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01/25/2006, 08:44 AM
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Location: Cary NC
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need a reef fish that eats soft corals
I have a 65 gallon with lps, a few sps, and some softies that have really started to overgrow the tank. The mushrooms seem to be taking over!
Currently I have a yellow tang, 2 small percs, a six line wrasse and a royal gramma. Any other fish I should try that might eat the mushrooms... Yeah, I realize I would be introducing a fish that is not reef safe, but I really have no other choice.  Any suggestions would be highly appreciated! Kirk |
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01/25/2006, 08:54 AM
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Make frags and sell or trade!
Or, there are wrasses that eat corals. Not sure what else eats them. |
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01/25/2006, 08:57 AM
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When you find a fish that eats mushrooms let me know!
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01/25/2006, 11:05 AM
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I had a Pearlscale Butterfly that ate every mushroom in my tank. The fish was prettier than the mushroooms, so I didn't mind. It also ate the tentacles off button polyps.
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01/25/2006, 12:30 PM
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the larger Angelfish (Emperor, Koran, blue-faced, Queen, etc.) and even some dwarfs, some wrasses, butterflies, triggers....
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"i hate old people and noobs, they never fight back or get ****ed off...too mature an stuff" Current Tank Info: 58 gal. Oceanic sps and 55 gallon softies and lps |
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01/25/2006, 01:41 PM
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Chocolate chip starfish will eat mushrooms.
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01/25/2006, 03:50 PM
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Did the pearlscale eat any other desireables?
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01/25/2006, 09:16 PM
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Just snip the heads off with a pair of sissors, then if it comes back, as some will, snip the new head off.
I would second frag them and sell them.
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01/25/2006, 11:23 PM
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On many tanks snipping off heads is simply impossible. cant get the rock out or my hand in.
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