What for you guys think about shaving brush?

[reefchaser]

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[skinz78]

What about it?

It is Calcerous based. Doesn't grow much.

 

[jedimasterben]

Nah, I use an electric razor.


It's cool, but for me is finicky.

 

[reefchaser]

Does help with the nitrates.

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[jedimasterben]

If you're looking for nitrate removal, you'll need to have a large, dedicated refugium with high lighting and fast growing macros such as chaeto, ulva, gracilaria, or caulerpa prolifera that you trim often.

 

[Savant]

I just try and chop down the brush that grows around my house...

 

[ritter6788]

I never had luck with shaving brush. It always dies quickly on me.

 

[Reefologist]

Neptune is definitely a reefer if he shaves with calcareous algae...

But seriously, shaving brush is a lot like halimida in respect to water quality, it needs a good amount of NO3 and PO4 to sustain the ability to assimilate Ca and carbonates. Best housed with other algaes releasing Allelo's in the same volume of water.