Blast from the past

[stephj03]

Was going through an old box of crap and came across this and thought wow, I remember being so stoked to get that frag in like 2007 and thinking "I can't wait to have a blue acro from nally" hahaha.

 

[stephj03]

ORA Roscoe's. Prob one of those corals that are only kept by ppl that don't go on the forums much anymore.

 

[Dr. Jim]

Don't mean to sidetrack a little....but, does anyone still have an ORA Bellina?

 

[lemonade]

Is it different than Joe the coral acro?

 

[Dr. Jim]

Is it different than Joe the coral acro?

Not sure which one you are referring to, Roscoe or Bellina, but they are all different.
There were actually 2 Joe the corals. I coined the term Joe-the-Coral Variant 1 for the second one, a name that may be floating around in the tri-state area (NY,NJ,Conn) or from anyone that bought from me (Dr. Jim's Reef Corner) years ago.
When I first got it, I knew it was different and when I questioned ORA, they said it is the same coral but looks different because it grew in a different system. But it is definitely a different coral.....actually, nicer than the original, IMO. (I'll see if I can find any old photos later).

 

[tripdad]

Don't mean to sidetrack a little....but, does anyone still have an ORA Bellina?

Look at Farmer Ty Frags, he's got one listed as ORA Belina.

 

[lemonade]

Not sure which one you are referring to, Roscoe or Bellina, but they are all different.
There were actually 2 Joe the corals. I coined the term Joe-the-Coral Variant 1 for the second one, a name that may be floating around in the tri-state area (NY,NJ,Conn) or from anyone that bought from me (Dr. Jim's Reef Corner) years ago.
When I first got it, I knew it was different and when I questioned ORA, they said it is the same coral but looks different because it grew in a different system. But it is definitely a different coral.....actually, nicer than the original, IMO. (I'll see if I can find any old photos later).

The pic above of ORA Roscoe looked similar to Joe the coral, to me. Blue/green Tenuis, maybe one has more cream color than the other? I tried looking for other pics, and couldn’t find any that have obvious differences. I know Bellina is a completely different species.

 

[stephj03]

The pic above of ORA Roscoe looked similar to Joe the coral, to me. Blue/green Tenuis, maybe one has more cream color than the other? I tried looking for other pics, and couldn’t find any that have obvious differences. I know Bellina is a completely different species.

Honestly, I don't have clear memories of it, just that has blue in it and was from ORA and how baller that was to me at the time hahaha.

Here's another pic listed as ORA Roscoe's

 

[stephj03]

I remember being so stoked on this one and the Chips.

 

[Dr. Jim]

No luck finding the Joe-the-Coral pics, but here's a shot of the Bellina from 10 years ago. (Photo and color are awful, but you can see the shape anyway):