ORA corals... Has anyone ever had one keep its color?

[Garage1217]

Is it just me, or does every ORA coral I buy and every ORA coral others around me purchase totally change colors after 3-4 weeks and look absolutely nothing like it did straight from ORA? I honestly cannot recall a single one from any members tank locally or in photos that look like they first do when a store gets them in. Maybe I am just nuts or cannot even come close to replicating the environment they grow their coral. I have also had two that looked totally different in the store, end up looking 100% identical after a month or so. What the heck is that all about.

 

[seminolecpa]

Every ORA coral I have ever bought seems to hold its color very well. In fact way moreso then anything else I ever buy. To me this is one of the best things about buying their corals and others that have been widly aquacultured.

 

[Znut Reefer]

Same here. Never had any problems with the ORA's holding their color.

 

[Garage1217]

Interesting. Wonder how long they were in the sellers tanks. Seems like the day they get them in, they are spectacular looking, 2 weeks later they fade and loose the super vibrant colors. Ah well, glad to know you guys have had good luck! Must just be me.

 

[seminolecpa]

Rose milli

Red Planet

Pearl Berry

Purple Plasma

Hawkins

 

[Garage1217]

yeah saw those pics on a website a bit ago. Those are your colonies? Anything special you do? Foods, water etc....? Higher light? lower light? Most all of my corals have stunning color except my ora pieces. Makes me wonder if they go into some sort of shock in my uln system or they are getting to much light.

 

[seminolecpa]

Yep they are my colonies. Have them all in assorted positions in my tank. Red Planet lower to keep more green in it. Rose Milli is near the bottom. Pearl Berry up very high. Hawkins and Purple Plasma are mid tank.

Just light, flow, and fish poop. I occasionally feed my tank with Reef Nutrition Oyster Feast.

The other nice thing about ORA and other aquacultured corals is that they tend to be very hearty and not prone to major changes in the tank.

Here are a few I took about 15 mins ago

 

[luvdiving]

Ora usually keeps their colors.that's why people love them.

 

[dixiedog]

Not in my tank they don't.


(T5's, lotsa fish poop but no other food)

 

[CMcNeil]

i love ORA corals,i can easily color them up and grow them.usually they will color up to full potential in about a month or so depending on your tank parameters.

 

[Elan L.]

ORA in my opinion are the easiest to keep their color + even improvement in it

 

[SDguy]

The only ORA coral I ever had a problem with was the German purple polyped green acro. It never looked right in my tank.

 

[scrapz]

The only ORA coral I ever had a problem with was the German purple polyped green acro. It never looked right in my tank.

you mean the German Polyp Blue?

when i first got my frag it looked amazing. The structure was very distinct. It's now blanded into a ugly metallic smoother green acro. It's pretty hardy at least?

Is your's in low or high light? Mine is all the way up top.

 

[CMcNeil]

here is my ORA german blue polyp acro,holds great color for me.i have it about midtank under a 6x36 t5.

 

[Shadowramy]

I love that fall of 2008 selection they had.

Couple of my ORA

Bellina

BOP

German Blue

Red Planet

Roscoe

Pearlberry

 

[scrapz]

here is my ORA german blue polyp acro,holds great color for me.i have it about midtank under a 6x36 t5.

thanks, I'll move it down today and see what happens.

 

[MCCOOL]

Doesn't ORA grow their corals out under natural sunlight? I'd imagine that might be the reason for the initial color shift, although I agree with everyone else that their corals are some of the easier to color up.

 

[jtrasap]

For the most part, my ORA corals have held their color, but, my Borealis has lost most of the blue from it's tips.

 

[the-fishstore]

all ORA corals are grown in a huge greenhouse using the sun. so your tank lights are a diff. spectrum and power. they should color up in your tank. ORA is about 6 miles from my shop in FL.

 

[dan223]

As big a factor or maybe bigger than the lighting change is they use ocean water so there nutrient levels are always perfect or ULNS as we say. I wonder if the oil will be a problem with their farming.