Rock Anem won’t come off rock

[kred47]

Hey,

so I have my rock anem still in my 7 gallon Nano, but I’ve since upgraded to a 30 gallon cube. I really want to move him over but he won’t come off the rock he’s on. I’ve tried everything from massaging him off, holding the rock above the water and placing a power head directly on him. After all of that he still won’t come off. Also the power head has been focused on him for 3 days now and still no movement. Does anyone have a trick to get these guys to come loose?

 

[blaxsun]

Move the rock.

 

[olonmv]

Did you just hold above water or did you flip him upside down above water and let gravity make him let go?

 

[Cell]

Search nem cannon on the forum.

 

[Reefing102]

@Eagle_Steve you got your anemone remover link available?

 

[Eagle_Steve]

@Eagle_Steve you got your anemone remover link available?

Always have it handy lol.

For rfa, best to use 1”- 1 1/2” pipe. Also be sure it is at an angle to prevent nem from getting light.

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[kred47]

Did you just hold above water or did you flip him upside down above water and let gravity make him let go?

Flipped him upside down and held it there for a bout a minute. He still wouldn’t let go

 

[kred47]

Always have it handy lol.

For rfa, best to use 1”- 1 1/2” pipe. Also be sure it is at an angle to prevent nem from getting light.

Safe and Easy DIY way to remove Nems

Due to seeing numerous post recently about how to remove anemones and shrooms without hurting them or destroying rock work. I felt like this was in order. First off, a little back story. Years ago, when I lived in Florida and collected aquatic life on a regular basis, we always had issues with...

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Perfect, thank you Steve and everyone else. Gonna give it a try

 

[Cell]

For baby RFA's, I make a little epoxy snake, circle it around the nem, then close off the top leaving just a small little crack. If it has no other outlet, it'll crawl out the crack after a day or two to reach the light.