Getting rid of Mushrooms

[smpross]

Hi all,
I am in the process of moving from a softy tank to an SPS / LPS tank. It is going well. However, I have some very nice rocks with some mushrooms on it. How can I easily remove the mushrooms without removing the rock. I have already glued some SPS to the other part of the rock. Is there a fish that will only eat mushrooms? Most of the mushrooms are red/blue/green and a couple are the fuzzy mushrooms. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Scott

 

[RayD]

A sharp razor blade. Slice from the base. But be very thorough, Mushrooms can and will grow back.

 

[fanaglethebagle]

You can also kalkwasser them like aptasia.

 

[ceige]

trade the mushroom rocks for "clean" live rock or a high quality dry rock....

 

[cobraz]

The best way I found to remove them is rather easy...

Do a water change and remove the water below the mushroom... they then tighten up rather firmly... use a rounded knife and dig just below the base and start peeling them up. Do not scrape them off - they will grow back.

The trick is to peel them up and without the water it is very easy.. they do get a little slimy though.

 

[nichols]

Gently prying them off with a razor blade. They can grow back from a tiny piece left on the rock. I'd pry them off and apply a thick kalk paste, to kill any leftovers.

 

[smpross]

Do you have to get all of the foot, or just the mushroom part?

 

[fanaglethebagle]

Do you have to get all of the foot, or just the mushroom part?

If you dont it will grow back

 

[smpross]

Well, I had to take a slightly different approach. There was just no peeling the green fuzzy mushroom from the rock. So I ended up scraping it off the rock. THis was messy so I siphoned up all of the pieces that were coming off. I then ended with the kalk paste. Hopefully any other mushrooms that I see in areas that I do not want them can just be killed with kalk paste.

Thanks.

Scott

 

[Yaktop]

trade the mushroom rocks for "clean" live rock or a high quality dry rock....

best way, or nuke the tank . mushrooms, and polyps are are PIA and can be a constant pain. depending on how many you have, how pourous the rock is, and how much patience you have will dictate how well you get rid of them.

 

[smpross]

It is not that they are growning out of control. I am just moving on to newer corals and I would like to keep the rock.

Scott

 

[Yaktop]

if you can keep the rock away from others so they dont creep over. they tend to 'move on' easily.

 

[smpross]

Thanks.

Scott

 

[smpross]

It looks like one more dose of Kalk paste on some missed areas should get rid of the remnants.

Scott

 

[PThanh1968]

You're not remove them and throw them away, right? I am sure some members will buy loose nice mushrooms. I myself would like to get some ultra bright red mushrooms .

 

[smpross]

The problem is that I want to keep the rock and the mushrooms did not come off is good shape. They were in really bad shape. I am sure tha tyou can find someone with Mushrooms that is willing to sell them for cheap.

Scott

 

[RayD]

Kind of sad to be killing them off. I'm sure there's plenty of members that will come over and help remove them and offer them a good home.

 

[smpross]

I did the best that I could, but because of the way they were on the rock, there was no way of getting to them without destroying the hard corals. I would have much perferred to sell them!

Scott