dtitus1 Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Anyone know? I've seen my buddy use an ice cube on the foot to get a bubble tip to let go would that do it? Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I leaned my rock that it was on to the side, so it slowly slid itself down. Link to comment
Rehype Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 If possible slowly remove the rock its attached to out of the water. As its exposed to the air it will begin to detach. This has worked for me on numerous occasions. Link to comment
dtitus1 Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 good info thanks guys. Link to comment
opaquelace Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 My LFS takes the rocks out of the water to get the anemones to release. Why do they have rocks in their anemone tanks? I have no clue. Link to comment
Lawnman Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I leaned my rock that it was on to the side, so it slowly slid itself down.This is how I remove BTA's along with patience. Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 This is how I remove BTA's along with patience. In one overnight, mine had moved down so I could give it a better place to hitch. yeah, I don't like forcing it other ways. Link to comment
Chew_Magna Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Wow I've never had any nem let go just by pulling the rock out of the water. Every time I've had to get a nem off a rock I've had to break the rock under it's foot. Link to comment
dtitus1 Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 To resurrect this, 2 out of my 3 nems didn't release with the slowly exposing it to air method, the third one I haven't tried yet. Sort of leaves me in a bit of a pickle though as to what to do with these things... Link to comment
pgrVII Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 You can move the rock close to your tanks wall and run a hair dryer to irritate it off. Worked on my condylactis Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Can you lean the rock it's on so it slides off/down? why do they have to come off? what's the story? Link to comment
Harrisonbored Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Just spit ballin' here but... maybe try a few small pieces of LR rubble placed just barely on/around it. Enough so as to slightly aggravate it and make it want to move. And then hopefully it just ends up on the rubble for easy extraction. Or if not maybe the slow air method will work after that. Link to comment
dtitus1 Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Do you guys think touching it with an ice cube would work? Link to comment
Harrisonbored Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Did you ever get the other ones off? I'm about to upgrade tanks and will most likely have the same issue. Link to comment
dtitus1 Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Haven't tried yet. I'm honestly gonna try touching it with an ice cube I've seen it work with a bubble tip and it seemed to be fine afterwards. Link to comment
Harrisonbored Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 GL- Hope it works out Link to comment
Mike Savage Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 A powerhead pointed at its foot frequently works too. Link to comment
Rollermonkey Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I moved my MP10 a couple weeks ago and my biggest maximini seems to like being blasted with it. I am going to have a hell of a time getting that one out. Link to comment
hinnenkm Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I switched tanks a couple weeks ago and had one of my rock flowers attached to the bottom of the tank. After removing everything else and pointing a powerhead at its foot, nothing happened. I then tried an ice cube and it released right away and then attached again right away in the new tank and hasn't moved since. Seems to me that an ice cube might be the quickest method. Link to comment
Mirya Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 You might find this useful. Mr. Saltwatertank covers multiple methods of moving anemones: Link to comment
paulrw Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 My LFS takes the rocks out of the water to get the anemones to release. Why do they have rocks in their anemone tanks? I have no clue. the petco in the town over has a pretty decent selection of saltwater critters. i've been there on 3 separate occasions and wanted to purchase a maxi mini. every time i ask to get one the guy just says "yeah we can't get them off the rocks". soooo why "sell" them. lol. Link to comment
bpb Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Following. When I bought my bubble tip the owner hung the rock in open air over a bucket for 2 hours and the anemone just dangled there. Even when agitated with ice cubes as well. I ended up taking the rock. Then 6 months later it split. 2 is a crowd and I have no idea how to remove it. ID GIVE the anemone away if someone could help remove it. It's foot is deep in a porous rock fully encrusted with Acropora. Removing the rock is NOT preferable. I don't want my acros exposed to air that long. The anemone would hold out longer than they could Link to comment
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