Diversity Poll
 

Here is where you tell us about the number of different types of coral you all have. List them if you can!

Well I have a number of acro frags that are growing out nicely (but slowly). A couple monti caps, a couple birdsnest. Also have few zoos here and there. The waiting for the stuff to grow is the hardest part = patience but constant monitoring of conditions for such a small tank (20gal)

PS> always looking for more SPS frags :razz:

I have a mix I suppose... frogspawn, sun coral, ric's, zoo's, gsp,

If I knew how to kill off mushrooms I would have all SPS in the one tank, but I do have a second tank that is LPS and soft.

Steve

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Try the boiling water method, it seems to kill anything. :biggrin:

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you know it has been crossing my mind. almost thinking of removing all the rock, building a PVC rack for the corals and nuking the rock and then re curing it. just the time it would take is short right now.

Steve

SOFTIES...

2 different toad stool leathers
1 green devils hand
1 yellow tree leather
1 brown tree leather
2 different types of mushrooms
1 GSP collony
1 other type star pollyps
8-10 kenya trees

LPS...

2 caqndy canes
1 frogspawn

SPS...

1 purple tip acro
1 cream staghorn
2 puple montipora caps
1 pink monipora digitata
1 unidentified something or other, very small

Mostly softies

lots of zoos
1 toadstool leather
bright orange florida ric
green florida ric
beige with orange and green florida ric
blue mushrooms
stripped green shrooms
star polyps
clove polyps
green/purple ric yuma
big green hairy mushroom
xenia

LPS
Candy cane
Turbineria
small bubble coral
small pipe organ (got this from liverock bin at bigals for $1)

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Film that!

Haven't tried this method on mushrooms, but it works well with aptasia. Use a 1 ml syringe with the needle on it. Turn off your water flow, fill the syringe with vinegar, poke the needle into the mushroom and inject the vinegar. Use two or three injections for each mushroom, depending on size. Keep water flow off for 5-10 minutes after injection so an vinegar that escapes the mushroom is still in the mushroom's vicinity.

I imagine with a bunch of dead and dying mushrooms, you will have to keep an eye on water quality.

I think if you remove all your rock and kill the rock/mushrooms that way, you will lose your bio-filtration and all heck will break loose with ammonia problems. An alternative to doing all the rock at once is doing some at a time.