ORA Blue Voodoo Staghorn
ORA Bellina Acropora
ORA Bird of Paradise
ORA Blue Millepora
ORA Pearlberry
ORA Corals News
The January 2010 ORA release is out. It's the
ORA Purple Stylo. The ORA purple stylo has bright purple or blue polyps, contrasting nicely with the tan and pink body. It is a bit more open then the ORA green stylo, and the growth pattern seems to be a bit more delicate. The ORA purple stylo is considered a very fast grower, and a hardy coral.
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Welcome to ORA Corals
I love Oceans, Reef and Aquariums (ORA ) corals. I always have a tough time finding nice macros of their corals, so I thought I'd put up a site that will make it easy for others to id ORA corals. I am putting together a collection of as many of the ORA Corals, both present and past, and will post pictures as they become available. I will add both
ORA Hard Corals (sps) and
ORA Soft Corals species as my research continues.
If you wish to contribute your photos, please email them to
oracorals@gmail.com. Please include the name of the ORA coral you are submitting, the lighting setup (ex. 2 250 DE Ushio 14k with 2 54w actinic+ and 2 54w super actinics), as well as your name so that I can provide an appropriate credit. Please also include the camera and lens you were using as well as your tank info (size, total system volume, and any equipment you wish to share).
NOTE: as a precaution, we will add a watermark to all photos not bearing one.
ORA grows their corals in a greenhouse culture facilities in Florida nd the Marshall Islands. The corals are grown under diffused sunlight and are supplemented with 250W 10K DE Metal Halide lights. Adding the artificial lights helps the corals adapt to the environment provided by aquarium lighting. ORA corals are grown in natural sea water (NSW) and it is therefore recommended that proper acclimation to artificial saltwater (ASW) is performed.
Latest ORA Corals Photos
Aquarium: 300 gallon display Aquarium Lighting: Two Reef Tek's 48" x 8 T5
5 ATI Blue Plus, 1 UVL Actinic White, 1 GE 6500K Daylight and a UVL 75/25
Here’s a nice ORA Pearlberry mini colony in a 300 gallon display tank.
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Photo By: LouPhoenix Aquarium: 65 Gal. open top Hexagon tank Aquarium Lighting: Current Orbit 150W HQI w/ 2 65W PCs
MH bulb is Radium 20K DE
PC Bulbs are Current 420\460 nm dual actinics Aquarium Equipment: Sumpless
Deltec MCE600
2 Koralia 2's
2 Koralia 3's
Seio Controller for Koralias
Phosban Reactor runs GFO
Also run Carbon and Purigen
Aquaclear 75 Refuge Mod running cheato on reverse lighting cycle
Tank is cooled via Azoo dual fans timed to run with MH
Tank is mixed, shared by softies, LPS and other SPS.
Light fish stock.
no crabs!
Camera: Canon Powershot SX110 using MacroHere are a few photos of an ORA Red Planet colony.
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Photo By: Werdlone Aquarium: 150g 6x20Hx24W, 100gal sump Aquarium Lighting: 3 250watt phoenix 14k mh bulbs overdriven on bluewave hqiballasts in lumenmax reflectors and 2 60" vho actinics Aquarium Equipment: circulation: 2 vortech mp40's and return flow through 2 penductors 1200 g/p/h
msx 250 skimmer, run carbon and dose vodka and brightwell's microbacter 7 and potassion
reef crystals salt with 10% water changes every 2-3 weeks
Here’s a nice and healthy ORA Pearlberry colony displaying fantastic coloring.
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Photo By: plyle Aquarium Lighting: 250 watt SE Radium with 6 t5's
Here is a beautiful top-down photo of an ORA Pearlberry Acropora colony.
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Photo By: Dan Rigle Aquarium: 180 gal SPS dominated display, two 40 gal coral prop tanks Aquarium Lighting: 2x250W Radiums on Lumenarc III minis, with VHO actinics Aquarium Equipment: ETS downdraft skimmers, closed loops and 2 Tunze 6101 & 7095 controller,DIY calcium reactors and DIY custom built sumps
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