{"id":413,"date":"2021-07-10T21:01:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T21:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=413"},"modified":"2021-07-10T21:01:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T21:01:46","slug":"valonia-sp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=413","title":{"rendered":"Valonia sp."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"341\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/valonia1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/valonia1.jpg 341w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/valonia1-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 85vw, 341px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Species of <em>Valonia<\/em> occur worldwide in tropical waters on reefs as well as shallow water habitats. All species of <em>Valonia<\/em> feature variable sized, fluid and air filled balls or spheres, in shades of light to dark green.\u00a0 Studies have shown that several varieties can actually release spores to form a separate, but related species of macro algae known as <em>Derbesia<\/em>. Species of <em>Valonia <\/em>are generally regarded as pests in marine and invertebrate aquariums, so much so, that aquarists employ a number of tactics to rid themselves of this highly invasive algae.\u00a0 In the planted aquarium however, they can be a beautiful and interesting species to care for. It most commonly is introduced to the marine aquarium industry as a resident on imported and cultured live rock.<\/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\/valonia2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-415\" width=\"357\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/valonia2.jpg 295w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/valonia2-153x300.jpg 153w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 85vw, 357px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientific Name: <em>Valonia sp.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common Name: Bubble Algae<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Origin: Worldwide Distribution<\/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: 75-84<\/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 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>Species of Valonia occur worldwide in tropical waters on reefs as well as shallow water habitats. All species of Valonia feature variable sized, fluid and air filled balls or spheres, in shades of light to dark green.\u00a0 Studies have shown that several varieties can actually release spores to form a separate, but related species of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=413\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Valonia 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-413","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\/413","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=413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413\/revisions\/416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}