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Growing Red Asparagus Algae |
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Red Asparagus Algae, (Asparagopsis taxiformis), is the most difficult to grow algae we carry. To be successfully kept, this algae must be kept away from herbivorous fish that will devour it, as well as sea hares. It is a fragile macro and must be handled with the utmost care. The holdfast of this macro should be superglued to a hard surface. A limestone based surface is preferred. Without a proper current this macro will simply slump over and wither. It must be propped up to grow. This can be done by placing it so that it slumps in one particular direction. Then a current should be placed in the opposite direction to keep pushing it up. This is how it is usually found in nature, and we have had success with this strategy. Alternatively, you can place it behind a rock and have it pinned against the glass of the back corner of your aquarium, allowing it to slump forward. If enough of the stem is pinned, it will keep the algae bent at a right angle over the rock ledge.
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