{"id":223,"date":"2021-07-10T12:14:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T12:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=223"},"modified":"2021-07-10T12:14:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T12:14:03","slug":"galaxaura-sp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=223","title":{"rendered":"Galaxaura 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\/galaxa1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-224\" width=\"336\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/galaxa1.jpg 371w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/galaxa1-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 85vw, 336px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A striking and very beautiful species of red macro algae that features heavily calcified branches attached by a single holdfast to rocks, coral fragments and hard bottom. It has flattened ends on each branch that are usually bright pink or white. Depending on the species, they&#8217;re found in a variety of colorations ranging from orange, red to reddish-purple. They&#8217;re many species of <em>Galaxaura <\/em>distributed worldwide with only two species from Florida (<em>Galaxaura rugosa<\/em> and <em>Tricleocarpa fragilis<\/em>) entering the aquarium trade. This slow grower is fairly hardy in the aquarium, but needs good water circulation to keep successfully. Like most red macroalgae it will turn a brilliant deep red color in captivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/galaxa2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225\" width=\"349\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/galaxa2.jpg 371w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/galaxa2-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 85vw, 349px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientific Name: <em>Galaxaura sp.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common Name: Pom Pom Algae<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Origin: Indonesia, Caribbean, S. Pacific<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maximum Height : 8&#8243;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Growth Rate: Slow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Light: High<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Temperature: 75-82<\/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: Not Palatable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nutrient Uptake: Fair<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flow Rate: Moderate to High<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A striking and very beautiful species of red macro algae that features heavily calcified branches attached by a single holdfast to rocks, coral fragments and hard bottom. It has flattened ends on each branch that are usually bright pink or white. Depending on the species, they&#8217;re found in a variety of colorations ranging from orange, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=223\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Galaxaura 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-223","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\/223","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=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions\/226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}