how to kill mushrooms?

[cutnup]

I have tried boiling water, joe's juice, aptasia x all with no luck what can I do? I have a few nuisance mushrooms that I can't get rid of...

 

[ginnboy]

cut them off and send to me

 

[engineeronh2o]

Try to grow them. If you try they will do the opposite. Crazy hobby!

 

[Greatwyte]

I too have some bland brownish shrooms that are growing like mad. I would like them gone. They are on a big rock that cant really be removed. I'll be watching for any good ideas to rid my tank of them.

 

[ohchiz84]

send them to me, i seem to be pretty good at killing stuff

 

[profntbtr]

nothing i have found is more effective at nuisance removal than a blowtorch.

 

[va813]

take a tooth brush to them and scrub the tar out of them

 

[brbarkey]

Its always the ugly ones that grow fast and intestinal fortitude of superman...why cant, for once, it be a really cool brightly colored coral

I have some brownishgreenishgrayishmuchish zoa that just wont go away in my nano...

 

[Sk8r]

WOunded, they only reproduce, and will survive the cycle. Remove the rock and sell it to somebody with a FOWLR tank they'd like to texturize.

 

[shovel]

cover it in epoxy that will drown them out of nutrients and kill them the downside is a whit blob on your rock, but that get covered in coraline. and if that don't work:blown:

 

[Tallinu]

laugh

laugh

nothing i have found is more effective at nuisance removal than a blowtorch

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I have a micro torch and a blow torch that I use for removing aptaisia. Works like a charm but I do not recommend this method to the average idiot. Careful application of a micro torch does wonders. Nothing will grow back. If you absolutely feel that you can't live with the shrooms. Get yourself good eye protection. A torch sized for the job. A ventilated location. Extra tank water to dunk your rock in to keep things refreshed and the rock as a whole cool. For something large like a mushroom you'd want to remove the bulk with a razor first, and then turn the remains to ash. A hobby micro torch would be the best as you have great pinpoint control.

 

[sgwill122]

I just toasted a purple mushroom with kalk paste, perhaps he is cowering in a crack planning his comeback but for now I cannot see him.

 

[VAHeatt]

yea send em my way. itll be a early b-day gift for me! think about it!

 

[Brian DeGolier]

Cut them off, scrub remaining chunks with a stiff brush, then take turbo Ca or (Ca Chloride), mash your brush in it and scrub the area with it. Also, you can take a syringe with kalkwasser and inject it in them, but put a toothpick in their mouth so that they don't spit out the limewater.