ORA australian delicate staghorn

[acrojay]

does anyone out there own this coral.i wish i had a picture of it but soon i will.its branches are as small like toothpicks w/bright green polyps and blue tips.let me know if anyone has one of these beuties.

[pi]

Also called the purple pillow??

[acrojay]

they look simular but its not the pillow.i have both corals.i need to get a pic of this piece and show the differences.

[jgagel]

I bought a frag last week from my LPS who regularly gets ORA and knows the ORA guys. They had 2 ordered on the list, but did they were zeroed when the order arrived. Long story short, there was a frag that was called a tri-color, but matched the "supposed description" to a T ... I bought it and will take a picture tonight and try to post it. It is a deep purple with green polyps.

[bamann345]

Paul, Rick has some of the delicates at the store last time I was in there. They look very cool, but man I wonder how many branches break off durring shipping.

William

[pi]

Mmm. Really? How long ago was that?

[bamann345]

The monday before the last CMac meeting....

[AWExotics]

Acrojay,

Here's a shot of my ORA Australian Delicate
This was taken shortly after I receveved it.
http://www.awexotics.com/albums/album03/42186ORA_Aust_delic.sized.jpg

Here's my ORA Purple Pillow about 1 month after arrival.

http://www.awexotics.com/albums/album03/42186ORA_Purple_Pillow.sized.jpg

Long story short, there was a frag that was called a tri-color, but matched the "supposed description" to a T ... I bought it and will take a picture tonight and try to post it. It is a deep purple with green polyps.

I believe ORA offers a descriprion line for their Acropora nana as "Tricolor" and their Acropora valida as "tricolor" general description not a name though.

ORA also offers Marshall Isalnd frags and there is a "Marshall Island Tricolor" that comes in with that shipment and will sometimes be listed on the invoice as such.
Here's my ORA valida after a couple months

http://www.awexotics.com/albums/album03/42186ORA_valida.sized.jpg

And my ORA Marshall Island "Tricolor" after a couple weeks.
http://www.awexotics.com/albums/album03/42186A_spp_ORA_MI_Tri_thumb.sized.jpg

I would love to see this coral that was listed as a tricolor when you get a chance to post a pic.

Todd

[acrojay]

Originally posted by AWExotics yes this is i think one of thee most irregular shape stag.looks like the pillow but its not.i also own one of these too.
Acrojay,

Here's a shot of my ORA Australian Delicate
This was taken shortly after I receveved it.
http://www.awexotics.com/albums/album03/42186ORA_Aust_delic.sized.jpg

Here's my ORA Purple Pillow about 1 month after arrival.

http://www.awexotics.com/albums/album03/42186ORA_Purple_Pillow.sized.jpg



I believe ORA offers a descriprion line for their Acropora nana as "Tricolor" and their Acropora valida as "tricolor" general description not a name though.

ORA also offers Marshall Isalnd frags and there is a "Marshall Island Tricolor" that comes in with that shipment and will sometimes be listed on the invoice as such.
Here's my ORA valida after a couple months

http://www.awexotics.com/albums/album03/42186ORA_valida.sized.jpg

And my ORA Marshall Island "Tricolor" after a couple weeks.
http://www.awexotics.com/albums/album03/42186A_spp_ORA_MI_Tri_thumb.sized.jpg

I would love to see this coral that was listed as a tricolor when you get a chance to post a pic.

Todd

[acrojay]

hey Awexotic.
what is you tank spec and your light set up on your acros.

[AWExotics]

48 x 24 x 24 Lee Mar Euro Braced
lighting is 2 x 250W DE HQI 14K 1 x 150W DE 20K and 3 x 55W PC Actinic

Most acros are in the top 1/3 of the water column.

Todd

[DMK]

feel stupid askinf but what does ORA stand for?

[AWExotics]

Oceans Reefs and Aquariums

[pi]

Great pics Todd! That last tricolour looks incredible. Those polyps are beautiful! I will have to keep my eyes open for one of those.

Your pillow looks entirely different then mine. It has turned a bright yellow with purple tips.

I keep saying I need to take some pics of all my ORA frags, but my skills are so poor they come out looking terrible and do not do the coral justice.

[Angel101]

The naming of these colonies is really getting out of hand. How can it be called an Australin Delicate Acro when we do not allow the export of corals under any circumstances. Either the name is the result of an over imaginative marketer, or this coral is the result of a black market export. I would presume the former to be the most likely explanation.


Regards Gary

[Whisperer]

Amen, Gary. :D

[pi]

The naming of these colonies is really getting out of hand. How can it be called an Australin Delicate Acro when we do not allow the export of corals under any circumstances.

Relax there Gary!

Here is a link with ORA's response from the LAST time you asked this exact same question...

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=366259&perpage=25&highlight=australia&pagenumber=3

[Whisperer]

Originally posted by Angel101
The naming of these colonies is really getting out of hand. How can it be called an Australin Delicate Acro when we do not allow the export of corals under any circumstances. Either the name is the result of an over imaginative marketer, or this coral is the result of a black market export. I would presume the former to be the most likely explanation.


Regards Gary
This is my tricolor "Whisperer's mint delight"
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You like the name Gary?:rollface:

[lacoste]

I wonder if the delicate staghorn is really an acropora Subglabra.

Here is one of mine.http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/65884PICT0015.jpg

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

beautiful pic's guys!

[acrojay]

Originally posted by Angel101
The naming of these colonies is really getting out of hand. How can it be called an Australin Delicate Acro when we do not allow the export of corals under any circumstances. Either the name is the result of an over imaginative marketer, or this coral is the result of a black market export. I would presume the former to be the most likely explanation.


Regards Gary
hey the australian delicate was brought in from austrailia from the down at ORA its one of their newest releases and additions.

[smariner]

Wow, Very nice!

[Dustin]

Actually it came from a Germany. Its is a very commonly traded coral over there, most of the tanks I have seen have at least one colony in their tank. How they got it, I don't know. They all tell the same story though.

[Angel101]

well I have been keeping marine aquariums since 1980 and there has been a ban on the export of corals from this country since at least then. Someone commented on the last time I posted on this subject and I will openly say that I dont want the source of corals to be misrepresented. But hey, If ou guys are saying this coral is a frag of a coral that was collected over twenty years ago, I'll believe you. The bottom line is that it is a beautiful coral and all the photos show that the owners are doing a great job with it, wherever it came from.


Regards Gary:beer:

[mjag]

Hey Dustin any idea of were I can get a frag of that tri color that Whisperer posted above?

Also I picked up a frag of the Australian Delicate stag this past sat.

Mjag-

[Dustin]

no idea