Removing Shrooms from rock? - Reef-Geeks

Sneezy · Big-Geek

How does everyone remove shrooms from their rockwork? Mine are starting to get out of hand and it is time to thin them out.

chris&barb · Lost

You can cut them off but if you leave any behind they will come back. You cant kill them if thats what your worried about.

Sneezy · Big-Geek

Last night I took a steak knife and picked a few off and they lived. I'm not worried about killing them, I am worried about them killing my sps.

Pat B · Geektacular

I guess you could hack them off, it will take time for them to grow back.

chris&barb · Lost

or you could take the rock out and chip them off

Sneezy · Big-Geek

LOL negative Ghost Rider, they are all over my tank and only near other corals.....

cdangel0 · Geek Story Teller

Just take a rzor blad and slice them across the foot as close to the rock as possible. Just keep in mind that they will grow bqack.

I wonder if smothering them in kalk paste like we'd do with aptasia would keep them from growing back?

Personally I am looking to have amushroom dominated tank - seems to be the only thing that can chole out bubble algae.

rgrking · Spawning

Take em out and use a torch on them!!!!!!!

estanoche · I <3 the LEFT COAST!

I've kalked them many, many times before.... when I had them growing on the same rocks as SPS I would just put a kalk paste barrier around my SPS to keep the shrooms at bay, same as treating aiptasia with kalk paste

If you leave even the tinyest shred of tissue, they'll grow back

Barbara · Geekette

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Originally Posted by estanoche

I've kalked them many, many times before.... when I had them growing on the same rocks as SPS I would just put a kalk paste barrier around my SPS to keep the shrooms at bay, same as treating aiptasia with kalk paste

If you leave even the tinyest shred of tissue, they'll grow back

so the kalk worked at getting rid of them too? I want to get rid of a few that are starting to stray from their "designated"

rock

estanoche · I <3 the LEFT COAST!

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Originally Posted by Barbara

so the kalk worked at getting rid of them too? I want to get rid of a few that are starting to stray from their "designated"

rock

Yup - *cross my heart and hope to die* kalk is THE universal unwanted coral killer

Variko · Big-Geek

After you cut the mushroom at the stalk, how do you get it to adhere to the next rock you want it on? Superglue?

rgrking · Spawning

you can try glue, but the really do well attaching on their own. You can use netting like what comes with oranges and such and rubber band it on a rock.

Pat B · Geektacular

Rubber band them to the rock you want them on. The rubber will rot and come off, but the shroom will stay there and spread.

Variko · Big-Geek

That sounds like cake. I had planned on cutting the mushrooms off of the rock when I buy it, so I can place it where I want on my rock structures, without adding small pieces. I also wanted to put the rock that the mushroom was on, in another tank to see what other hitch hikers were there, and to let it regrow for another clipping later on. So just place the stalk of the rock and net it down, and hold the net down with a rubberband? Too easy.

rgrking · Spawning

you can also use a toothpick and put it thru the base of the shroom and then glue that to your rock.

Variko · Big-Geek

Just stick the tooth pick in a hole and glue it down eh? That seems perfect. I could use a 0.060 drill bit and place it exactly where I want. Now if this tank would just get here.....

Tizzo · ♥...I'm justa girl...♫ ♪

Every time I've had to remove shrooms, ive used one of two methods, one is a dremel with a diamond blade cutter and I cut a little V in the rock, the other much easier way is... Since live rock is so very brittle, you can use a large flathead screw driver, and literally pop out a chunk of rock that it's on. Obviously it doesn't work for the ones in crevasses.

04charedcompg · Newbie-Geek

i must get some kalk paste!!

rgrking · Spawning

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Originally Posted by 04charedcompg

i must get some kalk paste!!

now is the time. It's canning season!

[1 (permalink)] Posted by Sneezy 08-19-2010, 08:54 PM	Big-Geek
Removing Shrooms from rock? How does everyone remove shrooms from their rockwork? Mine are starting to get out of hand and it is time to thin them out.	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 9,197 Gameroom cash: $66 Rep Power: 116
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[4 (permalink)] Posted by Pat B 08-19-2010, 09:29 PM	Geektacular
I guess you could hack them off, it will take time for them to grow back. __________________ "HIS word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot." Jeremiah 20:9b *Click on the ticker for the build thread.*	Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Camden, De Posts: 2,474 Gameroom cash: $1220710 Rep Power: 64
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[8 (permalink)] Posted by rgrking 08-20-2010, 01:27 PM	Spawning
Take em out and use a torch on them!!!!!!! __________________ RLTW 180 Gallon Mixed Reef Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8 Friend me up on Facebook Glen King	Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sullivan, Missouri, USA Posts: 9,788 Gameroom cash: $1599290 Rep Power: 161
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[9 (permalink)] Posted by estanoche 08-20-2010, 02:51 PM	I <3 the LEFT COAST!
I've kalked them many, many times before.... when I had them growing on the same rocks as SPS I would just put a kalk paste barrier around my SPS to keep the shrooms at bay, same as treating aiptasia with kalk paste If you leave even the tinyest shred of tissue, they'll grow back __________________ SAY NO TO FISH STICKS!! Put screened and vented lids on your tanks! My 80 Gal. Reef Tank Build: So this is where all my money goes My 25 Gal. QT/Angler Cube: A place for my money to QT/grow out Member/VP of Spokane Coeur d Alene Reef Society Friend me up on FB too!	Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 3,586 Gameroom cash: $1174945 Rep Power: 113
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[13 (permalink)] Posted by rgrking 07-11-2011, 02:05 PM	Spawning
you can try glue, but the really do well attaching on their own. You can use netting like what comes with oranges and such and rubber band it on a rock. __________________ RLTW 180 Gallon Mixed Reef Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8 Friend me up on Facebook Glen King	Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sullivan, Missouri, USA Posts: 9,788 Gameroom cash: $1599290 Rep Power: 161
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[2 (permalink)] Posted by chris&barb 08-19-2010, 09:01 PM	Lost
You can cut them off but if you leave any behind they will come back. You cant kill them if thats what your worried about.	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: De Posts: 12,187 Gameroom cash: $3476370 Rep Power: 100
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[3 (permalink)] Posted by Sneezy 08-19-2010, 09:08 PM	Big-Geek
Last night I took a steak knife and picked a few off and they lived. I'm not worried about killing them, I am worried about them killing my sps.	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 9,197 Gameroom cash: $66 Rep Power: 116
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[5 (permalink)] Posted by chris&barb 08-20-2010, 08:53 AM	Lost
or you could take the rock out and chip them off	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: De Posts: 12,187 Gameroom cash: $3476370 Rep Power: 100
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[6 (permalink)] Posted by Sneezy 08-20-2010, 10:09 AM	Big-Geek
LOL negative Ghost Rider, they are all over my tank and only near other corals.....	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 9,197 Gameroom cash: $66 Rep Power: 116
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[7 (permalink)] Posted by cdangel0 08-20-2010, 10:37 AM	Geek Story Teller
Just take a rzor blad and slice them across the foot as close to the rock as possible. Just keep in mind that they will grow bqack. I wonder if smothering them in kalk paste like we'd do with aptasia would keep them from growing back? Personally I am looking to have amushroom dominated tank - seems to be the only thing that can chole out bubble algae.	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Delaware Posts: 2,240 Gameroom cash: $668537 Rep Power: 72
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[12 (permalink)] Posted by Variko 07-11-2011, 12:15 PM	Big-Geek
After you cut the mushroom at the stalk, how do you get it to adhere to the next rock you want it on? Superglue?	Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Posts: 1,417 Gameroom cash: $354060 Rep Power: 36
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[14 (permalink)] Posted by Pat B 07-11-2011, 02:08 PM	Geektacular
Rubber band them to the rock you want them on. The rubber will rot and come off, but the shroom will stay there and spread. __________________ "HIS word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot." Jeremiah 20:9b *Click on the ticker for the build thread.*	Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Camden, De Posts: 2,474 Gameroom cash: $1220710 Rep Power: 64
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[15 (permalink)] Posted by Variko 07-11-2011, 02:53 PM	Big-Geek
That sounds like cake. I had planned on cutting the mushrooms off of the rock when I buy it, so I can place it where I want on my rock structures, without adding small pieces. I also wanted to put the rock that the mushroom was on, in another tank to see what other hitch hikers were there, and to let it regrow for another clipping later on. So just place the stalk of the rock and net it down, and hold the net down with a rubberband? Too easy.	Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Posts: 1,417 Gameroom cash: $354060 Rep Power: 36
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[16 (permalink)] Posted by rgrking 07-11-2011, 06:33 PM	Spawning
you can also use a toothpick and put it thru the base of the shroom and then glue that to your rock. __________________ RLTW 180 Gallon Mixed Reef Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8 Friend me up on Facebook Glen King	Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sullivan, Missouri, USA Posts: 9,788 Gameroom cash: $1599290 Rep Power: 161
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[17 (permalink)] Posted by Variko 07-12-2011, 09:49 AM	Big-Geek
Just stick the tooth pick in a hole and glue it down eh? That seems perfect. I could use a 0.060 drill bit and place it exactly where I want. Now if this tank would just get here.....	Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Posts: 1,417 Gameroom cash: $354060 Rep Power: 36
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[18 (permalink)] Posted by Tizzo 07-14-2011, 01:49 AM	♥...I'm justa girl...♫ ♪
Every time I've had to remove shrooms, ive used one of two methods, one is a dremel with a diamond blade cutter and I cut a little V in the rock, the other much easier way is... Since live rock is so very brittle, you can use a large flathead screw driver, and literally pop out a chunk of rock that it's on. Obviously it doesn't work for the ones in crevasses.	Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Land O' lakes, Florida Posts: 938 Gameroom cash: $296840 Rep Power: 37
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[19 (permalink)] Posted by 04charedcompg 10-13-2011, 07:10 PM	Newbie-Geek
i must get some kalk paste!!	Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 23 Gameroom cash: $9405 Rep Power: 2
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