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If it's good live rock then it is loaded with animals that channel water all throughout the rock. If you kill these animals they don't just go away immediately. It can take many months of being in a tank before all of the phosphate is consumed. Have you seen anyone's tank where they buy...

ViaAqua Titanium heaters have worked for me.

Perfect!

In my experience it works really well. There are a lot of downsides to sterilizing live rock. In my opinion it's much worse than buying new rock.

They are just like Aiptasia. They will sting anything that tastes like food regardless of size. FYI - don't touch them.

WOW, nice!

They can be interesting in a small species tank. Feed them baby brine and they will start popping off small Jellyfish.

Hydroid. If it were me I would just use boiling saltwater. Boil saltwater and use a turkey baster to squirt the water directly on the hydroids. Keep doing it every chance you get and they will eventually be gone.

I found this old pic from my tank

Some of the larger mushrooms will eat a fish if the fish is inattentive or falls asleep. I used to feed my Green Hairy Mushrooms whole frozen Silversides.

Coralline also come in different forms including encrusting (most common), plating, and branching.

Just FYI - Nearly all mushroom corals will eat meaty bits of seafood if given a chance. If you want them to propagate faster and grow larger then hand feeding is recommended.

How large are these animals? Do they form a mat, runners, or separate polyps? Your first description sounded like Clavularia but those are much larger than Hydroids. One animals that forms runners are a type of encrusting Gorgonian called Erythropodium. These can be bad news as they grow...

The max depth of Canandaigua Lake (lake in the picture) is about 275 feet. It averages over 100 ft. Silver lake is quite shallow, I doubt it's much deeper than 40'.

It looks like a sponge or some type of Tunicate to me.

During the summer I kayaked over a school of perch that was at least 20 yards wide and 100 yards long. I've never seen so many fish in one place.

It's a good thing. All I was saying was after you treated your live rock there will be not Bristle Worms. About all that could survive would be the dormant bacteria. The bad news is that it takes a long time to remove all that dead organic material from the live rock. Could be as long as a...

Bacteria forms spores (technically "Endospores") when the environment they are in is slowing becoming inhospitable. A live rock for example, will cause the bacteria to form endospores as the rock dries and the salinity of the water in the rock skyrockets. These endospores are very hardy and...

Are you Familiar with Silver Lake Jay?

It's a picture of Canandaigua Lake.