How to stop aggressive shrooms

[ci11337]

I have some purple shrooms that are starting to get out of control. i'm afraid they'll be on every rock in the tank and start stinging my other corals soon. How can i kill them? Joes juice? If you cut off the heads they grow back right? I dont want my whole tank to be covered in purple shrooms!!!!!(pretty as they are)

 

[alix2.0]

heres how to get rid of them ~~~~~ SEND THEM TO ME!

 

[saltn00b]

mushrooms dont really sting, although they may emit toxins i believe. have you experienced any other corals dieing from there growth? i would just frag and trade / sell when they are getting out of hand.

 

[regina13]

I Will Take Some!!!!!!!! LOL the only thing is you can ship them to me

 

[petjunkie]

I've tried injecting lemon juice and it didn't work, I've read joe's juice won't work either. You could try chopping them off and injecting what's left with boiling water or kalk paste. Either that or sell off the rocks with them on it and buy clean live rock.

 

[ci11337]

I do frag them but then they grow back in the same place. The shrooms have all but killed my green zoo colony. I dont know if they sting them or just kinda grow over and shade them but they've taken the place of my zoos.

 

[iluvswfish]

What about trading whole rocks of them to people for equally sized rock without the mushrooms on it through your local reef club? You might also be able to sell some to your LFS for credit.

 

[emm0909]

Can you 'pluck' shrooms off the rock?

 

[nycbob]

u cant pluck them off the rock bc any but leftover will grow into new ones. shrooms will spread and cover up all other corals to starve them of lights. i would just take those piece of shroom rocks out and sell them to ur lfs. shroom do take time to grow and propagate. i'd try to control their population bc there is no way of eliminating them, sorta like algae. good luck.

 

[ifirefight]

You can inject corallimorpharians with a calcium hydroxide solution using a syringe and large needle. Only inject the shroom ..dont let the solution get in the water. There is a great article on this in the Aug/Sept issue of CORAL magazine. Pick up a copy for step by step directions.

 

[mudplayerx]

Place a powerhead close to the shrooms and aim the flow directly onto them. They will detach in a few days to a couple of weeks.

 

[reefstar22]

I welcome mushrooms myself. - My whole tank is softies. -I'm suprised they're hurting your other corals. - I've never heard of that.... You sure it isn't other problems?
I'd say buy small bits of live rock and create frags for trade/sell.
Thats what I do personally. I also do it Xenia as well. - Easy money.

I'd say its time to make your tank pay for itself.
Besides, at frag swaps and with pet stores (If you have a good rep with them) - You can seriously make good money. - Aqua-cultured animals/corals are very hearty.