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jimeluiz · 03-27-2007, 09:34 AM

We've had good success with the credit card coax -- but we've also found another approach that seems to balance irritation with real localized stress.

We have a plastic fork attached to a long stick, made up to help harvest nusance algae from the surface of the sand (which we gratefully don't have to do very often when things are going right.)

If we gently poke a bit at the anemone's foot it will retracts some and make it possible to slip the fork (or now the credit card) between the foot and the rock. Patience and a stomach for torture gets us to victory...

Good luck.

03-27-2007, 09:34 AM	#8 (permalink)
jimeluiz Achilles Tang Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Niteroi, Brasil Posts: 829 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: How to remove Anemone from rock? We've had good success with the credit card coax -- but we've also found another approach that seems to balance irritation with real localized stress. We have a plastic fork attached to a long stick, made up to help harvest nusance algae from the surface of the sand (which we gratefully don't have to do very often when things are going right.) If we gently poke a bit at the anemone's foot it will retracts some and make it possible to slip the fork (or now the credit card) between the foot and the rock. Patience and a stomach for torture gets us to victory... Good luck. __________________ Sold the tank prior to our move. Setting up our new life in Brazil.