Tridacna gigas or commonly referred in the trade as Gigas clam has been out of the trade for well over a decade because it has become endangered species that is protected internationally and are CITES appendix 2 and being petitioned to be protected by the Endangered Species Act due to so many [...]
My first Reefs.com video of 2019 is here! Oceans, Reefs & Aquariums (ORA), a leader in the world of aquaculture and captive breeding, opened their doors for me to visit and showcase their work especially for you. For this video, I met up with their Production Manager and master breeder, [...]
Earlier this year, I interviewed Scott Crowe of OSA Corals and in that live interview, I boldly stated my mission statement for this year. For those of you who have not seen the interview, my mission for this year was to highlight aquaculture and conservation (what we are doing to combat the dire [...]
If you ever attend a MACNA show and want to see a beautiful display full of fish and corals in all the colors of the rainbow, do yourself a favor and visit ORA (Oceans, Reefs & Aquariums)’s booth. Every time they show up at an aquarium industry event, they steal the show with their [...]
Every year, The Marine Aquarium Conference of North America brings together aquarists from all over the world. They gather together to enjoy three days of interesting and informative talks by world renowned aquarists, presentations by the aquarium industry’s top vendors, and fabulous activities [...]
SPS Deep Dive – ORA Red Planet The ORA Red Planet is one of my favorite SPS for a number of reasons. Number one, it is red and who doesn’t love a splash of red in their reef to color things up. Number two, it is a tabling acropora so it looks like it is a natural part of a reef and number [...]
2015 has been quite the year for captive-bred fishes! We have seen such a variety of new things, as well as a great stride of species firsts! ORA has done it again with a brand new goby species! The Transparent Cave Goby (Fusigobius pallidus) is also known as the Pale Sand Goby, and is native to [...]
ORA has set the bar really high for 2015, and we’re just a dozen days into it. They announced on Friday via their blog that they will be shipping out their latest addition to the captive bred fish lineup, the ORA Kamohara Blenny (Meiacanthus kamoharai). This stunning fish is a Japanese [...]