Shaving Brush Plants

[Washburn82]

Was going to order a few of these to place directly into my tank. I like the look of them, also they remove nutrients from the water. Was wondering if anyone uses or has used these before, and their opinion on them. Since i dont have a sump i wanted some type of benificial algae that was aesthetically appealing as well.

 

[little_fish]

They are a very cool little macro algae, I think d2mini had one in his angler tank and few other people have them.

 

[Washburn82]

I acutally got 3 of these awhile ago. I forgot to update. They are great. They look good, they grow like crazy and do their job. My nitrates have reduced quite a bit since i put them in. Not sure if it was them or not. But i like them regardless. :)

 

[wontonflip]

They look like something out of a Dr. Seuss book :D Love it. Post pics of yours.

 

[Washburn82]

I will Wonton, its light out right now. When the lights come on i will. lol I agree about the dr.seuss comment,

 

[Northstar24]

Are these calcerous enough that tangs would leave them alone?

 

[Trigger Happy]

Do they have a scientific name? I'd like to look for them here in Australia.

 

[marcah]

Saltwater Aquarium Plants for Marine Reef Aquariums: Shaving Brush Plant
hope that helps.. :D

 

[Trigger Happy]

Thanks Marcah,

Hopefully I'll find they are available in Australia. I'll take the live aquaria page to come LFSs:helm2: and get them working on it.

 

[Washburn82]

Here you go Wonton, my devils hand is doing its limp thing in the background. they are so weird. The 3rd one was pretty rough looking when i got it. I threw it out. They were about 1/2 the size when i got them maybe a month ago.

 

[Washburn82]

Already two little baby buds growing from them. Man, they grow fast.

 

[Trigger Happy]

Very nice!

 

[little_fish]

I like that stuff. When I move this summer I want to set up a display fuge full of pretty macro algae

 

[Zissou]

Same. I'm inspired by that one guy on youtube with the mantis in his 55g 'refugium'. Would be nice to have a planted saltwater tank with some non reef safe fish and larger invertebrates, some rock, different kinds of macros and nonphotosynthetic anemones.

 

[jr7168]

i am glad i found this article i am interested in possibly getting one of these or a maidens hair? what kinda fish u keep with them?

 

[Washburn82]

They are really cool looking, in my tank Jake i have 2 clowns, a red banded goby and a mandarin. My fish leave it alone, i read most fish will even tangs. I notice my hermit crabs climbing it quite often then fall off when they get to the top. They dont appear to be bothering it though.

 

[jr7168]

i think i wanna put some in my tank and i really like the look of yours in your pictures. have you had any experiences with the maidens hair ones?

 

[Washburn82]

No i havent sorry, they are really cool looking as well. The shaving brush ones just caught my eye a bit more.

 

[jr7168]

yes i'm definitely going to be getting some of those. i am doing black sand so i think it will really stand out as well.