Mykel Obvious
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Compared to tickets to sporting events, I'd say frags win... For example: One Lakers ticket goes for $260+ (ok seating, price level 2) and parking is something like $22... I'll take 5 frags any day :lol:
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ORA Sps Frags
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Compared to tickets to sporting events, I'd say frags win... For example: One Lakers ticket goes for $260+ (ok seating, price level 2) and parking is something like $22... I'll take 5 frags any day :lol:
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rigleautomotive
Premium Member
here is a shot of the purple plasma
and another angle of the red planet
and another angle of the red planet
Wait a minute, you said good luck keeping that green, if you do, let us know how you did it. So I said to keep the green, it needs less light. And then you come back with, yeah and crappy growth. Talk about being rude........you ask a question, get an answer, then blast the answer. I never said anything about growth, just how you keep the green color. By the way, how can you say crappy growth? Have you done comparisons? How long have you had yours? If you will do without the green, then why ask how to keep it inn the first place?
60Cubed
Premium Member
What? I wasn't being rude. There has to be a way to keep that coral green and keep it growing normally. ORA manages to do it so we should be able to also! Putting it under low light isn't a solution, it is putting off the inevidable of losing the green. I was just saying I would live with no green over no growth! Jeesh!!
You can still get good growth with less light. If you look at say a cali tort, or a pink lemonade colony, the interior branches of a large colony retain their green color because the light is diffused. If you blast them with light, they become blue or pink, but if they get either indirect light or are put at the bottom of the tank, they will retain their green color and the tips will be pink. You will still get good growth. I have seen some pictures where they are turning pale because it seems some people are blasting them with light and causing them to bleach.
Red is one of the first colors of the color spectrum filtered out as light goes through water. And wee know that blue penetrates deepest. A very shallow water coral that has red in it, when blasted with sun or light, will grab that red light and use it, and become more red. So in theory, if you give it less light or diffused light, the red polyps and tips will remain, but the body will retain its green color. Mine is at the bottom of my tank between two 400w pendants. So it does not get blasted. The polyps are red, the tip is the only red part, and the rest of the coral is deep deep green.
You could also dose iron and I think magnesium to help with green coloration, but I would not receommend that to everyone, as it is very easy to overdose or tint your water using too much iron. That is just my experience with green bodied corals......
Red is one of the first colors of the color spectrum filtered out as light goes through water. And wee know that blue penetrates deepest. A very shallow water coral that has red in it, when blasted with sun or light, will grab that red light and use it, and become more red. So in theory, if you give it less light or diffused light, the red polyps and tips will remain, but the body will retain its green color. Mine is at the bottom of my tank between two 400w pendants. So it does not get blasted. The polyps are red, the tip is the only red part, and the rest of the coral is deep deep green.
You could also dose iron and I think magnesium to help with green coloration, but I would not receommend that to everyone, as it is very easy to overdose or tint your water using too much iron. That is just my experience with green bodied corals......
60Cubed
Premium Member
Mine has lost a lot of it's deep green base. It also has a very white growth tip. It is growing well just not as green. I would say it is fairly low in the tank, about 12" below the surface with a 400w 12k RFlux that is 20" above the water. That would be 32" away from the bulb. I wouldn't say that is too much light to lose it's green. It just does! Different tanks have different colorations I guess.
Rickyrooz1
Acropora Nut
I think everyone would be interested to see the wholesale prices. I found the September ORA invoice sheet. $30 for the new frags that are selling for $89.99 on Live Aquaria.
http://jandareef.com/gallery/d/1788-1/ORA+September+#5.pdf
http://jandareef.com/gallery/d/1788-1/ORA+September+#5.pdf
acrylic_300
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It said $200 min. fish order before you can order corals 
Maybe there is another price list for people who don't want $200 worth of clowns.
Maybe there is another price list for people who don't want $200 worth of clowns.
Rickyrooz1
Acropora Nut
We cannot buy ORA corals directly from ORA. They only sell to fish stores.
acrylic_300
New member
On top of the $200 fish purchase you are limited to one Red Planet per order as a retailer.
That's why they are so expensive.
That's why they are so expensive.
And those stores have to order the fish minimum in order to buy just one frag. It is a genious or brutal move on ORA's part, just depends on how you look at it. A local store gets quite a few pieces from ORA on a regular basis near me, and I get a good deal on them. So I am one of the lucky ones, as right now, they have all the new pieces in stock. Heck, they even got four red planets on their last order.
I still think they are overpriced, but we all pay those prices. Most places I know of sell them at a retail price of 80.00, which is extremely high for a frag. But ORA markets them well, they are well encrusted, healthy, and they do not flood the market with them.
I think it is unfair though to compare a coral frag price to a ticket to a ball game, or the price of a car, or whatever.....compare them to another coral. You can get a wild colony for 50 bucks that is ten times bigger, but it will not be as colorful, and it may not even live. I know what we are paying for, but in a year or so, when there are more of them being traded among hobbyists, you will see the prices at a more realisttic price. I know you can now get the cali tort for about 30 bucks, and it used to cost 80. Now if I could just get my hands on a true oregon tort for a better price......
I still think they are overpriced, but we all pay those prices. Most places I know of sell them at a retail price of 80.00, which is extremely high for a frag. But ORA markets them well, they are well encrusted, healthy, and they do not flood the market with them.
I think it is unfair though to compare a coral frag price to a ticket to a ball game, or the price of a car, or whatever.....compare them to another coral. You can get a wild colony for 50 bucks that is ten times bigger, but it will not be as colorful, and it may not even live. I know what we are paying for, but in a year or so, when there are more of them being traded among hobbyists, you will see the prices at a more realisttic price. I know you can now get the cali tort for about 30 bucks, and it used to cost 80. Now if I could just get my hands on a true oregon tort for a better price......
myzislow
Active member
I sold my red planet to a buddy as it is way to close to the Christmas mirabilis I already have. In my tank it was being blasted with light in the highest light zone I had. The color was very washed out and growth was also very poor in my tank. We positioned it to receive moderate, in direct lighting with very good flow in his tank and also mounted it horizontally. In just a few weeks the colors are back to being amazing with the green very prominent and the growth is definitely taking off. I do not think this coral "needs" high light to be happy and grow well. It defnitely looks better in lower light. Even if it did grow a little slower in lower light, I'd take a smaller, awesome looking coral over a larger washed out piece any day.
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