Is Biota "Pink or Red Pocillopora" anything special?

[formallydehyde]

Pink or Red Pocillopora

Sinularia sp.-The Alien Hands Sinularia is our favorite coral that we grow. They can be so incredibly bright especially under actinic lighting. Alien Hands Sinularia do well in medium to high lighting and light to medium flow and are a great selection for a soft coral enthusiast.

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I know Biota's coral prices run high but that still seems like it's really inflated if it's essentially identical to every other company's Pink Pocilloporas. I was curious if there was something unique about it that commanded such a high price.

 

[KrisReef]

Pink or Red Pocillopora

Sinularia sp.-The Alien Hands Sinularia is our favorite coral that we grow. They can be so incredibly bright especially under actinic lighting. Alien Hands Sinularia do well in medium to high lighting and light to medium flow and are a great selection for a soft coral enthusiast.

shop.thebiotagroup.com

I know Biota's coral prices run high but that still seems like it's really inflated if it's essentially identical to every other company's Pink Pocilloporas. I was curious if there was something unique about it that commanded such a high price.

From their site: (my underline)

Marine life you can feel good about​

Choose sustainable fish, clams and corals for your saltwater aquarium. Biota marine life is cultured in captivity.
100% Cultured in Aquariums for Aquariums
Ask for Biota fish and marine life at your local pet store.

 

[formallydehyde]

From their site: (my underline)

Marine life you can feel good about​

Choose sustainable fish, clams and corals for your saltwater aquarium. Biota marine life is cultured in captivity.
100% Cultured in Aquariums for Aquariums
Ask for Biota fish and marine life at your local pet store.

Is replying without actually reading the post just a reflex for you?

 

[areefer01]

I can't speak for this particular coral but some of them have back stories outside aquaculture. I have a couple of their Palau Acropora frags which while premium priced are grown out from frags taken after storms. Basically a storm rolls in, roughs up the reefs, broken coral frags are collected, mounted, grown out, fragged for resell, and the original restored back to the reef. Something along those lines.

I'm pretty happy with my corals from Biota but as I noted I do not have this one. Most of the ones I purchased from them are their Palau frags which are my favorites. One of which they are using my original frag and follow up colony picture as part of the corals photos which is sort of nerdy/cool.

Oh - last post of yours above came in a bit hot to KrisReef.

 

[encrustingacro]

Looks to be a different morphospecies than the Pocillopora in the hobby. The Pocillopora commonly in the hobby are P. aff. damicornis, while this piece looks to be an intermediate between damicornis and verrucosa.

 

[Reefer Matt]

Pink or Red Pocillopora

Sinularia sp.-The Alien Hands Sinularia is our favorite coral that we grow. They can be so incredibly bright especially under actinic lighting. Alien Hands Sinularia do well in medium to high lighting and light to medium flow and are a great selection for a soft coral enthusiast.

shop.thebiotagroup.com

I know Biota's coral prices run high but that still seems like it's really inflated if it's essentially identical to every other company's Pink Pocilloporas. I was curious if there was something unique about it that commanded such a high price.

Not sure why it’s so high. ORA is $40 on saltwateraquarium.com. But might be a different species of pocillopora than this.

Aquacultured Pink Pocillopora Coral (Pocillopora damicornis) - ORA

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[encrustingacro]

It could also be a larger colony rather than a frag.

 

[KrisReef]

Is replying without actually reading the post just a reflex for you?

The reflex reply you read and didn't comprehend was copied directly from the Biota's website and it contains the reasoning that most people point to for wanting to purchase their products.

 

[Naekuh]

Why is this so expensive?

Biota Bicolor Branching Fimbriaphyllia frag

Sinularia sp.-The Alien Hands Sinularia is our favorite coral that we grow. They can be so incredibly bright especially under actinic lighting. Alien Hands Sinularia do well in medium to high lighting and light to medium flow and are a great selection for a soft coral enthusiast.

shop.thebiotagroup.com

OMG, i gave out RAOK from excess i had after i moved tanks, and the mother colony that snapped while being moved. No one wanted it for even 10 dollars per head.

Im sure a lot of us have this... its one of the euphyllia that grows like weed.