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Black Phantom
11-03-2009, 03:26 PM
It's hard to believe that I actually have to slow the growth of something down but it's come to that point.
How do you keep these things trimmed back?
I've tried injecting lemon juice and that seems to help but does anyone have a better way? They are hard on my LPS when they get too close.
Jackie
11-03-2009, 03:32 PM
Maybe give them away. hehe
shimmy
11-03-2009, 03:49 PM
I would not mind some :biggrin:
mseepman
11-03-2009, 04:03 PM
Do you have pics? Ricordia's don't tend to grow that fast (at least not as fast as regular mushrooms).
Coleus
11-03-2009, 04:15 PM
Give away or sell it to canreef members :-)
MikeP
11-03-2009, 04:43 PM
Shade them out a bit if you can and/or direct some flow from a powerhead their way. That's all I can think of.
Black Phantom
11-04-2009, 12:23 AM
Do you have pics? Ricordia's don't tend to grow that fast (at least not as fast as regular mushrooms).

:redface: Whoops, the Ricordias are next to the Bullseye mushrooms. And it's the Bullseyes, not the Ricordias that are overgrowing the tank.
Anyways, back to my question. Flow doesn't help and these grow great under MH.
I've also got a bunch of frags that are growing under Home Depot grow lights:biggrin: so these things will grow anywhere.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+598+654&pcatid=654
argan
11-04-2009, 05:54 AM
frag em and sell em, or trade them to LFS for credit
fishytime
11-04-2009, 01:29 PM
Tailored Aquatics Aiptasia Destroyer.....that will nuke em:wink: I had the same problem with some hairy shrooms.
Black Phantom
11-05-2009, 12:46 AM
Tailored Aquatics Aiptasia Destroyer.....that will nuke em:wink: I had the same problem with some hairy shrooms.

Thanks, Anyone who has had these things knows what I'm going through. I've already got a doz frags but they grow so close to the rock that fragging doesn't help the spread.
I'll try the juice.

Here's another thought. Is there a nice coral out there that would outsting(is that a word lol) the mushroom and drive it back
BlueAbyss
11-06-2009, 01:55 AM
Hydnophora, if you're interested in an SPS like coral (I think these are like LPS masquerading as SPS). Very aggressive coral, would be interesting to see whether the mushrooms or the Hydnophora wins.
fiorano
11-06-2009, 08:14 PM
lol coral cage matches. we can all bet... on the slowest fight in the world haha 10$ on shrooms !!!
BlueAbyss
11-06-2009, 08:54 PM
:lol: I'll take your bet on that. 10 bucks on an established Hydnophora frag... Coral Master has a nice looking branching type :wink:
The Grizz
11-07-2009, 04:56 AM
I agree with all that say sell off some lol because I would buy some for sure lol