OK.
What's the deal with ORA-branded corals? they're all over the US...you guys seem to be going nuts for them...
I can tell you, it's pretty rare, if not next to impossible to find them up in Canada....and FWIW, there is not even a demand for these ORA corals, so that prolly explains why we never see them. We do, however, get fish shipments every now and then from them (i see their logo on some boxes at the lfs)
Heck, most SPS nuts up here rarely ever talk about ORA stuff.....they *seem* to be quite content with the regular bag of corals we get in.
SOOOO...why do they garner so much interest with you (US) reefers?
from my point of view, they look like any other aquacultured/wild acropora sp. i've seen...granted, they are nice and colourful....but on the whole, they're nothing special....when I see them going for $80 here and $100 there ...for a tiny frag...well...makes me wonder! what is it that I am missing?? I see regular coloured granulosas, suharsonois, etc....absolutely nothing 'out of this world', imo
what is it that makes them so 'in-demand'? here's my guess
-the ORA name? they've been in the industry for ages...worldwide recognition, etc
-the ORA employee they're named after?
-the silly name they come up to help describe it's appearance? (what's that new one called again? pearl berry?)
-the fact it's mostly aqua-cultured (ie. hardier)
???
i'm cluelesss..
Zach
PS....I actually own an "ORA" coral....didn't even know I had it until surfn posted a pic! LOL
What's the deal with ORA-branded corals? they're all over the US...you guys seem to be going nuts for them...
I can tell you, it's pretty rare, if not next to impossible to find them up in Canada....and FWIW, there is not even a demand for these ORA corals, so that prolly explains why we never see them. We do, however, get fish shipments every now and then from them (i see their logo on some boxes at the lfs)
Heck, most SPS nuts up here rarely ever talk about ORA stuff.....they *seem* to be quite content with the regular bag of corals we get in.
SOOOO...why do they garner so much interest with you (US) reefers?
from my point of view, they look like any other aquacultured/wild acropora sp. i've seen...granted, they are nice and colourful....but on the whole, they're nothing special....when I see them going for $80 here and $100 there ...for a tiny frag...well...makes me wonder! what is it that I am missing?? I see regular coloured granulosas, suharsonois, etc....absolutely nothing 'out of this world', imo
what is it that makes them so 'in-demand'? here's my guess
-the ORA name? they've been in the industry for ages...worldwide recognition, etc
-the ORA employee they're named after?
-the silly name they come up to help describe it's appearance? (what's that new one called again? pearl berry?)
-the fact it's mostly aqua-cultured (ie. hardier)
???
i'm cluelesss..
Zach
PS....I actually own an "ORA" coral....didn't even know I had it until surfn posted a pic! LOL
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