anyone had/have shaving brush plant

[stewball]

I was wondering if anyone knows about these plants. I have seen them on a few sites and like the looks of them. but i never seen anyone talking about them. good,bad,or indifferent. TIA.

 

[RadReefer]

They are a calcerous algae, I also think they grow from a rhizome. They do look really cool. I had halmeida which is a cousin to this plant, keeping macros is fun, they grow really fast.

 

[Docstach]

I tried them, didn't last too long. But, my tank was fairly new when I got them so... Read other people had pretty good luck.

 

[Greg Hiller]

My experience has been that they generally don't do well in our reef aquaria. They oftentimes become covered with hair algae. I think this occurs because they are a little bit tricky for snails and hermit crabs (the critters we usually use to control algae) to clean.

 

[stewball]

My experience has been that they generally don't do well in our reef aquaria. They oftentimes become covered with hair algae. I think this occurs because they are a little bit tricky for snails and hermit crabs (the critters we usually use to control algae) to clean.

Thats a good point. I didnt think of that. thanks to all that replied