Melting hairy mushrooms

Johniejumbo · Feb 1, 2019

Yep. I can kill anything. Even hairy mushrooms. I have a rock with 5 of them on it. They were so big and fluffy a happy for about 2 months. Now they are melting. I mean soggy donut mess melting. My question is how likely is it any of them could survive once they get to that point. I am trying to decide if I should pull the rock out and scrub them off to keep them from destroying the water in my 20 gallon or if I should just change some water out when it gets bad. I can smell them when I walk in the room. I don’t have much in the tank just some button polyps and gsp and a cuc but I would like to try to not kill those too. Anyone have them come back from the grave before? Or should I just scrub them.

TriggerFinger · Feb 1, 2019

If you can smell then then I would assume that’s a bad sign and they are decaying. I would remove to avoid them falling apart all over the tank and breaking down further

Johniejumbo · Feb 1, 2019

That’s in line with what I was thinking. Just hate to give up on something prematurely. Thanks for the input!

TriggerFinger · Feb 1, 2019

Do you have any pictures of them?

Johniejumbo · Feb 1, 2019

I didn’t think to take one. I can put one up this evening when I get home.

Triggreef · Feb 10, 2019

Syphon them out. If parts stay stuck onto rock that may survive but if you can smell it they already dead. Change large amount of water. 50 to 75 percent. Their death is probly gonna kill the rest of what you have if you don't. Probly big ammonia spike in a tank that small.

Johniejumbo · Feb 10, 2019

I did almost exactly that. Just only changed 25% of the water. Never did get an ammonia spike. Guess I was lucky. Still can’t figure out why they melted. Everything else in the tank seems happy. Win some lose some I guess.

Neo Jeo · Feb 10, 2019

Mushrooms are difficult for me to keep in my tank. I don't know why, it just is lol..

Don't get discouraged but what I have read they like dirty tanks.