I have been looking for a cool macroalgae for the aquarium display portion and THIS ONE (http://www.lareefs.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=108) has caught my eye before, but this website seems to be out of everything they sell, so I'm not sure if it's even in business anymore. Any way, they don't know what it's actually called so I can't run a search for it to find someone to buy it from.

It says it's very hardy. Also, for anyone knowing what it is, does it get eaten by herbivores in the tank, or do they leave it alone?

Halymenia is very similar, and does well in tanks.

If you're just looking for the color, I'd chose Red Gracilaria also known as "Tang Heaven". It's been "proven" in the hobby.

Dave

If you're just looking for the color, I'd chose Red Gracilaria also known as "Tang Heaven". It's been "proven" in the hobby.

Dave



It's not so much the color. It's the fact that it attaches to live rock and grows into a nice little plant while doubling as a filtration method. I'm looking for more of a decorative filtration if you will.

I've looked into the Red Gracilaria, but it seems pretty ugly and the fish would chow it down if it were in the main tank.

About.com: http (http://saltaquarium.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=saltaquarium&cdn=homegarden&tm=3&f=00&su=p284.8.150.ip_&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/category_display.php%3Fkeywords%3D%26category_sear ch%3D63%26root_parent_id%3D4%26inc_subcat%3D1%26se arch_in_description%3D1%26parent_category%3D4%26x% 3D5%26y%3D14) not sure if this is it but it looks pretty similar

is at the bottom of the page called red kelp

I would imagine that if you had fish that would eat the red gracilaria, they'd eat kelp or any other macro too. Just my two cents.

D