Mosses, floating plants, and macroalgae
Feather Caulerpa
Caulerpa sertularioides
Photo: Narrissa Spies · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–28 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size15 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- WaterMarine
Full profile
- Family
- Caulerpaceae
- Origin
- Tropical seas
- Size
- 5 – 15 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 28°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- marine
- Light
- average
- Fertilization
- absorbs nutrients from the water
- Growth
- fast
- Position
- on sand
- Propagation
- stolons
Notes: Deep green, feathery fronds. Grows quickly and can become invasive; best kept in a shelter.
