ORA Crazy!

[Cichlid-Man]

I'm a big fan of ORA coral. I've never gotten a low quality frag from them and this time it was no different. My LFS had some ORA frags on hand so i picked up 2 i've been wanting for a while and got to see a few of the newer ones, nice stuff. I don't normally wear gloves and not the greatest pics....i'll get more later. Just had to share.

ORA Deepwater

ORA Phil's

Encrustation! Look at this already...

 

[Joe Fish]

Nice... the 3rd pic looks cool. I think it's always a good idea to wear gloves. You never know....

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Thanks, Yeah i have a pretty bad cut on my right hand, no idea where i got it, so i thought nows a good time to break out the box of gloves i bought a few weeks back.

Macrotology

Random frag shot. (Old zoas i've had)

 

[epond83]

.... so i'm trying to pick up this saltwater stuff slowly... do you just drill a hole in a rock to put that plug into? seems like that could be difficult once you have a lot in there already or want it on a lower rock.

oh yeah awsome looking stuff too, can't wait to get my own going when i get out of college

 

[Cichlid-Man]

.... so i'm trying to pick up this saltwater stuff slowly... do you just drill a hole in a rock to put that plug into? seems like that could be difficult once you have a lot in there already or want it on a lower rock.

oh yeah awsome looking stuff too, can't wait to get my own going when i get out of college

Thanks.

You can drill holes in the rock, a lot of people do that. They do it before the rock goes in the tank and drill multipule holes even if they don't fill them all to start. I have them in egg crate siliconed to 2 suction cups and stuck on the side of my tank for now, just to hold frags while they grow.

Frag plugs can go in sand, rocks, egg crate...whatever. Usually depends the type of coral on it depending on where you place it.

 

[brooklynfish]

So that brings your total numder of coral to what?

Very nice color on them.

 

[jumpfreak26]

what do you use for those macro shots?

 

[Cichlid-Man]

45-50 total pieces, about 20 different species, and 12 color forms of Zoas/Palys.

Jump, i have this small macro lens attachment that goes on my stock Canon lens. I'll look for further details if you want, but thats all i know off the top of my head. Came with my wide angle lens.

 

[brooklynfish]

45-50 total pieces, about 20 different species, and 12 color forms of Zoas/Palys.

Thats NUTS! (If I recall correctly, you only have a 10 gal, right?)

 

[jumpfreak26]

does it one of those types that screw onto the front of the lense?

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Yes, to both of you lol.

 

[jumpfreak26]

haha cool, ya know, if your tank gets a little crowded, i got some open rooms for some SPS lol

 

[Lotus]

Nice looking stuff! Good thing you're upgrading

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Thanks and i can't wait lotus, i gotta get to work on the new tank!

Jump, first thing i'd need to trim out is GSP, Zoas, etc haha. They grow a lot faster then the SPS!

 

[jumpfreak26]

sad truth.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Yeah. =/

Like 2 branches of Acro takes like months to reach 4+ branches while i can easily turn 2 zoa polyps into 4 in about 2-3 weeks.

 

[skratikans]

wow..you really are ora crazy..lol but you have beautiful specimens to show for it

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Ahem.....teaser!

 

[brooklynfish]

Ahem.....teaser!

Thats just mean!*laughingc

 

[TRe]

nice! that mille is really encrusted on that plug! good find