"ORA" Mandarin for 25$?

erikjphillips · Mar 3, 2012

I just got a call from my brother about a "ORA" mandarin for 25$ at the LFS. This seems a little on the cheap side for an ORA mandarin. anyone have thoughts, if it eats i'm going to take. It just seems way too cheap for an ORA.

skinz78 · Mar 3, 2012

How big is it?

harley · Mar 3, 2012

Nah, they must've been playing some Al Green recently, and had some good breeding, there price has plummeted recently! Just make sure on the eating thing

erikjphillips · Mar 3, 2012

My brother went and checked it out, he wouldnt feed it flake, only live brine because thats what all the fish in his systems eat.....needless to say i will pass and hold out until i am 100% on it being an ORA fish. He did find a nice meteor shower frag and a nice sun coral frag though!

tinctorus · Mar 3, 2012

At the store I work at we typically sell the ora mandarins from 25-30 bucks depending on the size, the 30 dollar ones are MONSTERS in size...I love watching them eat mysis shrimp right from a little turkey baster, its so cool to see a mandarin do that

A few days ago we had one that would take the mysis right out of your fingers

Aquaph8 · Mar 3, 2012

A mandarin by any other name is still just a mandarin.

erikjphillips · Mar 4, 2012

i understand that a mandarin is just a mandarin. However, as far as i am aware, the only mandarin that will eat flake or frozen is captive bread (ORA).

Rockadile · Mar 4, 2012

well thats not really true. I have a wild caught one that will eat pellets

swannyson7 · Mar 4, 2012

The ORA mandarins have a habit of going feral and not accepting prepared foods for long after being placed in a system with an abundance of pods. Also, I've heard that ORA plans to do away with selling their mandarins because there isn't enough of a demand for them (it seems that the majority of people purchasing them end up being unhappy). Perhaps they're dropping prices to clear out their stock?

erikjphillips · Mar 4, 2012

guess its a good thing i havent gotten one then. i seem to be pretty misinformed about them.

skinz78 · Mar 4, 2012

If I were in the market for a Mandarin and if the ORA one's were availiable I would be more apt to buy one of them and take the chance that it will or will not eat prepared foods. Ether way it is worth a shot IMHO.