9thwonder
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What do you guys think of this new specimen?
Here's the description via Reef Builders:
Today ORA announced the latest in a string of new releases – the ORA Solitaryensis. For those of you who love the tabling Acroporids, as well as those of you who never heard of something so cool, this one is for you. Much like other treasured tabletop species, this ORA release is said to be slow growing (ORA’s officially statement says this release has been in development for years)! Thankfully, add one of these and you won’t be cursing that you once again have to cut it back (yeah, all of you with Bali Green Slimer, maybe it’s time to trade UP to something that’s not a weed?!)
Still, this isn’t just your neighbor’s Efflo! Afterall, Acropora solitaryensis tends to be more “branchy” along the growing edge than A. efflorescens. The ORA Solitaryensis, if given enough time, will grow into multiple tables while retaining the more rough-edge unique to the species. Mature specimens of ORA Solitaryensis will take on a multi-tiered appearance reminiscent of Montipora capricornis…if M. capricornis had a drunken late night indiscretion with Acropora valida! Purple tips with green polyps baby, and a fused tan-green center.
Since it may take a while to grow the ORA Solitaryensis to size, and since hacking apart a prime specimen isn’t something any serious SPS keeper is going to be eager to do, you can bet that this latest release from ORA will remain in demand and possibly only available from the original source for a long time.
Here's the description via Reef Builders:
Today ORA announced the latest in a string of new releases – the ORA Solitaryensis. For those of you who love the tabling Acroporids, as well as those of you who never heard of something so cool, this one is for you. Much like other treasured tabletop species, this ORA release is said to be slow growing (ORA’s officially statement says this release has been in development for years)! Thankfully, add one of these and you won’t be cursing that you once again have to cut it back (yeah, all of you with Bali Green Slimer, maybe it’s time to trade UP to something that’s not a weed?!)
Still, this isn’t just your neighbor’s Efflo! Afterall, Acropora solitaryensis tends to be more “branchy” along the growing edge than A. efflorescens. The ORA Solitaryensis, if given enough time, will grow into multiple tables while retaining the more rough-edge unique to the species. Mature specimens of ORA Solitaryensis will take on a multi-tiered appearance reminiscent of Montipora capricornis…if M. capricornis had a drunken late night indiscretion with Acropora valida! Purple tips with green polyps baby, and a fused tan-green center.
Since it may take a while to grow the ORA Solitaryensis to size, and since hacking apart a prime specimen isn’t something any serious SPS keeper is going to be eager to do, you can bet that this latest release from ORA will remain in demand and possibly only available from the original source for a long time.
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