{"id":346,"date":"2021-07-10T19:16:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T19:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=346"},"modified":"2021-07-10T19:16:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T19:16:21","slug":"caulerpa-prolifera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=346","title":{"rendered":"Caulerpa prolifera"},"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\/prolifera2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-347\" width=\"405\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/prolifera2.jpg 444w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/prolifera2-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 85vw, 405px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>By far the most popular and widely distributed species of <em>Caulerpa <\/em>available for use in the aquarium. This species features dark green, slender, oval shaped blades attached to a single rhizome. It often has new growth that appears on old blades which is true to its name. Depending on the environment provided, it can grow very wide blades (up to 1&#8243;) in turbulent areas and grows tall and thin in shallow, calm habitats. Individual blades are often spiral shaped when collected from shallow waters, especially when found in sea grass beds. Not very palatable to fish, but will be nipped at by some herbivores. It prefers to grow on sandy substrate, and once established, will quickly grow over the front of an aquarium.<\/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\/prolifera1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-348\" width=\"345\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/prolifera1.jpg 313w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/prolifera1-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 85vw, 345px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientific Name: <em>Caulerpa prolifera<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common Name:\u00a0 Sea Blade Algae<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Origin: Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, Caribbean<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depth Collected: 4 &#8211; 30 Feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maximum Height : 6&#8243;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Growth Rate: Fast<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Light: Moderate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Temperature: 76-86<\/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: Somewhat palatable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nutrient Uptake: Excellent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flow Rate: Low to Moderate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By far the most popular and widely distributed species of Caulerpa available for use in the aquarium. This species features dark green, slender, oval shaped blades attached to a single rhizome. It often has new growth that appears on old blades which is true to its name. Depending on the environment provided, it can grow &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=346\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Caulerpa prolifera&#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":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caulerpa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346","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=346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":349,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346\/revisions\/349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}