Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Western Atlantic Ocean: South to Brazil, and also European waters and the Mediterranean Sea.
Natural Environment: Inhabits shady caves and crevices and found overhanging rocks in intertidal areas.
Aquarium Suitability: Rarely available in the trade and have found it to be difficult to maintain, as it can go from looking perfectly healthy one day and the next totally dissipated even though no changes were made to the aquarium. It's very possible that it is highly reliant on certain elements such as iodine to continue its existence.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Rhodymeniales
Family: Rhodymeniaceae
Genus: Botryocladia
FYI: Originally classified as B. uvaria.
