How to safely remove an anemone...

[ThRoewer]

How to safely remove an anemone without tearing its foot?

I tried to remove the ceramic dish from the tank with my gig and its foot is attached to the outside rim of the dish. It sticks pretty well to it. I tried to carefully poke the edge of the foot with the blunt end of a bamboo skewer to cause it to retract and it worked for a tiny area. The problem is that it took forever and didn't archive much.
The problem is that the attachment area is not well accessible and that the anemone kind of sits around the rim.

Is there any safe way to cause the anemone to detach?

 

[ExpertMarine]

Some have used ice cubes on the foot and credit cards. I have used chop sticks too...

 

[syngraves]

it takes some time but give your anemone a foot massage lol eventually you'll be able to coax it off

 

[snulma1]

I've heard of the ice trick, I've also heard people aim a PH at it to make it uncomfortable, but I feel like thats a risky move

 

[D-Nak]

For gigs, my weapon of choice is a silicone spatula. Once you get one corner removed and slide the spatula underneath, it's like flipping an egg.

 

[Postal]

For gigs, my weapon of choice is a silicone spatula. Once you get one corner removed and slide the spatula underneath, it's like flipping an egg.

A stubborn, muscular egg in the case of a decent size gig

 

[ThRoewer]

I got it off with my fingers. It was quite a fight and took at least 15 minutes. Afterwards it looked pretty upset and had it's mouth gaping. It closed it right away and I hope that's just being upset and not that it gets sick again. For now I placed it just back on the ceramic dish. Later I will place a tank divider screen underneath the dish to prevent the anemone to stick to the tank bottom again.