{"id":381,"date":"2021-07-10T20:23:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T20:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=381"},"modified":"2021-07-10T20:23:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T20:23:11","slug":"caulerpa-serrulata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=381","title":{"rendered":"Caulerpa serrulata"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This species of Caulerpa <\/em>features small, irregular branched uprights with a series of flat serrated blades.\u00a0It’s a Pacific species that made it’s way into the United States through tropical fish importers. It’s currently much harder to find due to stricter import regulations with Caulerpa<\/em> species, especially in California. Its native to shallow water habitats, growing on small rocks and coral fragments. This smaller sized specimen is very hardy and will not grow too large in the aquarium. It’s somewhat palatable but it is mostly left alone due to its stiff composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scientific Name: Caulerpa serrulata<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common Name: Sawtooth Algae<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Origin: Indo Pacific, Asia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depth Collected: 1-15 Feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maximum Height : 5″<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growth Rate: Moderate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Light: Moderate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temperature: 78-86<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Propagation: Fragmentation, Sporulation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Difficulty: Easy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food Value: Somewhat Palatable<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nutrient Uptake: Good<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flow Rate: Low to Moderate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This species of Caulerpa features small, irregular branched uprights with a series of flat serrated blades.\u00a0It’s a Pacific species that made it’s way into the United States through tropical fish importers. It’s currently much harder to find due to stricter import regulations with Caulerpa species, especially in California. Its native to shallow water habitats, growing … Continue reading “Caulerpa serrulata”<\/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-381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caulerpa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381","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=381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":384,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions\/384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}