Captive bred ORA mandarin gobies, the blue mandarin Synchiropus splendidus and the target ORA mandarin S. picturatus are some of the most exciting new captive raised creatures to be announced by Oceans, Reefs and Aquariums (ORA) since their all white…
ORA’s Clownfish get exported to Spain, a worlds first
Coral Reef Spain, a wholesaler and retailer business in Spain is the first retailer to receive ORA clownfish shipped from the United States. This is the first time ever that a Spanish hobbyist can buy a farmed ORA fish. Most…
ORA joins efforts to rescue sea turtles affected by recent cold weather
ORA Farms is joining the battle to help rescue and rehabilitate thousands of sea turtles suffering thermal shock from cold coastal waters due to the recent cold weather that has been impacting the southern United States and Florida in particular.…
ORA Purple Stylo starting to be released in limited numbers
The purple stylo from ORA is a strain of Stylophora that we have lusted after for over 5 years since we first saw a specimen of this startling color strain in the 2000 gallon reef aquarium of French reef aquarist…
Red Headed Goby, Gobiosoma puncticulatus now available from ORA
ORA now has a Red Headed Goby (Elacatinus puncticulatus)Â in stock now. They haven’t been available from ORA for several years and its really exciting to get these tank reared Red Headed guys as these are beautiful fish as ORA…
Elongate Dottyback (Pseudochromis elongatus) now available from ORA
ORA announced for the month of December that they now have the Elongate Dottyback (Pseudochromis elongatus) available to fine retailers across the world. ORA has been on a tear lately with new fish being breed at their facilities and…
New ORA Coral: Ice Tortuosa released
ORA has released their new ICE tort, or Tortuosa. Yes, it looks like other corals we’ve seen, but ORA assures us its different as their PR states: The ORAâ„¢ Ice Tort has the typical Tortuosa branching growth form with a…
Yellow Assessor Basslets (Assessor flavissimus) available again from ORA
Yellow Assessors Basslets (Assessor flavissimus) have been bred in captivity by ORA before but they’ve recently gotten productive enough to start shipping these to stores. Up until very recently Yellow assessor Basslets were only availabel as wild caught when they…
ORA now shipping new species of captive bred dottybacks, naked black clownfish coming soon
Oceans Reef and Aquariums better known in the hobby and industry as ORA is now shipping the striped blenny, Meiacanthus grammistes, and the elongate dottyback, Pseudochromis elongatus. The captive raised dottybacks look every bit as large, bright and well formed…
MACNA Stimulus Program: win a free Wyoming White Clownfish from C-Quest and Ocean Gallery II
You know that awesome new ocellaris clownfish strain, the Wyoming White clownfish which we’ve been featuring for over a month? Well in celebration of C-Quest MACNA appearance, they are partnering up with Ocean Gallery II to give one lucky Reef…
