Toadstool mushroom extraction. Need suggestions

[Neon Aquatics]

Hello everyone,
I am in need of some suggestions on how to remove a giant 14”-16” head toadstool that has taken over my tank. It is shading out all of my other corals, and it is time to go so I can move on with my reef in a new direction. It has attached most of its body to the rock work, and I cannot remove it without expelling toxins in the water. Anyone have suggestions for me? Here is a picture of the shroom in question

 

[PicassoClown04]

I would just rip that bad boy off then do a water change and carbon. But I guess you could also take the entire rock out of the tank and chisel it off or sell the whole rock

 

[JGT]

Take out the rock if you can and then peel him off. If he won’t come off, razor blade to make a neat cut across the trunk.

 

[Neon Aquatics]

The rock work is epoxied together. When I set it up 2-1/2 years ago, I did dry rock, and set the aquascape so it wouldn’t tip over. Coming back to bite me in the butt.