Many years ago, ORA’s marine biologists wondered what would happen if they crossed two of ORA’s most popular Goby species: the Yellowline goby (Elacatinus figaro) and Neon goby (E. oceanops). You can see from the photo that the results were spectacular. These hybrids have a stripe coloration that starts off as a yellow hue near the head and transitions like […]
Tag Archives: aquacultured
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Sep
Sep
Maroon Clownfish, Premnas biaculeatus, are most commonly encountered in two varieties – the Gold Stripe and the White Stripe. ORA has been breeding Maroon clowns for 16 years and during that time most of our efforts have focused on Gold Stripe Maroons from Sumatra because they are considered to be the most attractive and desirable […]
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Apr
Apr
After an 8 year holiday Pink Stylophora is back on our availability list. We’ve picked an awesome strain that grows in tight little colonies with small branches. This is one of the nicest pink varieties we’ve seen. The color ranges from dark pink in shaded areas to vivid magenta in high light. Head over to […]
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Feb
Feb
Part 1 of 2. What’s black, white and orange and looks “funny” driving down the highway? ORA’s new Clownmobile.
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Jan
Jan
This week we are adding another coral to our availability list, the ORA Confusa. Read more about this beauty on the product page Here.
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Nov
Nov
ORA has added another species to its list of captive bred Marine Ornamentals, McCulloch’s Clownfish (Amphiprion mccullochi). This success story is a little different from others we have shared in the past. This time we didn’t actually breed the fish but we did raise the larvae.
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Oct
Oct
ORA is proud to offer a new soft coral from our collection, Grube’s Gorgonian (Pinnigorgia flava). Grube’s (pronounced Grooba’s) Gorgonian is a graceful, thin-branched octocoral that can be described as tan to pink in color with similarly colored polyps. We obtained this coral from Julian Sprung and we’ve been impressed by its hardiness and rapid growth. […]
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Aug
Aug
While looking through our photo archives we realized that we had a pretty cool series of photos that showed the growth progression of one of the biggest corals in our greenhouse. We got our first piece of this iconic coral in May of 2006 and our first photos are dated in September of that year. In the […]
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Jul
Jul
Kelly Green Psammocora from ORA is an intense green branching coral from the Psammocora genus. These corals are sometimes referred to as sandpaper corals because of the fine grainy appearance they have when their polyps are not extended. When its polyps are fully extended Kelly Green Psammocora has a rich velvety look. This is one […]
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Jun
Jun
In the fall of 2009, while sorting through a tank of young Ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris), several unusual fish were discovered by one of our hatchery technicians.
