New ORA Coral: Pink Polyp Capricornis
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This has been in the market for around 3-4 years already,Mingwei already released it,its been made LE,and is currently on Tyree's site:
It is a sweet piece though!Just not sure how will its going to be selling since the market already has the same coral in it!
All photo rights go to Steve Tyree of Reeffarmers.
All photo rights go to Steve Tyree of Reeffarmers.
It is a capricornis,Mingwei comfermed it I do belive,the colonies of it I have seen sold grow and look just like it.The polyp structure is the same.Im not sure if its called verrucae/noduals/or a ridged tuberculae,but the structure of those "bumps" is the same as any other capricornis that I have seen.
Ya,keep in mind though,we are looking at somthing that is probably the size of a ping pong ball or smaller,and the full "bump" pattern will not be grown in yet,its the same thing with the Leng Sy montipora cap,the TRUE piece will not get growing noduals till it reaches a certian size.
There was a guy who had sold a couple of colonies of it,it was a good 1 and a half ago,but it was sweet,and it looked the same.
There was a guy who had sold a couple of colonies of it,it was a good 1 and a half ago,but it was sweet,and it looked the same.
I agree ^^^
However,there is a morph that came in that they were selling as the Seasons Greetings,and it WAS a cap,the Chilli pepper I have had 2 frags of it,and it has been a hard one for me to keep.Its a encrusting massive I think.
However,there is a morph that came in that they were selling as the Seasons Greetings,and it WAS a cap,the Chilli pepper I have had 2 frags of it,and it has been a hard one for me to keep.Its a encrusting massive I think.
UFreefer
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It's always funny to see these ORA posts. ORA's business model isn't to bring in "new" frags to the hobby. They sell frags that have proven to be hardy, hold color well and grow fast enough to sell hundreds or thousands of each and aren't finicky like many of the "new" gimmicky frags that come out at $300 for a 1/2inch and then the price plummets after 3 months of being "new". ORA knows what they are doing....that's why they have been around for many years longer then the vendors who live and die off of the 2 tiny frags of hot eye candy they put out once a month.
uhhh the seasons greeting/red hot chilli pepper(same coral) monti WILL cap out in growth form. Now whether or not it is a "true capricornis" is up for debate.......but it will form a "cap" like structure when mature.
im not talking about one of those aussie "chili pepper" montis either. Those do seem to be a massive encruster but I still wouldn't doubt that they will form a thick plate when they run out of room to encrust...
im not talking about one of those aussie "chili pepper" montis either. Those do seem to be a massive encruster but I still wouldn't doubt that they will form a thick plate when they run out of room to encrust...
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darryl_v
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agree !
