As the curtains fall on 2014, ORA looks back on our most productive year to date. While other ornamental aquaculture
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Tag Archives: new species
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Nov
Found naturally in waters around Japan and south to Taiwan, the ORA Whitespotted Pygmy Filefish is an exciting addition to our expansive collection of captive bred animals. Typically hidden in temperate waters surrounded by macroalgaes and sea grass beds, this diminutive filefish only reaches a maximum length of 3
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Oct
ORA continues to overcome the challenges associated with commercial scale production of
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Developing new species of aquacultured marine life comes with welcomed challenges to ORA. We work tirelessly to maintain commercial scale production on hundreds of varieties of aquacultured animals while researching and raising a steady stream of new species. Unfortunately, not every new species we raise is a good candidate for commercial ornamental aquaculture. Sometimes we […]
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May
May
Unless you find yourself diving off the coast of Japan regularly, chances are you have never heard of the Spotnape cardinalfish (Apogon notatus). Rarer still would be the opportunity to look at an aquarium full of captive bred, juvenile Spotnape cardinals. Not much of a show stopper when compared to its striking cousins, this rare […]
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May
May
Taking on projects with the goal of raising new species of ornamental marine fish is a vital component of the daily operations at ORA. Recently we have focused our efforts on the Masked Goby, a species with a reputation for being hardy, peaceful, showy and a great choice for today’s popular nano tanks. The Masked Goby […]
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Feb
Feb
The pioneering efforts of ORA in breeding new species and varieties of marine fish has brought much excitement to our hobby over the years. Today we are especially pleased to announce yet another ORA breakthrough, the Red Sea Mimic Blenny (Ecsenius gravieri). Despite their popularity as entertaining little algae eaters, it appears that no species […]
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Jan
Jan
Can you guess what this fish is? We are really excited about our newest fish and thought we might give you a chance to guess what it is before we “let the fish out of the bag.” The first person who correctly guesses both the genus and species will win two of them. The contest […]
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Jan
Jan
The Jaguar goby is a relative newcomer to the hobby. We first saw these fish a little more than three years ago when we received a small group of them. We didn’t know much about them at the time but the invoice listed them as Astrabe sp. from Japan. The Jaguars thrived in our systems […]
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Jan
Blue Fin Watchman Gobies now available from ORA. Look for them at your favorite ORA dealer this week. Read more about them on the species profile page.
