Shaving brush plant pictures???

jrockssvt · 05/14/2008, 12:46 PM

Anyone have any pictures of a shaving brush plant colony??? Or have any info on them??? The good, the bad?

BLKTANG · 05/14/2008, 01:10 PM

My LFS gets them every once in a while.

Dont know much about them.

jrockssvt · 05/14/2008, 01:15 PM

Ya i just read they shed there needles and they get all over the tank.... may be I will go with maiden's hair???

lancer99 · 05/15/2008, 07:05 AM

Here are mine:

I haven't had any problems with them shedding needles. They do go through cycles where they die back slowly, but since they're calcareous, it doesn't cause any problems. They send runners through the sand then gradually regrow.

-R

05/14/2008, 12:46 PM	#1
jrockssvt Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 187	Shaving brush plant pictures??? Anyone have any pictures of a shaving brush plant colony??? Or have any info on them??? The good, the bad?

05/14/2008, 01:10 PM	#2
BLKTANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Never,Never Land Posts: 7,061	My LFS gets them every once in a while. Dont know much about them. __________________ We the few have done so much,for so long,for so little.That we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. ____________________________________________________________________________ Current Tank Info: RR 90 Maganvore sump,250w Hamilton fixture,VorTec's ASM skimmer.

05/14/2008, 01:15 PM	#3
jrockssvt Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 187	Ya i just read they shed there needles and they get all over the tank.... may be I will go with maiden's hair???

05/15/2008, 07:05 AM	#4
lancer99 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Falls Church, VA Posts: 1,100	Here are mine: I haven't had any problems with them shedding needles. They do go through cycles where they die back slowly, but since they're calcareous, it doesn't cause any problems. They send runners through the sand then gradually regrow. -R