New ORA fish

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by bignose

$750/fish!! total rip off. I'd rather spend that cash on a tank controller or a vortech.

Well I think most of the people buying these fish might already have several vortechs and controllers

[subman]

I might consider it if they moved the decimal place 2 spots left!

[JDigital]

+1 Ugly is an understatement.

[Zoaelite]

Holy that's one horrible looking fish, I'm in agreement with the fungus comment. Really though, why on earth would they charge $750.00 per fish that's a COMPLETE rip off. Can you imagine the mark up, I'm sure there's over head but really now that's high way robbery.
Levi

[Chaloupa]

Well....guess I'm not going with the majority. I LOVE these fish....I like a different clownfish. I have 3 Picasso's and a pair of Naked Clownfish and would LOVE to add these to my collection. Been trying to get a pair of Snowflakes forever...and have not been successful...hopefully these appear at J&L or such...with a slightly lowered price tag, one more in line with the Snowflakes....and I'd be all over it!

[karazy]

Originally Posted by Chaloupa

Well....guess I'm not going with the majority. I LOVE these fish....I like a different clownfish. I have 3 Picasso's and a pair of Naked Clownfish and would LOVE to add these to my collection. Been trying to get a pair of Snowflakes forever...and have not been successful...hopefully these appear at J&L or such...with a slightly lowered price tag, one more in line with the Snowflakes....and I'd be all over it!

haha, i totally love weird clownfish too, but these are just a little..not sleek looking?

but im definitely in the same boat as you for weird clownfish. i wanna get a pair of picassos for my new tank.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Yeah I love 'different' clowns too but I still find these ones kind of blah...It looks like a disease LOL.

One of those pairs of ORA picassos my cousin brought back from Seattle was actually for me (she didn't ask/tell me though) but I can't take them because I already have my two clowns I want them soooooo much but I am way too attached to my guys.

It's interesting that ORA (or in this case the store selling ORA livestock) sells a pair ($150) for more than singles ($60) but really the 'pairs' she got are all very small and seem to just bunch up in one big group

And lets not even get started about how much Picasso's cost in Canada! These are grade A for $150/pair. I don't think the Canadian prices have dropped yet like they have in the US. Apparently $150 a pair is actually quite expensive too.

[Leah]

Originally Posted by zoaElite

Holy that's one horrible looking fish, I'm in agreement with the fungus comment. Really though, why on earth would they charge $750.00 per fish that's a COMPLETE rip off. Can you imagine the mark up, I'm sure there's over head but really now that's high way robbery.
Levi

I thought that was the name of the game

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by Leah

I thought that was the name of the game

Welcome to the reefing hobby, now DESTROYING ALL OF MY MONEY. Have a good stay .
Levi

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by zoaElite

Really though, why on earth would they charge $750.00 per fish that's a COMPLETE rip off. Can you imagine the mark up, I'm sure there's over head but really now that's high way robbery.
Levi

Because they know they can get it

I don't have any problem with this because ORA does distribute a heck of a lot of regular captive bred clowns and are good for the hobby in that way. Plus I am guessing that to get one of these morphs, it takes a heck of a lot of breeding. I think it probably is a lot of work.

One thing I read about ORA is that for retailers to sell their corals, they have to buy a certain amount of their clowns as well. This is a good thing since they are captive bred and means a store selling ORA corals probably only have captive bred clowns.