Fraging mushrooms

[Barebottomcorals_Ed]

question...I have a small mushroom colony on a piece of rock. The rock is extremely covered in hair algae. Looks awful and looks to be choking out mushrooms. Is fraging the best option, or what elses should i do?

[SkiCurtis]

So I guess you are tired of pulling out the hair alge by hand? how many mushrooms are on the rock? When you say frag them .. do you mean how to get them off the rock? to frag a mushroom you would cut it in half leaving part of the mouth. then you will end up with 2.

Curtis

[reefmontalvo]

I would suggest you introduce a Hippo Tang to the tank and hermit crabs. I never have had a hair algae problem because of the hermits and the Blue Hippo Tang always eating and trace that may grow in the tank.

[Barebottomcorals_Ed]

So I guess you are tired of pulling out the hair alge by hand? how many mushrooms are on the rock? When you say frag them .. do you mean how to get them off the rock? to frag a mushroom you would cut it in half leaving part of the mouth. then you will end up with 2.

Curtis

 

 

Yes. I want to remove them from the rock. What do i do.? 4-5 on small piece of rock.

Edited March 23, 2009 by Emoney

[Barebottomcorals_Ed]

Yes. I want to remove them from the rock. What do i do.? 4-5 on small piece of rock.

 

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[SkiCurtis]

So you can get a screw driver or chisel and knock off the rock behind the mushroom and have a small rock with the mushroom. then you can glue onto a new rock.but it will come back unless you know why you have it? also why is there hair algae. old lights to much phosphate? I have a hippo and a good clean up crew and no algae.

 

but i do agree with reefmontalvo

I would suggest you introduce a Hippo Tang to the tank and hermit crabs. I never have had a hair algae problem because of the hermits and the Blue Hippo Tang always eating and trace that may grow in the tank.

[Barebottomcorals_Ed]

So you can get a screw driver or chisel and knock off the rock behind the mushroom and have a small rock with the mushroom. then you can glue onto a new rock.but it will come back unless you know why you have it? also why is there hair algae. old lights to much phosphate? I have a hippo and a good clean up crew and no algae.

 

but i do agree with reefmontalvo

I would suggest you introduce a Hippo Tang to the tank and hermit crabs. I never have had a hair algae problem because of the hermits and the Blue Hippo Tang always eating and trace that may grow in the tank.

 

 

Some hair algae on LR when i got it. Was told to leave it alone. (bad move)..Anyways, when i first started tank i was using TAP water. Witch i was told it will take some time to remove all the junk from tap water threw water changes. Witch is causing my hair algea problem.

 

Have 12 hermits, 2 blennies, 6 emeralds, 2 clowns and a Powder blue tang. Don't know how a hippo and my powder blue would get along.?

 

The mushrooms are already on a small piece of rock now. My question is how do i remove Mushrooms for the small piece of rock without killing mushrooms...more or less transplanting them else were in tank..>?