Tag Archives: aquacultured

Happy Huladays from ORA

Hulafish

Here at ORA we take pride in our successes with raising novel species.  There are many species of fishes which, for one reason or another, are uncommon in the marine ornamental trade.  Sometimes a fish’s scarcity is justified (large maximum size, feeding and temperature requirements, cryptic nature, collection areas off limits, etc.) and other times […]

Lost and Found Update

Our White Bonnet (Amphiprion leucokranos) Clownfish pair has recently resumed their spawning activity.  Check out the video to see them in action and don’t forget to select 1080p for the best viewing experience.  If you missed the unbelievable story of this pair’s journey to ORA be sure to read our original Lost and Found blog […]

Gold Nuggets – Now Available!

Gold Nugget

Last September we released a special designer variety of the Goldstripe Maroon clownfish called the Goldflake Maroon.   These rare but popular specimens exhibit extra barring and dots.  When we increased our efforts to produce more of these prized fish something unique popped up in our larval tanks – solid white colored clownfish, closely resembling the […]

Love At First Sight

ORA biologists have developed some interesting hybrid fish over the years and today we have another great one, the Blood Orange Clownfish.  This striking fish is the offspring of a female Maroon Clown (Premnas biaculeatus) and Ocellaris Clown (Amphiprion ocellaris). Our part of the story began in 2012 when our good friend Larry Lau from […]

Easter Egg Chalice – Now Available

Easter Egg

ORA is releasing a new 100% aquacultured chalice coral in conjunction with MACNA 2013 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  The ORA Easter Egg isn’t your average “chop shopped” chalice coral that was shipped in from the wild and cut into dozens of pieces the following week.  We have spent three years culturing this awesome pink and […]