making an anemone release

[wardworld]

Any tricks to getting a large rose bubble-tip anemone to release from his aiptaisa-infected rock???
I want to move him into my new 180, but not with the rock he/she's on...

 

[MileHighFish]

I have heard you can aim a power head at the base to help,I have also heard to put ice at the base. I have never tried the ice thing personally so you may want to get opinions from someone that has..

 

[mc-cro]

I used to have a green BTA that split probably a dozen times over a couple of years and I have tried ice, i have tried power heads, and various other things. About the only thing I have found to truly get them to release is to massage the foot and gently start pulling at the edge of the foot and eventually it will let go. It has taken as short as a couple of minutes, and as long as hours playing with it before it let go.

 

[Radioheadx14]

I got mine to release pretty fast buy aiming a power head at it an massaging the base... and after a while i used the cut of end of a zip tie (the smooth 'threaded' end) to pry it of the rock slowly.

 

[surge19us]

Apply an ice cube to it's foot.