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Red Gracilaria
Gracilaria sp.
Family: Gracilariaceae
📍 Worldwide tropical and subtropical seas
Bushy red-to-burgundy macroalgae prized as live food for herbivorous fish — tangs, rabbitfish, and urchins graze on it enthusiastically. Also an excellent nutrient exporter in refugia. Tumbles well under flow and tolerates a wide range of conditions.
Keeping this species
- flow
- tumbling or moderate
- note
- excellent tang food — offer directly in display tank
- role
- beneficial — food and refugium
- lightLevel
- medium
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Natural Habitat Temperature
75°F — 81°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Jun high)