Ruby Red Branch Macro Algae comes rooted on it's original live rock piece.

Great Seahorse tank habitat hitching post.

We have been culturing and developing this hardy strain of Ruby Red Macro Algae in captivity for 6 years. We put it through different ambient conditions to develop an aquacultured highly adaptable strain of a beautiful bright red macro algae.

You receive one bunch Ruby Red Branch rooted on rock you see in the pictures.

Ruby Red Branch is a nutrient exporter, it absorbs, or feeds on dissolved organic waste. This algae thrives on fish waste, nitrates, & phosphates. Thus it is a big contributor to maintaining a healthy aquarium system for our captive kept animals. So you can say it helps along with our protein skimmers to purify our water. Buy Gracilaria Macro Algae as a natural way of maintaining good water quality for your corals.

Application:

You can place this algae just about anywhere. Main tank or refugium. If you place it near a rock, it can grow its tendrils and entangle itself and remain anchored to the rock. You can also just float it. Thus, you can grow it floating or attached to an object.

Another benefit of having this Ruby Branch algae growing in our saltwater tank is that it is a haven for amphipods, copepods, mysid shrimp and snails, brittle stars, micro stars, and baby fish fry. Many small micro cleaning crew animals will set up nests in this lush algae. So growing this algae in your tank will promote the growth and well-being of the micro fauna, Zooplankton in your system.

Here at the nursery we consider this hardy species of algae an asset when it comes to keeping pristine water quality in our fish, coral, and shrimp nursery tanks.

Other benefits:By growing this macro algae in our systems, it out-competes other nuisance species like green hair algae and Cyano Bacteria (red slime) for the nutrients in the water. Thus this algae is great for keeping those unwanted destructive algae at bay or even non-existent in the tank over time. Keep in mind that the more light lumens it gets the faster and healthier it will grow. What we mean by absorbing nutrients in the tank is that by growing, it is using the nutrients in the tank for food or fuel as we sometimes refer to it. So the more it grows the more it can filter the water.

Great for Seahorse systems and fish like mandarins.  Seahorses will cling to and graze on all the many micro crustaceans living in the algae.  Mandarins will also constantly be looking in this algae for copepods and amphipods.