Help...Anemone go into holes in LR

[Vincenttan]

Yo bro,

I need help here. My carpet anemone go into one of the holes in my big piece of LR..how do i get it out of the LR??

Pls advice me...

[berrykin]

from wat i noe... anywhere yr anemone been to.. just leave it alone.... even though into holes or wat.... they will be able to find their way out... If u go pull them out or wat.. they are going to die for sure.. this is my experience.. now i never toouch my anemone and it survive for quite a long time ler

[weishun]

yah... better not "pluck" it out or move it around after it picks its spot. Let it stay there. After awhile is that spot is not suitable for it, it will gradually move away by its own.

[jesperlam]

Agree with berrykin bro. Dont touch them if nothing is wrong. Was told before that if you force the anemone out by pulling it out, it'll "injure" the stem. Dont know how true but i feel its quite logical.

[Vincenttan]

for 4 days liao, it still stay inside..maybe will die of hunger soon...

[Eric]

for 4 days liao, it still stay inside..maybe will die of hunger soon...

Leave the anemone where it wants to be as long as it does not pose any threat to your nearby corals.

If shifting the anemone to another spot is a must...........remove the whole rock where its hiding & invert the rock upside down above the surface of the water allowing only the tips to touch the water...........the anemone will slowly stretch itself towards the water surface and eventually detaching from the rock..........the whole process might take 1-2 hours..........

If you cant wait that long, hold on tight to the stretch body portion to prevent the anemone from shrinking back into the rock..........then use a chopstick to ply on the part where its sticking to the rock..........slowly it will release itself.

I just use this method on a Rose anemone yest. night bought from Sugi..........took me 3-4hrs.......but its doing fine in my tank now.

Another method is to shadow the light from the anemone and that will make it change to a new spot........however you got to constantly monitor its movement or else other corals might be "hurt" during his house moving process.

Eric

[siglap]

be prepared, the anemone might split in to two. thats what happen to me. now i got two anemones