[Nowas Reef]

I have a bunch of mushrooms that have kspread and starting to invade some areas of my tank. I like the look but they are getting to close to some corals and afraid they will smother them.

Is it possible to remove them from a rock without killing them? Do I just cut them off and will they survive?

I am not looking to kill them and plan on giving/trading them if i can remove them successfully.

 

[chi]

Cut them off as close to the rock as you can. It's practically impossible to kill mushrooms. Then throw the piece that you cut off onto some crushed coral or rubble in an area where there's no flow and they will reattach.

Chi

 

[Nowas Reef]

Thats what I was hoping to hear....Will the part still on the rock regenerate or just die off?

 

[Balkos]

it will just regenerate. you will have to scrub it off you could always chisle a small part of the rock off its attached too. Not in the aquarium of course.

 

[DLBerlin]

It will regenerate unless you scrape all the tissue off

 

[canisson]

Defianately it will reproduce with whatever is left on the rock...I know this from experience. Even my yuma, which is slowly moving down the rock it is attached to, leaving little bits of itself behind, has left a trail of babies in it's wake...4 now total. Be careful to get every last little bit you can see, or you will be adding to your already over-populous muchrooms!!

Good luck!

 

[Sparty]

I'm going through the same thing. I've decided after the fourth holiday that I'm going to give up and just trade in the rock with the mushrooms for some new rock.

 

[BeakerBob]

If you really want to get rid of the stump piece left over and kill it permanently, put some concentrated Kalkwasser paste on the live parts. If you use Kalk, let the remaining part evaportae a bit to get thick and use it.