{"id":170,"date":"2021-07-09T21:56:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T21:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=170"},"modified":"2021-07-09T21:56:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T21:56:30","slug":"botryocladia-sp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=170","title":{"rendered":"Botryocladia Sp."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"402\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/botryocluster.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/botryocluster.jpg 402w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/botryocluster-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 85vw, 402px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Botryocladia<\/em> is a truly beautiful specimen that does very well in the marine aquarium. It features stiff, lightly calcified branches with bright red air bladders. It resembles a cluster of grapes and is sometimes referred to as red grape <em>Caulerpa<\/em>, although it is not a species of <em>Caulerpa<\/em> at all. Depending on the species, it can grow in rather large clumps attached to rocks and coral fragments in depths of up to 60ft or more. It&#8217;s very hardy and will do well in almost any marine aquarium with good water quality and low to medium lighting. There are several varieties available in the aquarium trade, but identification can be difficult as they all have the same basic characteristics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/botryocluster2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/botryocluster2.jpg 448w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/botryocluster2-172x300.jpg 172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 85vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientific Name: <em>Botryocladia Sp<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common Name: Red Grape, Red Berries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Origin: Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, Pacific<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depth Collected: 25-65 feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maximum Height : 18&#8243;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Growth Rate: Slow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Light: Moderate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Temperature: 78-84<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Propagation: Fragmentation, sporulation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Difficulty: Easy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food Value: Very palatable, is readily eaten by Tangs and other herbivores<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nutrient Uptake: Good<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flow Rate: Moderate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Botryocladia is a truly beautiful specimen that does very well in the marine aquarium. It features stiff, lightly calcified branches with bright red air bladders. It resembles a cluster of grapes and is sometimes referred to as red grape Caulerpa, although it is not a species of Caulerpa at all. Depending on the species, it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=170\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Botryocladia Sp.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-red-macroalgae"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}