locally collected GRACILARIA macro for fuge?

I was looking around at macro algaes and i noticed some people were looking for gracilaria and i had never heard the name before so i looked up a picture and noticed its the same stuff that grows all over behind my house in the sound on my beach and ive actually kept it in a tank made up of local snails and hermits from around me.....i was wondering would it be safe to collect and put in my fuge if carefully inspected for stuff on it and also will it acclimate to the tank temperature and salinity?

this is the stuff i have in my local tank this looks like it right?

 

im sure its gracilaria because i looked it up and online it says it does grow in the sound

 

It's fine. Use it.

Jeff


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any personal experience with it?

 

Yeah, it dies off in my tank.

I don't have enough nutrients to keep it going, but there's nothing wrong with it. It's even decent in a display.

Jeff

 

Wonder if tangs will snatch it up too?