Video: Visiting ORA in Florida

[melev]

This week's video is about ORA in Florida. They supply use with farmed raised clams, corals and a bunch of fish species. This is a very rare video, since they don't give tours... ever.

 

[Diesel]

Nice job, Marc.

Btw, will travel soon to the Big D, not for business but hobby related and was hoping to see your fish bowl. :)

 

[120reefkeeper]

Awesome job and thanks for sharing!

 

[jsker]

Very nice video

 

[revhtree]

Very cool!

 

[melev]

Nice job, Marc.

Btw, will travel soon to the Big D, not for business but hobby related and was hoping to see your fish bowl. :)

Sure, let me know when.

 

[1mbrews8]

very cool!

 

[cracker]

Thanks melev that was very interesting. Wonder what other fishes they are learning how to breed.

 

[Jimbo]

Cool video. Do they grow out their Acro's under natural sunlight in that greenhouse or were those just softies ?

 

[melev]

Cool video. Do they grow out their Acro's under natural sunlight in that greenhouse or were those just softies ?

Acropora, Montipora, Zoanthids, leathers, softies, mushrooms, it was all out there in all those many troughs. The clams were indoors, though.

 

[jlanger]

Thanks for the video, Marc. Great job!
It's nice to see how some of the facilities do their magic behind the curtain.
And Dustin's a cool dude; he likes cookies too!

 

[melev]

Thanks for the video, Marc. Great job!
It's nice to see how some of the facilities do their magic behind the curtain.
And Dustin's a cool dude; he likes cookies too!

Oh really? He didn't tell me that. lol

 

[melev]

While there, I asked when ORA was going to start breeding mandarins again. Turns out they aren't economically viable. From eggs to the point of being big enough to sell, they'd have to be two years old. Clownfish can be sell-sized in 3-6 months time, by comparison.

 

[jlanger]

While there, I asked when ORA was going to start breeding mandarins again. Turns out they aren't economically viable. From eggs to the point of being big enough to sell, they'd have to be two years old. Clownfish can be sell-sized in 3-6 months time, by comparison.

Yeah, it's unfortunate that good intentions cannot outweigh the financial costs.

 

[melev]

I know. I told them to at least make me one female for my ORA male. ;) But I don't really think holding my breath will help. o_O

 

[Rob.D]

Great video Marc!

 

[jlanger]

If you could only find an ORA female to pair with your male, place them into your frag system, breed them, raise them and then we could have ORA/melev mandarins! ;)

 

[Sabellafella]

Unbelievable!! Such a wonderful video marc thanks for sharing! Cant even imagine the amount of work that goes into somthing like this!

 

[domination2580]

Awesome video! Wish they had red mandarins still m

 

[melev]

Me too.