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viperfish 08-09-2011 03:14 AM

If You Thought the Snowflake or the Wyoming White Was Cool, ORA has Done One Better!
 
Check out the Black Snowflake!

http://www.orafarm.com/blog/2011/08/...ck-snowflakes/

Nebthet 08-09-2011 04:48 AM

Those are basically the same thing as the smores that have been out for a while now.

Timbits 08-09-2011 12:01 PM

OMG they finally did it! :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: that is amazing

viperfish 08-09-2011 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Nebthet (Post 628632)
Those are basically the same thing as the smores that have been out for a while now.

I guess a Powder Blue Tang is "basically" the same as a Powder Brown in that case LOL! According to ORA they are all black with white markings, nether the Black Ice or Smores were completely black.

fishytime 08-09-2011 03:19 PM

cool looking fish but I dont "get" why people pay $300 for one:noidea:

globaldesigns 08-09-2011 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by fishytime (Post 628692)
cool looking fish but I dont "get" why people pay $300 for one:noidea:

I agree

nc208082 08-09-2011 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fishytime (Post 628692)
cool looking fish but I dont "get" why people pay $300 for one:noidea:

Because a lot of people like myself love the black clowns. And the rarer the pattern the better looking.

Myself bought a domino clownfish. I got him for 150 bucks. But in the past year I have only seen one other hobbyist with one. But I've seen about a million picassos and ordinary percs and ocellaris'. So you get what you pay for if you want beautiful. Original and exotic than order one of these. If you want a reg clown. Go visit big ALS.

fishytime 08-09-2011 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by globaldesigns (Post 628693)
I agree

to me its kinda like if you would cross a shih tzu with a poodle, call it a shitpoo and then charge $1500 for it.....its still a "mutt"!...... but hey, to each his own:wink:

lorenz0 08-09-2011 04:00 PM

I want some designer clowns lol

but these just don't look overly to crazy

viperfish 08-09-2011 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by fishytime (Post 628697)
to me its kinda like if you would cross a shih tzu with a poodle, call it a shitpoo and then charge $1500 for it.....its still a "mutt"!...... but hey, to each his own:wink:

You have a point there Doug. Still a cool looking Clown though.

I guess it's no different than attaching freaky names to coral to get top dollar out of them. I mean really, Nightmare Palys? Blue Orgasm Zoas? And I don't know what the hell Darth Maul has to do with coral other than make them freakin' expensive! They obviously appeal to the Zoa/Paly enthusiast the way ORA is appealing to the Clown enthusiast.

noirsphynx 08-09-2011 05:48 PM

That's my next clown:love:. I'm eagerly waiting for them to be released. I think it'll be a gorgeous match to my full snowflake.

Myka 08-09-2011 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by fishytime (Post 628692)
cool looking fish but I dont "get" why people pay $300 for one:noidea:

The reason is simple; some people like them enough to pay the asking price. Limited availability is what keeps captive bred "designers" at higher price points.

Wild caught fish usually have unique reasons for high price tags like inhabiting excessively deep waters or areas where permits are difficult to obtain. Some people like these fish enough that they are willing to pay $600 for a Black Tang, or $1200 for a Candy Basslet, or $20,000 for a Peppermint Angelfish.

albert_dao 08-09-2011 06:30 PM

Like most things priced out of the average, the value is only arbitrarily absurd to the onlooker.

mayheim 08-10-2011 07:10 PM

Yes have one with my standard orange coexisting happily in may carpet anenome pretty cool

mayheim 08-11-2011 03:28 AM

I guess what I have is a smore...with that being said the dif between what I have and that pic are two spots on his white pattern. Pretty expense 300 dollar spot im my books

viperfish 08-11-2011 03:34 AM

Houw much was your Smore?

mayheim 08-11-2011 03:39 AM

paid 30 bucks includes GST

Timbits 08-11-2011 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by mayheim (Post 629115)
paid 30 bucks includes GST

did u get it from your LFS?


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