Removing RBTA from rock

[t5Nitro]

Well, I've looked up threads with methods to remove an anemone, and what I just did was the bucket method. I let it hang with the tips in the water over the bucket. Well, it really extended itself but had no desire to let go. So I then started to use a plastic card and worked on the foot for about an hour until it let loose. I acclimated it to the new tank and it grabbed hold of a rock instantly, and the tentacles are out and bubbled (just smaller as if it needs to absorb some water).

My only concern is that the mouth is wide open. I don't know if I did that or it was like that in my other tank. It had just split into two not too long ago.

Is that somewhat normal after undergoing some stress?

 

[this is me]

I don't suggest you doing what you did. Hanging an anemone up side down with it in the water and the rock it attached to outside the water. You can cause some real tear in the tissue depending on how big the anemone is. The anemone can't retract and protect itself anymore if you hang it upside down like that. It will get pulled down by its own weight and there's nothing the anemone can do about it at that point.

The best way to get an anemone out of its location is to blast it with strong direct flow at its foot and wait til the foot gets fluffy. When the foot is fluffy, it's on the move and this is when the anemone can be easily peeled off. You can also massage the foot until it starts to be bothered by it.
The other method is if you're in a rush of getting it out, take a chisel and carefully scrape the rock around the foot that the anemone is attached to.

 

[t5Nitro]

Sounds like it tore then. It seems as if the bucket method is common practice but maybe not. I have the clone to get out of the main tank yet tonight. Maybe I'll try a maxijet 600 aimed at it.

With the other anemone, should the mouth heal up if the base attached instantly and already expanded?

I need to move my clowns as well tonight. Would it be best to make a barrier with egg crate to put over that anemone so the clowns won't get in it?

 

[guarda]

I used an ice cube. Mine let go in about 5 minutes. Put him in my tank and he attached to a new rock in about an hour.