getting anemones to let go thread

[reefboarder]

Yeah I won! Then I proved myself superior by using the nem in a breeder box to trap my black o's! worked like a champ.

 

[cardiffgiant]

Glad you got it! I've got one living in my overflow. I'll be jumping for joy if I can ever figure out a way to get it out of there.

Tom, I have found it a lot easier to be gentle and more accurate to use an old credit card, than ones finger.

I injured a condy once by trying to move it with my fingers. (it recovered within a couple of weeks). I've used the credit card trick successfully a few times since. The key is to go very slowly.

 

[teamdulski]

Reefboarder which method did you use?

 

[reefboarder]

I used the end of a brush from a kit for cleaning pumps and power heads. It had an eyelet that was plastic coated and it was stiff enough to keep working the foot off. The rock was particularly jagged and porous so the nem had a pretty good foothold.

 

[pascal32]

glad it worked out for ya. I had one which kept wandering, surrounded him with rubble rock to get him out. Same might work with something making them move like a powerhead.

 

[GMaquarium]

I have used the rubber tip dental pick. I get one every six months from the dentist but keep loosing them. Finger with no nail works just need to be carefull. Sometimes chipping some of the rock is safer.