ORA is certainly in the fast lane this fall bringing new species into captive culture. Their Halloween evening announcement of captive-bred Orbic Cardinalfish, arguably was timed perfectly to get lost in the end of the week, holiday madness. Trying to slide…
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ORA commercializes the Rare White Bonnet Clownfish
ORA finally debuted a project that they’ve been working on for a year (well, actually a decade if you count the total time they’ve pursued this clownfish variety). We finally have commercially available captive-bred F1 Amphiprion leucokranos, the White Bonnet…
ORA shows off their first captive bred leucokranos clownfish
Amphiprion leucokranos is a coveted hybrid-species of clownfish which is only very rarely available, usually from the Solomon Islands. But if you made it to MACNA 2014 this weekend you could have seen a display with half a dozen of…
ORA adds Masked Goby to Captive-Bred Lineup
The Masked Goby happens to be one of those underrated marine fish from our native waters (it’s found throughout the tropical western Atlantic). It lacks the bold colors of even something as commonplace as the Neon Goby (Elacatinus oceanops) so…
New ORA ORAnge Setosa adds a pop of color to your fuzzy stick collection
The new ORA ORAnge Setosa is a stunning coral with a unique and elegant look that will add a nice pop of color in your reef aquarium. There is no shortage of stunning blue, purple or green corals so it…
ORA’s Electric Indigo Dottyback – New Take On A Hybrid
We tried, oh how we tried, but on this one, Dustin Dorton’s lips are sealed. The “Electric Indigo Dottyback” is clearly something different and unique, and is the latest in a string of debuts from ORA in early 2014. So…
ORA Breaks the Blenny Barrier – Captive-Bred Red Sea Mimic Blennies!
Today, ORA announced the successful breeding of the Red Sea Mimic Blenny, Ecsenius gravieri, and with it, the impenetrable blenny-barrier has been broken. For years if not decades, it has seemed that the successful captive breeding of the combtooth Blennies from…
Jaguar Gobies are ORA’s latest Captive-Bred Introduction
ORA appears to have claimed the first “species first” for 2014, announcing today their accomplishments breeding the Jaguar Goby, Gobiopsis quinquecincta. That said, based on the timing and details, ORA has been sitting quietly on this success for several months, at…
ORA’s Shortcake Acropora microclados is ready to come out of the oven
ORA is hot out of the gate with their newest release for the new year, the ORA Shortcake Acro. Acropora microclados is one of the most iconic species of Acros that were made available by Australian exports in consistent quality and…
Blue Hypnea algae is a macroalgae worth growing for its looks
Blue Hypnea is a new macroalgae from ORA which is interesting and colorful enough to be cultured in aquarium for its own sake. Not to be confused with more purple colored Ochtodes from the Caribbean, the blue Hypnea algae is an attractive algae which…