Found Lost Anemone--Need advice on how to move him

[Spacefanmomma]

Good evening! I'm very inexperience with tank keeping and of course my husband is out of town, so he can't help. We have an 80 gallon live rock tank with two clowns, a wrass, an anemone, and assorted CUC. Aside from the fish, everything was acquired second hand.
For the last two weeks, my anemone disappeared. I had pulled up rock and did a couple of water changes, hoping he would reappear. Finally he did today--he made it past the filter and attached himself to the wall. He is still in the primary tank. I need to know how to detach him and if I should bother trying to save him. His turned a little white and has white streaks running through him now. If he's on his way out, I still need to get him out, and don't know how to detach him without ripping him to shreds and killing off my tank. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Mxman38]

I would wonder water parameters as to why he is doing poorly. But to answer your question, i have always used a powerhead. Obviously don't blast it to shreds, but he will UN plant his foot when he doesn't like the flow.

 

[ska d]

Put on a pair if latex gloves and massage the base/foot. It may take a few minutes and it won't get stress ted from being blasted by a pH.

 

[MDO]

He may not be dying. He appears to be super stressed and can recover. Bleaching is what you are seeing. It would be best for you to just let him stay in that spot and color back up than to stress it further and more likely die because you are attempting to remove it.

 

[Anemone]

What type of anemone? Is there a reason why you need to move the anemone immediately (ie, does it receive light and food where it's at, or is it in a dangerous spot)? If not, then I'd say leave the anemone where it's at - it will likely move again on its own.

If you need to move it, being on the glass is one of the best places. It's pretty easy to gently push your thumbnail (or other fingernail) against the point where the anemone's foot attaches to the glass and gently pry the anemone away from the glass. Once you get more than a quarter inch or so pried up, the rest comes up pretty easy.

HTH,
Kevin