Expert advise: What is the best way to get mushrooms off a rock?

[prugs]

1. Do I shred them with a stick & hope they die?

2. Do I inject them with kalk paste & hope they die?

I have mushrooms over taking some valuble property in my reef & want them under control.

Thanks, Tom

 

[Sk8r]

Get some air line, a small pump, and subject them to a steady, directed, nuisance bubble stream over a period of days. They'll probably decamp.

 

[MeuserReef]

Get a toothbrush and rubber-band it to the end of your water change hose. Scrub away and the scraps will get sucked up and out of your tank, minimizing the risk of them spreading.

 

[kiknchikn]

Using a dremel or another rotary tool to chop the rock out from underneath them is probably the best option if you can because then you can sell/trade them

 

[audiowerks]

you can use joes juice, its for apistia but it will work for the mushrooms.

 

[andbigdaddy2]

You can give them to me

 

[nrstype]

Get rid of them???!! OK.. wish I was closer.. I would take them!

You could give them away or sell them too. Offer them up for free.. bet you'd have a ton of takers.

 

[Anemone]

I know your pain - red mushrooms taking over. Just took two rocks full back to the LFS (about 40 shrooms total). For the strays, I find digging beneath the shroom with a flat-bladed screwdriver is the most efficient way to remove the entire shroom. Most reef rock is pretty porous and surprisingly soft.

FWIW,
Kevin