ORA Pearlberry

cwb_reeftank · Feb 13, 2018

Just wondering if its good price. Would $40 at a frag swap be a good price for a piece of ORA Pearlberry?

solitude127 · Feb 13, 2018

yes, most definitely.

vanpire · Feb 13, 2018

Yes. One of the most beautiful corals available.

nautical_nathaniel · Feb 13, 2018

Go for it!

cwb_reeftank · Feb 13, 2018

well I just wasn't sure if that's like full retail?

cwb_reeftank · Feb 13, 2018

Also what about the last dragon for 25?

solitude127 · Feb 13, 2018

cwb_reeftank said:
Also what about the last dragon for 25?

Sounds reasonable

cwb_reeftank · Feb 13, 2018

ok because I saw it on RMF for 300 and that's what its suppose to be but it doesn't look as purple. I just want to make sure its a good price

OnPointCorals · Feb 13, 2018

cwb_reeftank said:
well I just wasn't sure if that's like full retail?

There is no "Full retail" on Pearlberry. ORA doesn't sell it anymore and the real deal is a bit tough to find.

hart24601 · Feb 13, 2018

I would say you are lucky to find it at all. For $40 take it and run.

BoomCorals · Feb 13, 2018

The toughest part is if it’s really the ORA pb or not. It took me quite a while to get hold of a true ORA pearlberry. There are a lot of lookalikes sold as ORA PB that are not the real deal. :(

cwb_reeftank · Feb 13, 2018

how do you know if its the real deal?

BoomCorals · Feb 13, 2018

cwb_reeftank said:
how do you know if its the real deal?

Either get it from a verified/trusted source, or less preferably have an extremely keen eye that can spot the proper growth, corallites, structure, and color - which you need to see the mother colony in person or a good macro shot of the mother.

If the frag is pretty and you think it’s worth $40 even if it’s not the true ora pb, just buy it anyways. I think people get far too hung up on names sometimes.

OnPointCorals · Feb 13, 2018

BoomCorals said:
The toughest part is if it’s really the ORA pb or not. It took me quite a while to get hold of a true ORA pearlberry. There are a lot of lookalikes sold as ORA PB that are not the real deal. :(

I have had 3 different sources I received “ORA Pearlberry” from. 2 of them for sure were fakes. The latest one I think is real, but I’m not sure.
Actually have another one coming in from aquavist99 which I have high confidence in.

This is the my latest one. Tell me what you think guys:

Vaughn17 · Feb 13, 2018

Very nice, but I would say no.

jda · Feb 13, 2018

I can get $75-100 for 1 or 1.5 inch fully encrusted frags with multiple branches. I have a photo of it on a ORA Plug, though and for-sure it is ORA. I could probably frag my colony to the bone and sell 30-40 frags in a week around here... it is very much sought after and kinda hard to get.

IMO, nobody is selling a real RMF frag for 1/10th of retail - the few that want Jared's frags like to get paid for them when they frag them. It is probably a look-alike.

addictreef - my PB does not look like that.

BoomCorals · Feb 13, 2018

addictreef said:
I have had 3 different sources I received “ORA Pearlberry” from. 2 of them for sure were fakes. The latest one I think is real, but I’m not sure.
Actually have another one coming in from aquavist99 which I have high confidence in.

This is the my latest one. Tell me what you think guys:

The structure does not look correct to me. I don’t think it’s the same species as the PB.

BoomCorals · Feb 13, 2018

jda said:
I can get $75-100 for 1 or 1.5 inch fully encrusted frags with multiple branches. I have a photo of it on a ORA Plug, though and for-sure it is ORA. I could probably frag my colony to the bone and sell 30-40 frags in a week around here... it is very much sought after and kinda hard to get.

IMO, nobody is selling a real RMF frag for 1/10th of retail - the few that want Jared's frags like to get paid for them when they frag them. It is probably a look-alike.

addictreef - my PB does not look like that.

Do you have any pics of your PB? Would love to see a nice true colony. Mine is small and still growing. It appears that Ty also has the PB as mine looks identical to a frag I got from him as well.