I Hate Mushrooms!

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Joshsmit56001

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Mushrooms are the worst coral, to me they are considered a nuisance algae. One will multiply into thousands and take over your entire tank! I just needed to come on here and vent my frustrations to some people that know what I am talking about. I am lkike every other reefer, started off with soft corals and mushrooms, thought they were cool until I started to buy hard corals. Moved to LPS corals and found some good ones, but also found some bad ones (galaxea, grrrr). Now I am really into SPS and the corals I thought were cool before are now just annoying. Man I can't wait to set up my 150 now. The problem I have now is what to do with all of the live rock in my 30 gallon right now that is covered corals I don't want. Maybe some of you can answer that question for me.

Frustrated,
Josh
 
A lot of people would love to have some of the corals you (and many others) consider a nuissance.

My suggestion is to either sell the rocks to local reefers or a LFS, or just trade them for straight up live rock. Most people would see that as a pretty good deal Im sure =)
 
I would agree. If they're that much of a nuisance, trade the rock, pound for pound, with a store or fellow reefers. Odds are you'll be able to pawn it off people who are just starting, or those with soft coral dominated tanks.

Good luck.
 
Frag them off and trade for SPS frags. Thats what i did. I know what your talking about, mushrooms almost overtook my nano!
 
i was at that point once in a 100g my first 2 years of the hobby.

i didnt know what to do with them all, i had a new wife who put in a heniochus in my reef and he took care of half of everything before i could get him.

go into the stores and see what there charging for your nuisance algae and it will blow you away. :)
 
Thats a great problem to have Josh. Like the others said. Frag them off and take them to the store. Get some rock rubble. Live or dead, it doesn't matter. Fill up a plastic container or 8x11 pyrex cake pan. Pull the little beggers off your rock and put them in the pan. Cover the pan with plastic netting. Synthetic hair nets or vegetable packing net works or anything else your imagination comes up with. If you leave any tissue on the rock after pulling them off, put some kalk paste on it or try scrubbing real hard. After the mushrooms reattach on the rock rubble, take them to the store and tell them you have some coral rock. Or try e-bay or the paper. Places sell mushrooms for $35 a rock. Or not. Just my 2 pennies.

Mike
 
my mushroms are "jumping ship" off their rock and floating around my tank trying to find a place with more room to multiply.
 
I am having the same issue. I want to get some more LPS but cant due to mushrooms. Here is an older pic.
FullTank.jpg
 
Is mushroom overgrowth the same as xenia or nuissance algae growth...due to excessive nutrients? Just wondering, since I am setting up my new tank now, and don't want these problems. Also, though I have heard of this problem, it's certainly not the norm., IME. Just curious.....
 
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SDguy, It would not be a water problem, Its more like have too good of water that the mushrooms like it too much. Its just excessive reproduction due to moving. When they move they leave a trail behind them that "sprouts" new mushrooms. Before you know it you have a mushroom "problem"
 
I wasn't saying it was a water "problem"....I just notice in my own tank, I had the same 4 purple mushrooms for many years. It was only after I added some anthias, and began feeding the tank more, that the mushrooms finally started reproducing. Just adding some observations...I think mushrooms prefer higher nutrient waters.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8107395#post8107395 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SDguy
I wasn't saying it was a water "problem"....I just notice in my own tank, I had the same 4 purple mushrooms for many years. It was only after I added some anthias, and began feeding the tank more, that the mushrooms finally started reproducing. Just adding some observations...I think mushrooms prefer higher nutrient waters.
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You are correct in your thinking. If you're doing really well with mushrooms and they're producing like mad odds are a lot of lower nutrient/higher light loving corals wouldn't do so well in your aquarium.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8107200#post8107200 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by avshockey311
I am having the same issue. I want to get some more LPS but cant due to mushrooms. Here is an older pic.
FullTank.jpg
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Wow, looks like you have all of them, GSP, Mushrooms, and Xenia.
 
I really like mushrooms, so if either of you decide to frag, send them my way. :thumbsup: I'm not joking - seriously pm me. :D
 
Trade rocks. Trade a big rock with muxhrooms on it with someone or some store for one without mushrooms on it.

Mike
 
LOL...I've been there too. As others have said, trade them, chip them off the big rocks and sell them. Beware or your tank will be overrun!!!!

Old picture...before the removal of the mushroom plague!!
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:D
 
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