Anemone Help

[spiropantaz]

I just purchased a new anemone on the weekend.... unfortuantely it has stuck itself in an unsual spot where no one can see it... so ive chnaged the water directions from the pumps and would liek to place it in a new spot where it wont be annoyed by water current.... whats the best way to move him without damaging his foot.... his stuck to a HUGE rock in my tank that cant be moved. Please help me so i dnt damage him!

[vdituri]

You can try to use the water current to encourage it to move somewhere else. No real way to control where it wants to live. It will just keep moving.

What kind of anemone is it?

[BoomerD]

The sooner you realize (and accept) that you have no say in where the anemone chooses to be, the less stressful this will be...

It's a sad fact that anemones often choose to be in the back of the tank, between rocks that completely block any view of them...THEY choose the spot where the water flow and lighting suits them...for now. You MAY be able to put something on top of the tank that shades the anemone, you've already altered the water flow...time will tell.

[spiropantaz]

Its a green bubble tip anemone!
I need to move it myself as if it moves itself.... it will move over all my other corals and damage them.... how do i go about doing this? is there a particular method or way this is done? also.... how to get it to reatatch without moving around with current once i un attached it from its current spot?

[lcstorc]

You really can't. That is one of the things abiut anemones. Even if you managed to move it without damaging the foot (very unlikely) it will probably move right back. That is obviously the place it feels most comfortable for now.
They go wherever they want to go whenever they want to go there. The only thing you can do is to try to make it uncomfortable with flow and lighting.

[Jason25]

Spiro no offense to you but if you had properly researched nems before you got it you would already have known what BommerD and Lynn told you. It will wander where ever it wants to go and could possibly damage if not kill your corals in the process. If you physically try and move it there is a good chance you are going to injure it or kill it in the process. Next time ask some questions and research before you buy it will save you money, stress and loss of life.

[BoomerD]

I've kept and raised bubble tips for over 20 years. They move where they want, and unfortunately, there's little you can do about where they choose...Getting one to move can be difficult, but if you try the methods I listed above, you MAY get it to move...but it still may not be where you want. Trying to physically remove it from the rock isn't a good idea. Most of the time, the hobbyist ends up tearing the foot, which is almost always a death sentence for the anemone.
SOME people have luck getting them to move by pointing a power head directly at them, while others find the anemone enjoys the extra current. If you can move the rock it's attached to, that may be your best option. (even though sometimes, it's a rock that you like where it is, how it looks, etc., moving the rock is usually better than moving the anemone.
When I used to sell the roses I raised, I usually had to sell the rock they were attached to, (or part of it anyway--hammer & chisel work well to break live rock)

[msbdiving]

Having fun getting mine to move to a smaller "disposable" rock. My bta has more than doubled in size in the last year and decided to move in the last week. To save some corals, I put a small rock next to the anemone and directed a powerhead at it encouraging it to move. So far so good. It's creeping up.

I think it is time to trade him in for a rbta.

[rmlevasseur]

Originally Posted by Jason25

Spiro no offense to you but if you had properly researched nems before you got it you would already have known what BommerD and Lynn told you. It will wander where ever it wants to go and could possibly damage if not kill your corals in the process. If you physically try and move it there is a good chance you are going to injure it or kill it in the process. Next time ask some questions and research before you buy it will save you money, stress and loss of life.

That's not really fair. I don't think there is a nem owner alive, regardless of how knowledgeable, that hasn't asked this question. Fact is, there are some neat tricks to get them to move.