Two of the sweetest ORA plugs!
 

granulosa / dustins deepwater.
Usually not that excited about frags but this two have tons of potential.
lucky enuff to get them just sharing- the deepwater is truly one of the most beautiful critters out there IMHO.



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Is that dustins deepwater from LA? Looks very similiar to Naka's ORA deepwater IMO. Could these be the same coral?

Very nice corals btw!

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=#post target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by danfrith [/i]
[B]Is that dustins deepwater from LA? Looks very similiar to Naka's ORA deepwater IMO. Could these be the same coral? [/B][/QUOTE]
danfrith is that critter the dustin's deepawater that u have seen from Naka's tank.
My buddy got 3 and he kept two and sold me one.

Is the exact same coral 4 sure.

Yep, that ORA dustins deepwater, one of my favorites. Naka said he got his a while back at Imac.

i have to get one of those,my LFS has 3 of them listed as ORA dustins deepwater but i just havent got one yet,i guess saturday i will :) nice looking piece gasman.

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=#post target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by checkinhawk [/i]
[B]i have to get one of those,my LFS has 3 of them listed as ORA dustins deepwater but i just havent got one yet,i guess saturday i will :) nice looking piece gasman. [/B][/QUOTE]
yup lucky us floridians finally we get some cream of the crop LOL:smokin:

yeah and at decent prices as well.ahhhhhhhhh to live in florida with all the wholesalers is nice.i believe second only to cali in selection and quality.

was that from eco reef?

Just got one (dustins deepwater) from the "nazi" myself, if anyone can get them it's him.

I thought it was going to cost double what I paid.

here is a pic of the ORA deep water that i got a few weeks ago from YourReef
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AHHH!!! I want one so bad!

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=#post target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by A.T.T.R [/i]
[B]was that from eco reef? [/B][/QUOTE]
yes

Divers den has had this coral for weeks im surprised people havent bought it up, Nakas is spectacular.

Here is a photo from 2003-2004 of the original broodstock colony of Phil's Granulosa. This coral orignally came from a hobbyist in Germany in 2002.

[img]http://www.dustindorton.com/work/newpics/germanygranulosaraw.jpg[/img]

DD nice very very nice. keep sending some of those critters over to Larry and Robert at Eco.

BTW is the pillow back up?

Dustin do you have a pic of the mother for the one bearing your name?

Can we be certain the granulosa is not surahoisni(spelling is all wrong but you know what I mean)

I hope they flourish for ya gasman! I am about to start the process of selling me system due to law school starting in August and wish I could keep this up. Sad day, but I will be back in no time!

GSMguy, here is the original parent colony when we got it in 02-03. I think I have some better pictures of it somewhere, Sanjay has had a peice for a while and he sent me a good picture of it.

[img]http://www.dustindorton.com/work/newpics/new%20new%20pics/images/newbroodstock.jpg[/img]



Serioussnaps, no idea if the id is accurate. Granulosa was the name that the German hobbyists used for it, back then no one really knew suharsonoi existed. The branches stay short on it, rarely over an inch, I think that differs greatly from suharsonoi. Normally we dont mess around with scientific names on Acros, it just makes people argue. When we get a coral from someone that already has a name we just run with it.

very very nice.

thx

whats ideal placement on these two??

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11575420#post11575420 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tankgeeks [/i]
[B]whats ideal placement on these two?? [/B][/QUOTE]

yes.........dustin what placement do you recommend for this piece?i am getting one tomorrow and have three DE 250w MH 14k pheonix and vho actinics for lighting.

They are both super adaptable, I think the coloration will be the same in most areas of the tank but the growth will be faster closer to the lights. I would just pick a place where you can really appreciate the growth form and put them there.

Sweet Dustin! I just got both of these pieces yesterday too. Great looking corals and good size on the ones I got too!!!

I just picked up the ora deep water as well the only thing I don't like are these new ORA plugs. They are impossible to trim down... ARGGG

However the coral is nice!