How to attach Hermit Crab Anemone on rock?

[zsxking]

I found a dead anemone hermit crab in LFS couple days ago, and offered to buy the empty shell with anemones attached. The anemones are doing good in my tank now, still on the shell, open big at nighy, ate raw shrimp I feed them. But I have hard time to keep the shell in place on rock, and often get moved and turn up side down. So I want to move them to rock. Is it possible? If so, how?

Thanks,

 

[blackwagon]

Pictures?

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Definitely need pictures. I've never heard of such a thing.

 

[syrinx]

Superglue shell to rock, and situate it so the anemones can climb to rocks next to shell.

 

[zsxking]

Here is the picture.

 

[Maivortex]

The can not be removed without killing them. Only a anemone hermit crab can tickle them off. +1 Glue the shell to a rock

 

[zsxking]

So I tried to pill one of the anemone off the shell, for science And it actually came out working.

I started by pilling off from the edge, just used my nail, and slowly towards the middle. Once I lifted the edge up, pilling the rest is not so difficult, just do it slowly.

After taken off, the edge was a bit damaged, but the middle part was still good. I think the outside ring of its foot is not even part of its real foot. It is just thin skins to increase to its grab.

When I put it on the rock, it did not attach. I tried to hold it for couple minutes, didn't help. So I used some glue to attach it to the rock and crossed my fingers.

Two days later, I found it moved away! The place where I glued it still had the glue left there. The anemone is opening and eating, looks just fine.

Though it may be a bit rough to try, I think it is a successful experiment. I may later try it on the rest of the anemones on the shell to see if I was just lucky or it actually works.

BTW, that shell is now half buried in sand because there is only anemones in one ends.