Rare ORA corals?

[jsweir]

Trying to compile a list of the rarer ORA corals for a wishlist. I've noticed since the hurricanes, some of their corals are not available anymore. Pics would be great.

1) Blue bottlebrush
2) Yellow unknown (extremely bright)

 

[Darkreefer]

I'm pretty sure the purple pillow is not as common since the hurricane.

 

[Znut Reefer]

Does any one even sell the ORA frags anymore?

 

[jsweir]

They are still out there.

 

[clkwrk]

Blue bottle brush . Aquired in Nov.

Along with stuber

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

nice corals...

 

[Znut Reefer]

I'd like to find a few myself, send me a PM as to where I can find them.

 

[AWExotics]

ORA is coming back well.. I just picked up 2 Chips, 4 torts, 2 Indo Stags, and 2 green pocillopora.

All were less than 100% colored but are perfectly healthy and well encrusted. They are coloring up nicely in my prop system.

ORA should be offering more and more of their standard corals, along with some new species they have been working with. They will be coming out regularly soon, from what I have been told.

Frags from their Marshall Island facility are still available regularly

Todd

 

[atticusfinch]

ora .. is upgrading there facilities guys . look to about another 2-3 months before regular shipments of there corals are coming in .. there tonga operation is still up though

 

[manderx]

i wouldn't go overboard trying to assemble the 'rare' ora corals just for the sake of them being 'rare'. they'll be shipping them all again soon enough and will no longer be 'rare'.

 

[Creetin]

I just got a frag of purple pillow from a friend. I am looking for the ORA fuzzy blue acro.

 

[pi]

I have almost one of each of their frags and my favorite by far is the torquiose stag. Under low nutrient, high light conditions it turns the most intense sky blue I have ever seen in a coral. But no-one ever mentions this coral... I will see if I can find a pic.

 

[greystreet41]

their site has a lot of the pictures.

http://www.orafarm.com/corals.html

 

[jsweir]

The goal is to get the better looking ones - usually the rarer species at the moment. My wishlist also includes two of the tricolor marshall island frags.

 

[BigReefing]

what is oar, link please.

 

[jsweir]

It is an aquaculture facility. Link is above

 

[johns]

Does anyone know if that blue bottlebrush is an a. tenuis? Thats what it looks like, but I'm not 100% sure.

I was looking for one of those and just wanted to know in anyone knows what it is.

 

[jsweir]

They also culture a tenuis, so it may or may not be. Good question.

 

[AWExotics]

I have only ever brought in two of their bottle brush. It is a different coral than their tenuis for sure, and I donot think the bottlebrush is a tenuis.
ORA Purple Tip Bottle Brush:

There is a coral that comes from their Marshal Island facility that is sometimes named "Marshal Island Blue/purple tip bottle brush"
Marshall Isalnd bottlebrush pic:

A group of Marshall Island bottlebush:

The "Marshall Island Tricolor" is a great tricolor.

Marshall Island frags are a grab bag. You order x amount of Marshall Island frags and it is random as to what ya get. Kind of cool to cause they take some time to color. It makes it fun lol. I just brought in 10 Marshall Island frags and they are slowly coloring up. Kind of fun to watch..

 

[jsweir]

Nice pics! I have never seen the marshall island bottlebrush before. Very nice.