evasive green mushroom

[Grayhead]

I had a rock a long time ago that had a small mushroom on it. I thought it was kinda cool. Not having much life in my tank, I keep it . Now it has spread so bad, it is killing my zoas and sps where ever it reaches. I removed some of the live rock and placed in the sump to see how long it would take to die from no light. I also moved the rock because of some evasive brown poly growing as well. Left it for 2 months and it did not totally go away. Any thoughts on removing it. The brown polys, mushrooms and atapsia growing, has made me want to cook my rock and start over. Afraid to do so with so many fish and corals. Afraid of crashing my tank. Any thoughts of how to remedy?

[Toddrtrex]

This happened to me about 12 years ago. There was only one solution that worked for me --- sell all the rocks. Bought all new live rock, ended up breaking even if memory serves.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/MushroomRock.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/RBTAMushroomrock.jpg

[Grayhead]

I'm sure that leaving the rocks in the sound for a few days should do it. I am thinking of taking half the rocks out, cooking them and put the other half in my sump and refugium. Then clean the display. As I introduce the rocks back for reseeding, slowly take the infested rocks and cook them. Going to be painful either way. I have a large build planned for later this year. I want to rid my rocks of this problem now. Afraid somehow I will miss something attached to my coral and pollute the new system.. I think I will document this task with this thread

[icebrg5]

Sell the rocks on craigslist,facebook or a lfs. I would try all those before just cooking the rock.You could also trade them for some other corals your looking for or possibly just some rock that's already live.

[Grayhead]

Why would someone want rock that is already infested with unwanted pest. Doesn't seem right to me.


Took some rock out tonight to start the process. Will update as I go. Uphill battle

[icebrg5]

Not everyone sees mushrooms xenia ext.. as pests. Yes they can overtake a tank after awhile but some people like that kind of look while others don't. I still say its worth trying to sell them or trade them off for something you do want instead of just killing them off.

[ReefCowboy]

This happened to me about 12 years ago. There was only one solution that worked for me --- sell all the rocks. Bought all new live rock, ended up breaking even if memory serves.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/MushroomRock.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/RBTAMushroomrock.jpg

Wow! :eek1:

[ca1ore]

Mushrooms in my tank aren't evasive at all .... Maybe you meant invasive :) Thay are that!

[Grayhead]

Well, I added tank water to a container, added kalk an vinegar to the mix. Drooped in some of the worse pieces. Let sit for 12 hours. All bad stuff dissolved in that time frame. I washed the rock well to remove all particulate the accumulated. Been back in the tank now for 4-5 days. So far nothing horrible has happened. The corals I moved were angry for a few days, but looks like everything is happy now. I have no way of telling if I wiped out the bacteria population in the rock other than monitoring the tank. I do not have an ammonia test kit anymore. I would figure the other half of the live rock would keep that in check. Going to do a large water change tonight. Hope this solves my infestation problem

[Rybren]

Mushrooms in my tank aren't evasive at all .... Maybe you meant invasive :) Thay are that!


Hee hee

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[joshbrookkate]

Not everyone sees mushrooms xenia ext.. as pests. Yes they can overtake a tank after awhile but some people like that kind of look while others don't. I still say its worth trying to sell them or trade them off for something you do want instead of just killing them off.

I agree!

[mcginnisandrew]

If you have any left, you could try reducing the numbers further via competition from other corals. If you can, place sps or desired corals on the rocks above the mushrooms, and maybe they will shade them and they'll stop growing. Just a thought. I haven't personally had this problem but you can always try to incorporate principals of ecology into your tank to fix or prevent problems.

[Grayhead]

I tried several ways to stunt the growth of the shrooms as well as the atapsia with no success. They were killing my corals and covering my rock. I regret destroying them as I did, but I saw I had no choice. If there was a proven natural way to eradicate them, then I would have taken that path. Sorry if some feel how I went about it is wrong, but I was not letting it destroy my investment. As far as giving it away or selling it, I felt that would be worse than killing it completely . Who want mushrooms and atapsia killing off a whole tank. But what I did seems to have been successful without trashing my live rock

[ryeguyy84]

If you have any left, you could try reducing the numbers further via competition from other corals. If you can, place sps or desired corals on the rocks above the mushrooms, and maybe they will shade them and they'll stop growing. Just a thought. I haven't personally had this problem but you can always try to incorporate principals of ecology into your tank to fix or prevent problems.

the shrooms will just stretch toward the light.

[truepercs]

I am sure that someone would want those if you offer them up.