ORA Sps Frags
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miwoodar
Likey the bikey
I used to ignore them but I am starting to come around to the 'pedigree' concept. It's nice to know that if I put frag X into my tank that it has the lineage of something good. I've put frags in my tank that I've regretted later. With real estate in the tank being so tight, I don't want to be disappointed again for wasting valuable space and time(!) with another 'turd coral'.
If I'm looking at a friend's tank and he/she has something awesome though...I don't care what it's called or what the pedigree is.
Mykel Obvious
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In some ways, you just proved my point... Tickets to the Lakers are expensive... tickets to the local high school game are not... but the games will NOT be the same either... Yugo and BMW (need I say more?)
$50 for a huge colony that either looks so-so, dies or both is not really worth it in the long run... 2 dead or ugly colonies equals one beautiful thriving Red Planet frag??? If someone didn't want to spend that much, then they could wait till the market is flooded and buy a frag from another reefer in a year or two (or longer for slower growing corals like the Oregon Tort)... You can get a Chipp's Acro for around $25 now... but try and find a German Blue Polyped or Scripp's Mille from anyone BUT another reefer now that ORA has lost the mother colonies of both
Me? I find corals I like and buy what I can afford... I don't want everything ORA has put out, but there are a few that I think are really nice and will add them as money allows... maybe in a year when they are cheaper, maybe when I get a wild hair and spend $80 on one... I also have a few wild colonies that I like and hope I am able to keep healthy and thriving... I'm not a "these are all LE and ORA na-na boo-boo" kind of guy, but I do like the option of knowing that I'm not buying a pig in a poke as well
I'm glad people like ORA, Tyree, ATL and others are there to sell us beautiful captive grown corals that are known to thrive... and I'm glad other reefers sell frags off when real estate gets slim... captive grown are hardier and often better looking and for that I'm thankful
Rickyrooz1
Acropora Nut
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13957293#post13957293 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mykel Obvious
Me? I find corals I like and buy what I can afford... I don't want everything ORA has put out, but there are a few that I think are really nice and will add them as money allows... maybe in a year when they are cheaper, maybe when I get a wild hair and spend $80 on one... I also have a few wild colonies that I like and hope I am able to keep healthy and thriving... I'm not a "these are all LE and ORA na-na boo-boo" kind of guy, but I do like the option of knowing that I'm not buying a pig in a poke as well
I'm glad people like ORA, Tyree, ATL and others are there to sell us beautiful captive grown corals that are known to thrive... and I'm glad other reefers sell frags off when real estate gets slim... captive grown are hardier and often better looking and for that I'm thankful
Agreed!
I also am not one to be on board with the whole "designer" corals. That is why I said I think they are overpriced. I was lucky enough to get a piece of the wild colony on two corals that tyree came out with as LE pieces. So I got them for a great price. But because I do not have any lineage, people do not want to pay even half of what Tyree charges. I think it is ridiculous, so I selll them for 15 to 20 bucks to people that want nice corals for a fair price. I do not think any frag should cost over 30 or 40 bucks tops. But I am in the minority I think.
60Cubed
Premium Member
Yeah, you can get a bigger wild colony for less than the equivalent frag. But if the colony dies, you are stuck without anything. I have not lost a single coral since going to all aquacultured frags. Not one of my corals was bought as a wild colony. I know they were wild once, but mine are second and third and fourth gen cultures. But you don't have to buy ORA or LE brand corals. There are plenty of nice corals out there that are not of these types. Not all of mine are. But I do like the ORA stuff. A lot!
143gadgets
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Hawkins Echinata
Pearlberry
Nathans green
Oregon
Purple Pillow
Pearlberry
Nathans green
Oregon
Purple Pillow
Lunchbucket
Premium Member
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13958372#post13958372 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 143gadgets
Hawkins Echinata
Pearlberry
Nathans green
Oregon
Purple Pillow
Man I love that Echinata. Hope someday to get one...for now i have enough blue in my tank!
Lunchbucket
143gadgets
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Matt - That's my pearlberry. Thanks! It grows very fast for me.
60cubed - I got the PP from Al before he lost his colony. It still grows slow for me cause it has never quite settled in.
Thanks! It grows very fast for me.60cubed - I got the PP from Al before he lost his colony. It still grows slow for me cause it has never quite settled in.
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