Shrooms taking over, need to get rid of some...

MikeP · #1 05-22-2009, 06:25 AM

I have a large patch of mushrooms that I'd like to thin out a bit so I can put in more corals. They are on a rock that is not removable so whatever I do it has to be done in the tank. What can be done to kill some of these shrooms and not upset the balance of the tank?

Thanks for any help.

BlueAbyss · #2 05-22-2009, 07:34 AM

Could you just pull them off? I'm sure some would regenerate, but...

fishytime · #3 05-22-2009, 01:15 PM

I think I read once that kalk paste can do the trick. Seems a shame to have to kill the shrooms, but I know the feeling of watching a coral take over on a rock you cant get out of the tank to work on.

Pazil · #4 05-22-2009, 01:38 PM

I read on RC that if you aim a PH at them they will release from the rock in time... then you could sell them. I have not tried this yet though.

ponokareefer · #5 05-22-2009, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Pazil

I read on RC that if you aim a PH at them they will release from the rock in time... then you could sell them. I have not tried this yet though.

This has happened to me before, unintentionally. I would give it a try.

Delphinus · #6 05-22-2009, 03:44 PM

I've lived through this too. Some mushrooms will take over an entire tank, then you post for advice, and there's always the "well send them to me, I can't find any over here. Oh did I mention I'm 40000km away? Will you ship?" and so on.

Save those that you want to save, just take a razor blade and slice them off. Yeah it sounds brutal, but .. they're mushrooms. MUSHROOMS. They'll only heal up. And for those that you can't remove off the spots you need mushroom free, inject'em with kalk paste. Paste is better than kalk, kalk by itself is just spicy water, but the powdered paste you get at the bottom of a kalk mix that won't dissolve because you've put too much kalk into the water mixing jar.. that's the stuff you want to use.

mseepman · #7 05-22-2009, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ponokareefer

This has happened to me before, unintentionally. I would give it a try.

This has worked for me too in the past. I had one mushroom and now I have 400...it's just about time to do this myself.