how to get rid off small leathers and mushrooms?

Pomme · 11-29-2003, 05:50 PM

how to get rid off small leathers and mushrooms?

i have got some small leather corals growing and some mushrooms on my live rock that i would rather werent there, as i have heard that if they are growing next to a hard coral like, acro or trumpet coral they can kill that coral?

i have mushrooms in other places around the tank, but there are some i would like to get rid of as i dont want to take the risk!

i have heard that if you just try and pull them off they will tear and the new bit will just grow into a new one!

but i have heard of three ways you can do it:

1) use a syringe and fill with boiling water and squirt onto the mushroom!

2) use a syringe again and fill with kalk mixture and squirt onto mushroom!

3) use a powerheard and aim the water from the side and try and twith the mushroom off, and then coat the area with some kalk!

so hat do you guys think of these ideas, which will work and which wont, and which is the best.

or obviously if you guys know a way, please tell!

thanx andrew

**scubadude** · 11-29-2003, 10:19 PM

Hey Andrew

I would just slice them all as close as I can to the LR and throw them in a bag and take them up to your LFS and get some credit for future buys. And in most cases I think alot of LPS will attack a leather or shroom and prolly even win....Alot of LPS send out sweeper tentacles and will sting leathers. HTH

Rocky

**Poseidon** · 11-30-2003, 12:48 AM

I'd let them be and see what happens, since your tank is so new they will be good indicators if something go wrong!!

Pomme · 11-30-2003, 04:19 AM

yeah i will leave them for a bit and them if they do become annoying ill have to get rid of them, but i thought they were quite hatdy, wouldnt it be best to look at a unhardy coral to see if the tank is okay?

hcp28 · 11-30-2003, 08:51 PM

In a new tank you want to see if they will flourish not just survive. If you see them reproducing and growing that is a good sign that your tank is doing well. If you were to try a less hardy coral it might die and you would never know if it was because of water conditions or something else since it was a less hardy coral. Since you are just starting out it will be best to try to get these easier corals to thrive before you moved on to more difficult types.

Henry