Help me remove my Anemone from my rock!

turbonegro · 03/19/2007, 05:04 PM

I have had this guy for a little over a year with no problems. For the past few weeks he has been causing trouble with some of my sps frags. I want to relocate him to another tanks before he kills my bali slimer and ORA turq stag. Could you give me some pointers on how to remove him. Thanks Bobby

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BAYONNEREEF · 03/19/2007, 05:48 PM

very nice tank

zoomfish1 · 03/19/2007, 06:15 PM

Here's what works for me. Rub ice on the foot. I used about 3 pieces; after one melts, do another, then another. Next, Take a credit card and work a small piece of the foot up. Be very careful not to tear the foot. Last, work the foot off the rock very slowly until you get it all off.

The whole process could take as long as 10-15 minutes. When you get the first small portion of the foot off the rock you'll think, wow, that was easy. Don't get too confident, that was the easy part. Go slow, this process has worked 4 or 5 times for me.

I tried pointing a powerhead at the foot, did nothing for me. May work for some, but that only makes them move, not release.

uscharalph · 03/20/2007, 02:11 AM

Ice huh!?!

turbonegro · 03/20/2007, 09:25 AM

I tried the ice, but his foot is in a hole under the rock. Is there another way?

jmick · 03/20/2007, 11:28 AM

I had the same problem with a rock anemone that had it's foot fairly deep in a hole in the rock and I needed to move him. First tried aiming a powerhead at him and that didn't work. Ended up putting a rock on top of him and that did the trick, took about 6 hours for it to move far enough for me to pull it loose.

cschweitzer · 03/20/2007, 12:58 PM

Put a black piece of acrylic over him to shut out the light...make it to where he is forced around the acrylic(away from the corals) to get light. They will sometimes reattach their base on the bottom of the acrylic. If this happens, you're lucky and can pull the acrylic out. If not, he will have to rearrange his base to gain light source. While moving, they are easiest to get off the rock.

03/19/2007, 05:04 PM	#1
turbonegro Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: york, PA Posts: 391	Help me remove my Anemone from my rock! I have had this guy for a little over a year with no problems. For the past few weeks he has been causing trouble with some of my sps frags. I want to relocate him to another tanks before he kills my bali slimer and ORA turq stag. Could you give me some pointers on how to remove him. Thanks Bobby [/IMG] [IMG][/IMG]

03/19/2007, 06:15 PM	#3
zoomfish1 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Claremore, Oklahoma Posts: 1,659	Here's what works for me. Rub ice on the foot. I used about 3 pieces; after one melts, do another, then another. Next, Take a credit card and work a small piece of the foot up. Be very careful not to tear the foot. Last, work the foot off the rock very slowly until you get it all off. The whole process could take as long as 10-15 minutes. When you get the first small portion of the foot off the rock you'll think, wow, that was easy. Don't get too confident, that was the easy part. Go slow, this process has worked 4 or 5 times for me. I tried pointing a powerhead at the foot, did nothing for me. May work for some, but that only makes them move, not release. __________________ Zoomfish Current Tank Info: 75g RR, dsb w/90 lbs sand, 150 lb live rock, anemone & LPS tank

03/20/2007, 02:11 AM	#4
uscharalph Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 1,248	Ice huh!?! __________________ Ralph Mendoza Jr. Long Beach, CA Current Tank Info: 80 Gallon Reef Tank

03/20/2007, 12:58 PM	#7
cschweitzer Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UCF area, Orlando, Fl Posts: 3,163	Put a black piece of acrylic over him to shut out the light...make it to where he is forced around the acrylic(away from the corals) to get light. They will sometimes reattach their base on the bottom of the acrylic. If this happens, you're lucky and can pull the acrylic out. If not, he will have to rearrange his base to gain light source. While moving, they are easiest to get off the rock. __________________ Two fish are sitting in a tank...one looks over to the other and says, "I hope you know how to drive this thing!" Current Tank Info: 180G, mandarin dragonette, a leather, an acan, and a micromussa

03/19/2007, 05:48 PM	#2
BAYONNEREEF Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: BAYONNE NEW JERSEY Posts: 50	very nice tank

03/20/2007, 09:25 AM	#5
turbonegro Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: york, PA Posts: 391	I tried the ice, but his foot is in a hole under the rock. Is there another way?

03/20/2007, 11:28 AM	#6
jmick Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bartlett, il Posts: 402	I had the same problem with a rock anemone that had it's foot fairly deep in a hole in the rock and I needed to move him. First tried aiming a powerhead at him and that didn't work. Ended up putting a rock on top of him and that did the trick, took about 6 hours for it to move far enough for me to pull it loose.