Dragon's Breath macroalgae

🌿 Appearance

• Bright red to purple color, with orange or pink highlights under blue/actinic light .

• Fine, supple, almost serrated or leafy texture.

• Often forms in elegant tufts, which wave gently in the current – very decorative..

💧 Usefulness in aquariums

• Absorbs nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates, helping to reduce harmful algae.

• Improves water quality in refuges or separate tanks (chaetoreactor, macrobox, etc.).

• Sometimes serves as natural food for certain herbivorous fish (tangs, foxface).

🔆 Requirements

• Likes good light (moderate to bright).

• Needs a medium water flow to prevent debris from accumulating in it.

• Moderate growth; not invasive like some other macroalgae.

✅ Advantages

• Very decorative , it attracts the eye in a reef tank.

• Easy to maintain in good conditions.

• Non-calcifying, so does not consume calcium or magnesium from the tank.