ORA Pearlberry

[jda]

Pearlberry is one of the first to bleach, STN or RTN when swing start to happen or something gets out of whack. It can also grow very quickly when happy.

 

[vanpire]

Pearlberry is one of the first to bleach, STN or RTN when swing start to happen or something gets out of whack. It can also grow very quickly when happy.

So true.

 

[brofraggingstein]

I got mine in 2007 from a shop in Tampa that sold most all ORA sps . I ran MH for years and now just Radions G4 pros . It has done quite well under LED .

 

[DesertReefT4r]

LFS has a bunch of PB frags for $80 and theybare tiny and most died, so no thanks. Talking to a local reefer who has a 1" frag for $15 that I am trying to get.

 

[Reefer40b]

LFS has a bunch of PB frags for $80 and theybare tiny and most died, so no thanks. Talking to a local reefer who has a 1" frag for $15 that I am trying to get.

man $15 bucks DO IT, thats a steal !

 

[jda]

They are like $75-100 around here for frags with any kind of size. Some chunky ones can get up to $250. Lots of people kill it and just keep on buying it...

 

[cwb_reeftank]

I got mine in 2007 from a shop in Tampa that sold most all ORA sps . I ran MH for years and now just Radions G4 pros . It has done quite well under LED .

What was the name of the store you got it at?

 

[Coral Euphoria]

Here is one I bought the original frag from Boom Corals 6/2/2020. Daylight about 12000K and blue LED pics.

 

[bubbaque]

The growth structure looks off on that one.

 

[Rickyrooz]

I don't see the characteristic white body.

 

[coralbeauties]

The growth structure looks off on that one.

It doesnt look like mine either. this is an old school coral but is probably one of the nicest corals still in my book. Here is mine.

 

[thepotoo]

This was sold to me as pearlberry back in 2019 or so. From this thread, I am starting to suspect that it's not, and I'm curious as to what it is. If nothing else, what I have is quite hardy as I have not killed it and I am nowhere near as skilled as a lot of the folks in this thread. I had some issues with phosphate which turned it turd brown, and it has been the slowest coral in my tank to recover.

There is a lot more green in here, and the coralites don't look anything like what others are posting. This frag is growing in 250 PAR and very low flow (average ~8 cm/second, variable).

Another angle of the same colony showing the turd brown base. Again, this was probably caused by high phosphate as it all looked like the tips a year ago.

This is another frag grown in the exact same water chemistry, but with 3x more flow and in ~400 PAR. I run black box LEDs just a smidge bluer than daylight. I waved the polyps in for this pic.


Just posting these to see if anyone knows what this actually is, or if it is actually pearlberry, has any suggestions to get it to color up.

 

[coralbeauties]

Sorry to tell you but it’s not a pearlberry. Jeff

 

[Reefanatik]

Thoughts? Pearlberry or nah?

 

[john90009]

Thoughts? Pearlberry or nah?

Not the ora one, the coralites are too dense and the shapes off.

 

[Reefanatik]

Not the ora one, the coralites are too dense and the shapes off.

Thanks bud.

 

[john90009]

Very pretty coral tho and looks solid.

 

[jda]

Here is one I bought the original frag from Boom Corals 6/2/2020. Daylight about 12000K and blue LED pics.

Boomberry, maybe?

 

[SamMule]

Starting to think this may be... I know my LFS gets a fair amount of ORA stuff, but doesn't care too much for the name game. Wonderful piece regardless.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

I remember when Ora was selling this coral. I tried twice I think and failed. I just couldn't keep it..beautiful coral.
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