ID This Macro Please

[Marc Daniels]

I came across this Macro being sold as "Rare" Red Grape Caulerpa. I didn't know Caulerpa came in "red". It may originate in the upper East Coast of the US.
Thanks for any help.
Marc

 

[horge]

Botryocladia uvarioides, likely.

Check the pic on the left out:

http://mabma.thereeftank.com/genus_botryocladia.html
warning: the site is under massive construction, so please don't click on anything hehe.


"Red Caulerpa" is a horrible misnomer.

 

[Triterium]

wish I had some

 

[Marc Daniels]

Horge-

Without doing my own research...can you tell me how suitable this would be for the average aquarists aquarium?
Marc

 

[horge]

JMHO: It would be fairly suitable, and especially so in a tank devoted to macroalgae.

Botryo's have interesting shape, good color (though it can veer into a drab, rusty hue), and are pretty easy to trim. The "branchy" Botryo's seem to prefer cooler water --often growing fastest when the temps are kept under 81 of your degrees Fahrenheit.

Then again that's JMHO.