{"id":250,"date":"2021-07-10T14:49:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T14:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=250"},"modified":"2023-10-14T22:20:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T03:20:33","slug":"halymenia-durvillei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=250","title":{"rendered":"Halymenia durvillei"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/dragonsbreath2.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This popular species of <em>Halymenia<\/em> is native to the Indo-Pacific Ocean which was imported into the United States as an ornamental algae for the aquarium trade. It&#8217;s unclear when or how it was first introduced in the United States, but is widely cultivated today by numerous hobbyists and coral farmers. Unlike other species of H<em>alymenia<\/em>, the tissue on this particular macro algae isn&#8217;t as thin and is slightly rigid. It features a deep red coloration and a brilliant orange-yellow fluorescence at the tips of each individual frond. It&#8217;s a very hardy species once established but grows in cycles so should be divided regularly to preserve the algae.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/dragonsbreath.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Scientific Name: <em>Halymenia durvillei<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common Name: Dragon&#8217;s Breath<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Origin: Indo Pacific<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maximum Height : 10&#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: 76-82<\/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: Somewhat Palatable<\/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>This popular species of Halymenia is native to the Indo-Pacific Ocean which was imported into the United States as an ornamental algae for the aquarium trade. It&#8217;s unclear when or how it was first introduced in the United States, but is widely cultivated today by numerous hobbyists and coral farmers. Unlike other species of Halymenia, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=250\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Halymenia durvillei&#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":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halymenia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250","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=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":448,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions\/448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}