BoomCorals
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Ohhh good thought. You could be spot on!
ORA Pearlberry
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I know for 1,000,000% percent sure that the one that I posted in the photos is from them because I purchased it on their plugs from a ORA LFS and saw it with my own eyes (I had them order it for me). If there is a second one, then I want it too. 
I wish that somebody with a slightly different looking one would chime in and say that they purchased it from ORA as well and saw that with their own eyes.
I wish that somebody with a slightly different looking one would chime in and say that they purchased it from ORA as well and saw that with their own eyes.
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cwb_reeftank
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well I just reserved my Pearlberry
From?
BantyRooster97
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I have an ORA Pearlberry that I purchased from a very reliable source here on R2R. It was only 3/4" when I got it. I'll take a pic tomorrow when I am back at my office. I think they can look different in different tanks, different ALK, lights, etc.
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cwb_reeftank
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From aquavist99 for the frag swap in Cleveland
Cool, I got one coming from him too.
mstockmaster
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That should be legit, I have some other corals reserved from him as well. If you haven't you should check out his tank build in the large tanks section. It's some next level stuff.
This is my pearlberry, from a different source in Ohio but also trusted and likely closely related to AV's.
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I would consider the one in post #68 legit based on my experiences. Very nice frag.
mstockmaster
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Yeah, it's legit. Phone pic doesn't do it justice. Also I'm still working on coloring it up, I have some fairly high nutrients right now. Pic below is the mother colony.
Are we still considering vertical lines on the coralites an indicator of not being genuine as you had said.
If that is the case WWC and BOOM Corals would be ruled out. That wouldn’t make sense to me. They are two reputable sellers.
BoomCorals
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For what it’s worth I have bought several pearlberry in an attempt to find the real one. The current closest I have is from a former ORA employee’s personal tank. He said that ORA had “multiple” pearlberry, whatever that means. (JDA May be into something) For me this is why I have it labeled ORA pb.
I’m going to try and buy from some of those posted/mentioned in this thread for comparison, because first I almost feel like I just want all the “pearlberrys”, and second, anything I can find that looks like the original pictured on the ORA site would be great. It’s probably my favorite coral.
PSXerholic
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Here is my ORA PB frag received recently from @Pieces of the Ocean ;-)
For 50-80 I would buy a frag depending on size.
BoomCorals
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That looks dead on.For comparison/identification sake, this was mine, i’m 100 percent positive it was the original ORA piece, purchased as a new release from an ORA dealer on an ORA plug
Could I convince you to sell me a piece?
PSXerholic
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He sad it "was mine".........That looks dead on.
Could I convince you to sell me a piece?
I am still 100% positive that the stripes on the corallites are not right for the one that I had. If ORA does/did have more than one, then all bets are off. Man... I wish that we could find out for sure.
The one that I have is VERY difficult under LED - not impossible or anything, but harder than under MH, VHO or T5 (yes, this was a coral when VHO were still used ). In any case, it is not an easy coral in any system - if you lose one, do not take it personally.
Rossco's ad PotO look legit to me.
The one that I have is VERY difficult under LED - not impossible or anything, but harder than under MH, VHO or T5 (yes, this was a coral when VHO were still used
). In any case, it is not an easy coral in any system - if you lose one, do not take it personally.Rossco's ad PotO look legit to me.
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cwb_reeftank
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Is there anyone from ORA on here that could say if it is or not?
rossco
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That looks dead on.
Could I convince you to sell me a piece?
Sadly, “was” is the key word. I lost it years ago when I upgraded tanks. I did get a new frag from Your Reef a while back to start over with. I was going to recommend trying Your Reef to source a frag, but I called John today and he lost his recently.
well I got a pack in today from AV99 which included a ORA Pearlberry. His does have the vertical stripes on the coralites and I would consider him a very serious collector.
I just don’t know. This is my 4th version of Pearlberry trying to find the real deal.
