{"id":389,"date":"2021-07-10T20:35:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T20:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=389"},"modified":"2021-07-10T20:35:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T20:35:59","slug":"ancanthopora-spicifera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=389","title":{"rendered":"Ancanthopora spicifera"},"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\/spicifera1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-390\" width=\"321\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/spicifera1.jpg 347w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/spicifera1-163x300.jpg 163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 85vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This interesting red macro algae is one of the only species that has a brown coloration. It features tall, irregular and stiff uprights composed of smaller, pointed branches. It is often confused with <em>Laurencia <\/em>as it has similar characteristics, but the branches of this species are much finer and more compact. This species has a single holdfast that attaches to rocks, shells and other hard bottom habitat, typically in shallow costal habitats with strong tidal surge. A fast grower, it can be invasive in reef aquariums so care must be taken to regularly prune each specimen. It&#8217;s collected in shallow water from the low tide zone to depths of about 10ft. If placed under strong lighting, it often has a brilliant white appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"339\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/spicifera2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/spicifera2.jpg 339w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/spicifera2-162x300.jpg 162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 85vw, 339px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientific Name: <em>Ancanthopora spicifera<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common Name: Fire Fern<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Origin: Gulf of Mexico. Atlantic, Caribbean<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maximum Height : 8&#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: Not very palatable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nutrient Uptake: Good<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flow Rate: Moderate to High<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This interesting red macro algae is one of the only species that has a brown coloration. It features tall, irregular and stiff uprights composed of smaller, pointed branches. It is often confused with Laurencia as it has similar characteristics, but the branches of this species are much finer and more compact. This species has a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=389\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ancanthopora spicifera&#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-389","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\/389","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=389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":392,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions\/392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}