How to remove an anemone off it's rock

[borderreef]

How do you get a 12" wide bta off a rock it's been attached to forabout 1.5 years? Tickle it's foot!! I just spent 20 minutes tickling the foot of my anemone to remove it from a rock. This after trying to irritate it with a powerhead for another 20 minutes. This bta was a pita.

 

[reeftobe]

Best way i feel really is to pull the rock and cut the rock near the foot and just remove that small piece of rock. I use tin snip to cut the rock. But then again i have the proous pukani stuff. so easy to do.

Many differentent ideas and most jjst seem to PO the nem....

 

[Altezza01]

Leave the power head on him. He'll start to move. Did this last night.

 

[Catchoftheday]

I would take a bucket with tank water in it and pull the rock out and turn it over in the bucket suspended upside down the BTA will fall off give it time .

 

[vai6921]

+1 to Powerhead and +1 to hanging upside down.

I saw several people use a powerhead (not blasting) but enough that the nem would be forced to move. Took like almost an hr/2hrs but the nem moved on its own. Well it loosened it's grip and he was able to remove it with ease after.

 

[cet98]

I generally will remove my BTAs the old fashion way...I use the round end of a large zip tie and slowly/carefully attempt to peal the edges of their foot until I can peel it completely off the rock....of course, this is based on being able to get to the foot. I have tried the powerhead a few times without success...

in fact, my nems LIVE within inches of my MP10 and haven't moved in over a year...:lol:

 

[jt_milstead]

I use ice in a ziploc bag. Rub the foot with the ice.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

I've used the ice in a ziploc bag method as well. It'll loosen just enough for you to gently slide your fingers underneath it.

 

[reeftobe]

Ice is gonna be tough if his foot is buried deep. Or are you guys just icing what you can reach

 

[ca1ore]

I used to spot shade my anemones and they often then moved to a lighter spot.

 

[reeftobe]

did you attemot anything yet? any success??

 

[cichlidconvert]

I would take a bucket with tank water in it and pull the rock out and turn it over in the bucket suspended upside down the BTA will fall off give it time .

That's how I remove mine. It works real well

 

[Jscott11]

I have an anenome who wont stop moving! Any tips to keep them in one spot?

 

[reeftobe]

time....they will move till they are happy. Also don't be changing light or flow as that will kepp them moving likely.

Feeding may help them stay to.

 

[lightning whale]

pull the rock out of the water flip it so that the anemone will try to escape back to the water... this is how i did it and the anemone still alive and happy. and i don't think that 10 seconds will stress an anemone

 

[worm5406]

What did you do?

 

[reeftobe]

where did OP go?:sad1:

want to hear what did or didn't work!:fun4: