0 m · Surface · Chennai, India

Life here is grown,
not caught.

Captive-bred clownfish and live feed cultures — phytoplankton, copepods and rotifers — raised in a Chennai marine hatchery for India's marine aquarists.

Move your light — the plankton scatter. Click anywhere to release a breath of bubbles.

Every reef out there began as plankton.

−6 m · Sunlight zone

Live feed cultures

The bottom of the food chain, bottled fresh. Every culture is grown in-house and harvested to order — never decanted from stock.

500 ml bottle of Orange Aquaculture live copepods

Copepods

Live marine copepods

The feed finicky fish ask for by name. Seed your refugium, or watch a stubborn mandarin finally start hunting.

  • Natural prey for mandarins, wrasses & fry
  • Establishes a self-sustaining pod population
  • Grazes nuisance film algae while it feeds
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500 ml bottle of Orange Aquaculture live phytoplankton, Nannochloropsis

Phytoplankton

Live microalgae culture

Dense, living microalgae — the engine behind every thriving tank. Feed it to your pods, your rotifer cultures and your filter feeders.

  • Keeps copepod & rotifer cultures productive
  • Food for pods, rotifers and feather dusters
  • Harvested at peak density, never stored
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500 ml bottle of Orange Aquaculture live rotifers

Rotifers

Hatchery-grade live feed

First bites for fry. The same culture we raise our own clownfish larvae on, enriched with our live phyto.

  • Essential first feed for breeding projects
  • Enriched on live greenwater, not powder
  • Sized right for the smallest larval mouths
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−14 m · Reef slope

Captive-bred clownfish

From egg clutch to juvenile, every fish is raised here on our own live feeds — already eating, already hardy, never taken from a reef.

Ocellaris

Amphiprion ocellaris

The classic. Three clean white bands, an easy temperament, and the fish that starts most saltwater stories.

Captive-bred juvenileDM for stock

Black Ocellaris

Amphiprion ocellaris var.

Jet-black body, snow-white bands. Slower to darken, worth the wait — a striking centrepiece pair.

Captive-bred juvenileDM for stock

Snowflake

Designer ocellaris

No two alike — irregular drifts of white across orange. Batches vary; follow the page to catch new clutches.

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−26 m · Twilight zone

Fed on live feeds from day one — that's why hatchery fish thrive.

GROWN, NOT CAUGHT

Hardier by upbringing

Captive-bred fish have never seen a cyanide bottle or a cargo hold. They arrive already adjusted to aquarium life and already eating — the two things that kill wild-caught fish.

FED LIKE THE OCEAN FEEDS

Live prey, real instincts

Pods and rotifers trigger natural hunting behaviour. Colours deepen, breeding pairs condition faster, and "impossible" feeders like mandarins simply start eating.

CULTURED IN CHENNAI

Fresh beats imported

Our cultures never cross a border or sit in transit for a week. What reaches your tank is alive, dense, and hours — not weeks — from harvest.

−40 m · The hatchery

Surface when you're ready

Orders, stock updates and hatchery visits all start with a message. Follow the page to see clutches hatch, cultures bloom, and new batches announced first.

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