{"id":84,"date":"2021-07-09T13:14:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T13:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=84"},"modified":"2021-07-10T15:41:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T15:41:17","slug":"caulerpa-cupressoides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=84","title":{"rendered":"Caulerpa cupressoides"},"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\/cupressiodes2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85\" width=\"411\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cupressiodes2.jpg 452w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cupressiodes2-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 85vw, 411px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This species of <em>Caulerpa<\/em> features long, stiff, uprights with finger-like clusters of notched blades attached from a long rhizome. It is typically found growing intertwined with sea grass beds, channels and ledges in shallow water habitats to about 10ft deep. When found in deeper habitats it&#8217;s growth is much smaller and stunted. This species of <em>Caulerpa<\/em> prefers sandy substrate, but will attach to rocks and coral fragments. It is very hardy in the aquarium and is relatively undemanding in its needs. All <em>Caulerpa<\/em> species should be pruned back to encourage new growth and to prevent die off in the aquarium. It can be safely buried in the sand bed or left to attach on their own as they grow. Not palatable to fish and invertebrates.<\/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\/cupressiodes1-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86\" width=\"353\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cupressiodes1-3.jpg 286w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cupressiodes1-3-150x300.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 85vw, 353px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientific Name: <em>Caulerpa cupressoides<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common Name: Zipper Algae<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Origin: Atlantic, Caribbean<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depth Collected: 1-15 Feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maximum Height : 8&#8243;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Growth Rate: Slow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Light: Moderate to High<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Temperature: 74-86<\/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 Palatable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nutrient Uptake: Fair<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flow Rate: Moderate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This species of Caulerpa features long, stiff, uprights with finger-like clusters of notched blades attached from a long rhizome. It is typically found growing intertwined with sea grass beds, channels and ledges in shallow water habitats to about 10ft deep. When found in deeper habitats it&#8217;s growth is much smaller and stunted. This species of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=84\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Caulerpa cupressoides&#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-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caulerpa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","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=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}