ORA Red Planet

[ryshark]

I picked this up yesterday. They had 2-Red Planets at the LFS for over 2-weeks, so he came down a little bit on the price. Plus I think they actually lost a little bit of color while at the LFS. Hopefully I can color it back up some. They are pretty expensive, I guess I just became a sucker for all of the hype.

[pat8you]

wow that is a really nice looking frag though. Congrats on the new pick up. Keep us posted on how it does

[melosu58]

Very nice.

[neilanh]

Don't let Ziggy see that, he'll get jealous.

Nice pickup!

[ryshark]

Here are a couple better shots of it. If I knew what I know now, I would have bought a better camera.

[ccCapt]

That's nice.
All those new ORA releases are really nice...but really expensive too. My LFS had the ORA Bellina, about a 1.5" frag for $80.

[Fluff]

Very nice, congrats!

[ryshark]

Originally Posted by ccCapt

That's nice.
All those new ORA releases are really nice...but really expensive too. My LFS had the ORA Bellina, about a 1.5" frag for $80.

Thanks everyone! Yeah pretty expensive, I got this one for $66 out the door.

[ryshark]

Has anybody else picked up one of these or any of the other new ORA stuff?

[Ziggy953]

I have yet to pick up the Red Planet. I had one on hold for a while at my LFS but let it go. The 2 he had there were almost 4" tall and were $120 each. Things got tight and I had no choice but let it go.

I try and keep track of all their new stuff but it's hard as I have yet to find a site that actually lists all their corals. Even their site doesn't show all the stuff I have seen.

Awesome coral though, and it is on my list of "will have".

[pat8you]

Do you have a site that list most of the new ORA releaseas? I havn't been able to find much and i would like to see what new stuff they put out

[ryshark]

I dont think there really is a site, I don't know why they do not update their own website to show all the stuff they have available.

[ccCapt]

From an RC post, the Oct. list of ORA corals.

ORA Borealis Acro
Bellina Acro
Red Planet Table
Blue Voodoo Stag -
Plum Crazy
Supernatural Capricornis
Purple Plasma Stag
Oregon Tortuosa
Verde Acropora
Pearlberry
Hawkins Blue Echinata
Phil’s Granulosa-
Orange Capricornis
Purple Capricornis
Spongodes
Bali Slimer
Chips Acropora
Roscoe’s Blue Acropora
Anacropora
Green Damicornis
Pink Damicornis
Pink & Green Damicornis
Green Stylophora
Green Birds Nest
Pink Birds Nest
Hyacinth Birds Nest
Elkhorn Montipora-
German Blue Polyp Digitata-
Orange Digitata-
Neon Green Digitata-
Blue Millepora-
Nathan’s Green Millepora
Australian Delicate-
Miami Orchid-
Indo Purple Tip Stag
Scripps Green Tip Stag-
Stuber Staghorn (Heirloom coral)-
Tri –Color Valida
Marshall Island Yellow Fuzzy
Marshall Island Blue Bottlebrush

[ryshark]

ORA should have that list with a picture next to every coral, on their website.

[pat8you]

noooo... that would be too logical and be good for business why would they do something silly like that.

[ccCapt]

It would be nice if they did, but they don't sell directly to the public so I don't think it would be any advantage to them. There are enough people willing to put out $80-$90-$100 for small frags as it is. Their stuff is very nice, but IMO & IME you can get corals just as nice from local reefers/local club members for a fraction of the price.
I don't have a coral in my tank that cost me more than $40. The ORA Oregon tort frag I got at a swap cost me $12.50 (frag were 2 for $25). The ORA green millie I got from Sanjay cost me a frag of pink zoa's.

[pat8you]

Yeah i will say that in my limited experience with frag swaps that there were awesome deals for very nice coral. We don't have to much of that going on by where i live though which really stinks.

[Ziggy953]

I agree that there corals are expensive but I believe they are worth the extra cost. They are several generations out of the ocean and they are very healthy/hardy. I have several ORA corals that I purchased at my LFS. I also have frags of other ORA corals that I picked up by accident in the $9.95 section. I totally agree that supporting frag swaps and local reefers is the best option, but I think any company that aquacultures their corals is a very good 2nd option.