Anyone seen one of these yet? (ORA Blue Iris)

They seem really cool. My LFS had some frags in that were pretty bleached out but they had the yellow base and blue tips. I love the smooth skined acros.

 

Nice coral, It's a blue iris isn't it?

 

They are beauties for sure, but for some reason I can not keep any of the closely related Acropora Enchinata, they just never do much of anything for me. Not much PE and a slow decline.

 

Blue Iris, yes?

It's been around for quite a while, but it's not very common.

 

Never seen this in the UK, looks like an interesting coral... Are they more common in the US?

Cheers,

 

I don't know I've never really heard of them. I had a Hawkin's Blue Cheryl, that survived neglect from my 55 and it live up until the tank shuffle. I really liked it. Yes this is the Blue Iris. I find it strange alot of people report this acro to be very fragile I though ORA leaned towards the more hardy specimen to propagate.

 

Yes mine was a Blue Hawkins, I think it lasted like 3 months before giving up the ghost. If I have a bigger tank and maybe a skimmer I might have better luck. I absolutely love the ice/fire smooth skin but I just do not think I could do it justice.

MarineGuy, yes variations of this coral in the US are common. If you like to coral window shop, I suggest ORA.com, Liveaquaria.com and Vividaquarium.com.

 

I hope the echinata like acro i have coming in flourishes. Its pretty amazing; metalic green boy, deep blue tips.

 

Blue Iris: released in Aug 2009.

I have a Hawkins that's still doing quite well for me; nicely growing. It's quite deep in my tank, however. I did sit idle for many months before it started to grow.

Sidenote: Hawkins is an A. turaki; not an A. echinata (as named)

 

really?! Thats pretty interesting!