Killing off mushrooms?

You just about have to cut off part of the rock.

 

Would something like aptasia x work?

 

I would cut them off as close to the rock as you can and then cover what is left on the rock with kalk past

 

I literally scrubbed the blue mushrooms off of a rock with a wire brush, like, a grill brush, and soaked the rock in fresh water in pitch dark for 2 weeks and 1 1/2 years later.....blue mushrooms are back.....insane....remarkable.....forget about it lol

 

Heavy dose of kalk paste with follow up treatments as needed.

-Eric

 

lol just about! Nah I exterminated a huge colony on that rock, probably 20+ individuals and when I noticed them growing back after so long there were just 3 that had popped up and they were small.

 

I know this would be abnormal conditions, would cooking the rock cure this and other issues, Aptasia, mushrooms, Zenia, Kenya Trees....?

 

based on my experience...I would venture to say no lol

But it's worth a shot if you're already doing it!

 

No not doing it.. So what would the benefit of cooking the rock be?

 

Usually just to culture it after it's been "killed" or tortured. If you say soak it in fresh water, or dry it out there is going to be a considerable amount of cells/bacteria/meiofauna dead inside of it so rather than starting a tank with a large amount of nitrogenous waste, having a HUGE ammonia spike, and then dealing with the excess nitrates in the display system itself you keep it in an isolated system. There you can boost the temp and speed up the process by cooking it at 85 degrees or so. The enzymes the bacteria rely on will begin deforming and stop working at an ideal speed beyond 90 degrees. But in this way you can essentially cycle the rock in the window of 2 or 3 weeks whereas it may have taken you 5-6 weeks otherwise. It can significantly reduce the amount of pests introduced to the system too, I just don't think mushrooms are going to respond to much other than drying! Or very extended fw soak.

 

Sure .. Thanks

 

I had a majano wand, and while I tried it on mushrooms, it wasn't very successful. I bought it to get rid of Anthelia, but it was not successful. I guess it's good at what they say it does, but Maybe not so good at what I hoped it would do.

 

I think this might do the trick
http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/reef-aquarium-discussion/74420-use-lasers-controlling-pest-algae-corals.html

 

I think this might do the trick
http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/reef-aquarium-discussion/74420-use-lasers-controlling-pest-algae-corals.html

 

You could...
Laze them
Try injecting with kalk
Try injecting with H2O2

 

Also had luck with Aiptasia X. Hated to do it but they can reproduce rather quickly.