{"id":199,"date":"2021-07-09T22:55:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T22:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=199"},"modified":"2021-07-09T22:55:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T22:55:43","slug":"dictoya-sp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=199","title":{"rendered":"Dictoya Sp."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dictoya5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-201\" width=\"257\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dictoya5.jpg 289w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dictoya5-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 85vw, 257px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Species of the brown algae <em>Dictoya<\/em> are highly variable in size, shape and coloration. Some feature a brilliant blue iridescence, while others are more olive brown, such as <em>Dictoya cervicornis<\/em>. (pictured below) They&#8217;re fast growers that are abundant in the shallow reef flats as well as deeper coral reefs. The blades are flat and thin and often form entangled clumps attached to rocks, shells and hard bottom habitat. All varieties are very delicate, tear easily and can often clog pumps and filters. When introduced to the aquarium, many species are highly invasive and can be a nuisance, especially in reef aquaria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"355\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dictoya3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dictoya3-1.jpg 355w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dictoya3-1-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 85vw, 355px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientific Name: <em>Dictoya Sp.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common Name: Iridescent Algae<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Origin: Worldwide Distribution<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depth Collected: 3 &#8211; 50 feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maximum Height : 12&#8243;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Growth Rate: Moderate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Light: Moderate to High<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Temperature: 72-86<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Propagation: Fragmentation, Sporulation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Difficulty: Moderate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food Value: Somewhat Palatable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nutrient Uptake: Good<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flow Rate: Moderate to High<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Species of the brown algae Dictoya are highly variable in size, shape and coloration. Some feature a brilliant blue iridescence, while others are more olive brown, such as Dictoya cervicornis. (pictured below) They&#8217;re fast growers that are abundant in the shallow reef flats as well as deeper coral reefs. The blades are flat and thin &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=199\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dictoya 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":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brown-macroalgae"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199","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=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions\/204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}