too many tree corals!

[tepelus]

my kenya tree corals are plagueing my tank, literally a forest. some are on the substrate where i can easily remove them. some however are attached to the main rockwork of the tank, and this is where i need help. how do i detach them from the rockwork without injuring them? i'm going to give some away and the rest i will try and see if the local petshops will trade me something for the rest. taking out the rocks and chipping them off is not an option, cause i would otherwise have to dismantle the rockwork. any ideas? thanks

[Chubosco]

I bought one this summer and it just had a baby. I was so happy. Now I am beginning to worry after hearing your problem. My first thought was a trade at the lfs. Thanks for bringing up your problem. I will stay on top of these guys so they don't go to plague proportions.

[tepelus]

ok, no one has been able to answer my question yet. is there anyone out there that knows how to detach these corals from the rockwork without harming them?

[Gryz]

They should be relatively easy to frag...if you don't want them at all, then you will have to try to "peel" them completely from the rockwork, or even take a chisel and remove a small part of the rock that they are attached to.

If you still want them, just not so big, take a very sharp razor and cut the stalk...they will grow from there again, but you can rubberband or maybe even glue the part you cut to a small piece of rock so you can give or sell them to your LFS.

If you weren't so far away I would gladly take them off you hands :wink:

[tepelus]

is there a way to pry them off, cause i really don't want them, but yet i hate to kill them. if i could chisel them off, i would but the majority are on the main rockwork and taking the rocks out to chisel means dismanteling the rocks, and i don't want to do that.

[Gryz]

If you can take the rock out for a couple minutes, take a razor blade and just try to peel it off the rock.