{"id":405,"date":"2021-07-10T20:53:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T20:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=405"},"modified":"2021-07-10T20:53:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T20:53:31","slug":"chlorodesmis-sp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=405","title":{"rendered":"Chlorodesmis sp."},"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\/turtleweed1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-406\" width=\"284\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/turtleweed1.jpg 379w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/turtleweed1-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 85vw, 284px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Imported from the Pacific as an ornamental macroalgae. It&#8217;s often mistaken for a type of hair algae. It features fine filaments, resembling strands of hair or thread attached by a single holdfast. Not palatable to fish as it contains toxic compounds that are known to not only discourage fish but also effect coral growth. This algae requires very high current and strong lighting to successfully grow in the aquarium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"348\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/turtleweed2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/turtleweed2.jpg 348w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/turtleweed2-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 85vw, 348px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientific Name: <em>Chlorodesmis sp.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common Name: Turtle Weed, Maiden&#8217;s Hair<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Origin: Australia, S. Pacific<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depth Collected: 10-50 Feet<\/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: High<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Temperature: 72-80<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Propagation: Fragmentation, Sporulation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Difficulty: Advanced<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food Value: Not 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>Imported from the Pacific as an ornamental macroalgae. It&#8217;s often mistaken for a type of hair algae. It features fine filaments, resembling strands of hair or thread attached by a single holdfast. Not palatable to fish as it contains toxic compounds that are known to not only discourage fish but also effect coral growth. This &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=405\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chlorodesmis sp.&#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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-macroalgae"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405","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=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions\/408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}