Orange People Eaters

[d9sccr]

Okay...so I was curious to know why these are so expensive. I do like them, but I do not understand what justifies them being so much per polyp. Do they have really slow growth rates or what?

 

[Caleb Kruse]

This is the real answer, because they can. If you get a good looking coral, and make it popular, pretty soon it will become a fad coral if you charge alot for it.

 

[650-IS350]

Some folks sell em for $600 a polyp but a guy near in the bayarea sells em for 1/2 of that..

 

[d9sccr]

I would really like to get some so that I could sell them too..does anybody know if they grow slow though?

 

[Questin]

I just cut the head off of one then I glued it to a plug to see how it would do, but I have never heard of them being so much, I paid I think $70 for a group of 4.

 

[cardgenius]

The Envy Orange PE is the one that goes for $300-$600. And from what Ive heard, they grow slower than any other zoa/paly. Envy Orange is a very rare zoa that very few people have, thats why they sell for so much.

Envy Orange and OPE are two totally seperate morphs. Most people think OPE's are just RPE with crappy color.

 

[RobSW1]

i would really like to see a pic of this 600$ polyp if anyone has one

 

[cardgenius]

Here ya go

http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=699

 

[d9sccr]

what are the odds of me finding one at a LFS that nobody has I.D.

 

[Questin]

Yes, I do not have the Envys, I have the OPE that you see here
http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=1194

 

[surfnvb7]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9833699#post9833699 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Questin
Yes, I do not have the Envys, I have the OPE that you see here
http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=1194

if you claim to have OPE's, you should put up a single picture with both your OPE and an RPE side by side (in the same picture) to show the difference.

i've yet to see ANYONE show a single picture with this proof who has claimed they have an OPE. not saying they dont exist...just never seen anyone back up their claims with comparative evidence.

i've been asking for proof for well over a year, still hasn't happened...

 

[d9sccr]

i would like to see the difference too...also, is there a website or somewhere where I could buy these at

 

[Jon in SW Ohio]

Ignore the caulerpa

You can see the faded RPEs in the top left and the Envy Orange at the bottom right.

 

[surfnvb7]

thats the best pic i've seen yet....now are these orange enveys? or OPE's? b/c theres a "difference"

any chance you can put them side by side and get a new pic?

 

[Jon in SW Ohio]

I can take a shot of the EO and "OPE" together when the lights come on tomorrow. I don't have any RPE in another tank with different lighting to compare the RPE and "OPE" to though. The "OPEs" were redder when I got them, but my supposedly 14k halide is much more like 10k and would probably fade any RPEs to orange I put in there.

The bottom polyp is the true Envy Orange, from Reef Envy...and YES they do not grow. Had the polyp a few months and have yet to see any sign of any growth.

 

[surfnvb7]

yeah, i knew there was a difference b/w the OPE/RPE and Orange Enveys...

..so you are saying your RPE/OPE are the same thing, correct?

 

[Jon in SW Ohio]

Correct. Started out red, faded to orange under "14k" halide to this:

 

[d9sccr]

okay, so the envy orange are the ones that go for $600, not the OPE, right?

 

[Jon in SW Ohio]

Yup...and my understanding is everyone is sold out until 2008

 

[cardgenius]

Nice pics

That Envy Orange is so sweet!