{"id":237,"date":"2021-07-10T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=237"},"modified":"2021-07-10T15:34:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T15:34:36","slug":"gracilaria-tikvahiae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=237","title":{"rendered":"Gracilaria tikvahiae"},"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\/gracilariatiki3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-238\" width=\"250\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gracilariatiki3.jpg 270w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gracilariatiki3-141x300.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 85vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>All species of <em>Gracilaria<\/em> are highly variable depending on the environment collected, which can make proper identification difficult. <em>G. tikvahiae<\/em> features a orange to deep red coloration with long, slender, somewhat flattened branches attached by a single holdfast. This species is found in depths of 10ft to about 40ft, attached to hard bottom and rock outcroppings. Species of <em>tikvahiae<\/em> can also be encountered as free floating specimens, lacking any holdfast, composed of a large circular clump. This particular red algae does very well in the marine aquarium or refugium and is a great food source for fish. It&#8217;s growth is slow to moderate depending on the availability of light and nutrients. Most species of <em>Gracilaria<\/em> will do well in captivity under a variety of conditions as long as there are sufficient nutrients present.  Tumbling the algae aids in keeping the tissue in constant suspension with the water for optimum health. This species is very palatable to tangs and angels as well as other herbivores.<\/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\/gracilariatiki2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-239\" width=\"329\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gracilariatiki2.jpg 352w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gracilariatiki2-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 85vw, 329px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientific Name: <em>Gracilaria tikvahiae<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common Name: Red <em>Gracilaria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Origin: Gulf of Mexico. Atlantic, Caribbean<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maximum Height : 16&#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: 78-86<\/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: Palatable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nutrient Uptake: Good<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flow Rate: Moderate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All species of Gracilaria are highly variable depending on the environment collected, which can make proper identification difficult. G. tikvahiae features a orange to deep red coloration with long, slender, somewhat flattened branches attached by a single holdfast. This species is found in depths of 10ft to about 40ft, attached to hard bottom and rock &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=237\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gracilaria tikvahiae&#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":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gracilaria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","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=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions\/271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}