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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. read more

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

ORA Wooly Green Acropora

Photo By: Ian Glish Aquarium: 29 gallons Aquarium Lighting: 4 x 24w Giesemann T5 bulbs ( 2 AquaBlue+ 2 Antic+) Aquarium Equipment: Corallife Super Skimmer, Corallife Turbo Twist 3X UV Sterilizer, 2 x Korilia 2 Camera: Canon PowerShot G10

This is a great photo of the ORA Wooly Green Acropora taken with a Canon PowerShot G10. This is actually one of those corals that doesn’t really look as impressive in photos as it does in real life. It is a shimmering, bright green, and has VERY long polyps.

ORA Wooly Green Acropora, Uncategorized

ORA Purple Stylo frag

Photo By: J. Borsack Aquarium: 40 breeder Aquarium Lighting: 4 T5's (3 ATI Blue Plus and 1 UVL Actinic White) Photoperiod 8:30-10:00 (2 Blue Plus's) 10:00-7:15 (all Bulbs) 7:15-9:00 (2 Blue Plus's) Camera: Canon A1000 IS point and shoot

Very Simple setup with a Vertex IN-80 protein skimmer, chaeto on a reverse light cycle, carbon 24/7 and additional live rock in sump.
Camera is Canon A1000 IS point and shoot.
First pic is when first introduced and second pic is after a month. Second pic also has ORA Bird Of Paradise in backround [...]

ORA Purple Stylo

ORA Wooly Green Acropora Release Photo

Just wanted to publish a photo of this new coral. More info coming soon

ORA Joe The Coral Before and After

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 Macro

Here are is a really cool transformation of an ORA Joe the Coral. It shows the transformation from brown to pretty
I took the first shot (the brown one) about a week after I received it from ORA through my LFS. I’ve kept the coral at the same height level in the tank [...]

ORA Joe the Coral