worked a while to do this and they

[oceancube78]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15133747#post15133747 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Slakker
The picasso patterns are naturally occurring, this is not. That's the difference.

And no, I wouldn't buy them even if they were $10 each. :) please dont lie to yourself about not buying one if they were $10.00 each... just forget it i wont even start with this cause it'll turn into drama.... anyways like i was saying just give them props, they(ORA) worked a while to do this and they

[triggerfish1976]

These fish look much better in person under a 14k+ lighting. I saw they pair that douglam mentioned earlier, they were in a solana under a DE Phoenix bulb and they looked pretty sweet. I guess some black will develop on the dorsal as they mature.

[melanotaenia]

I think that these guys need some time to really show their true colors; I bet when the black starts to set in they are going to look much better, hopefully someone will post some pics in the near future of a more mature pair.

[regina574]

This gives a little more of an idea of what they may look like.
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk305/saltwaterfish13/adultplat.jpg

[hyperboy]

i think the adults look much better than the juvies

[vaporize]

Only if they can put the sign "ORA" in the middle of that white space, that would be awesome.

In marketing, that much white space in the middle is really a waste of precious marketing area