Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Not Reef Tank Suitable
Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank
Range: Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America.
Natural Environment: An intertidal brown species of seaweed that attaches to rock/rubble, grows to 16 inches (40 cm) long and lives for about only four years.
Aquarium Suitability: Not a desired aquarium species. And if attached to anything going into the aquarium, it should be removed prior to that item going in the aquarium.
Potential Control Species: Urchins: Diadema setosum
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Chromista
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Fucaceae
Genus: Fucus
