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I have a 180 gallon reef that’s about 5 years old. I have some blue/purple mushrooms that I’ve had since 2013 in an 8 gallon nano tank (my first), and I’ve always loved them. Well after putting them into the 180, they’re population has EXPLODED. They are everywhere, and when I say I may have 5000 or more I am not exaggerating. They are all over the rocks, back wall, and just piled up in the corners by the over flows not attached to anything. Well now I am buying my first house, and moving the tank. I want to go mostly SPS and some LPS, but I need to get rid of these mushrooms first. They choke out and killed most of my other SPS colonies.
So I am wondering... is it possible to remove them all from the rocks, without killing all of the microfauna on the rocks? I would love to just move my existing live rock into the new area, so it doesn’t take as long to get the tank ready for acros, but I’m not sure of the best way to remove the MASSIVE numbers of mushrooms at once without just bleaching the rocks and starting from scratch. Any ideas?
So I am wondering... is it possible to remove them all from the rocks, without killing all of the microfauna on the rocks? I would love to just move my existing live rock into the new area, so it doesn’t take as long to get the tank ready for acros, but I’m not sure of the best way to remove the MASSIVE numbers of mushrooms at once without just bleaching the rocks and starting from scratch. Any ideas?