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How to kill mushrooms?

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Old 06-16-2011, 03:07 PM

Default How to kill mushrooms?

Bought some live rock from a fellow reefer and its infested with mushrooms. How do I kill them? They seem to be popping up everywhere.
   

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Old 06-16-2011, 03:33 PM

Kalk.
   
 
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Old 06-16-2011, 03:48 PM

If there's nothing else on the rock, you could just throw it in the oven for a while around 400
   
 
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Old 06-16-2011, 04:04 PM

I don't want my tank to spike. So I really don't want to cook the rock.
   
 
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Old 06-16-2011, 04:06 PM

well how much rock did you buy with mushrooms on it? how much lr do you already have in your tank? if you are talking about cooking a 5-10lb rock and have quite a bit of lr in there.....it shouldn't be an issue
   
 
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Old 06-16-2011, 04:06 PM

Could always cut them off, making sure to scrape the area they were at very well, to prevent them from resprouting. Then you could give them away pretty easily.
   
 
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Old 06-16-2011, 04:11 PM

Preuss in Lansing will trade you an equal size piece of live rock for the piece you want to get rid of full of mushrooms. If you don't care about saving them, take out your swiss army knife, put the rock in a bucket and have at it!
   
 
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Old 06-16-2011, 04:16 PM

I had the same issue with some superman shrooms~freaking weeds. I took the rock out and scraped them off~but beware they smell horrible!!
   
 
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Old 06-16-2011, 06:13 PM

Wow thanks everyone. I didn't know Pruess did that. I have about 50 pounds covered on red brown and purple mushrooms. There are also tone of green palys.
   
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