Need to Move My BTA!

FallChinook · 02-08-2009, 07:03 PM

We are moving rocks and need to move my BTA a little so we can place some rockwork back.....how can we do this safely??

Dentoid · 02-08-2009, 07:06 PM

It's a delicate and tricky proposition for sure. Can you just move the rock that it is on to avoid harming it. If not, you could aim a stream of water from a PH at the foot until it releases. No hurricane force steam either.

lcstorc · 02-08-2009, 07:06 PM

Move the rock it is on.
Other than that you can try to persuade it to move by pointing a power head in the direction of the foot and I have read good and bad reports of using an ice cube to persuade it.
Don't try to pry it off of the rock. You will most likely tear the foot.

jjohnson3 · 02-08-2009, 08:24 PM

Yea. Just verry gently take the rock it is on and move it. An anemone is just flesh, no bones. If it is torn or damaged it will be fatal so be careful!

FallChinook · 02-08-2009, 08:45 PM

We ended up just rearranging the rock around the anemone. That little rascal! But, I do like the arrangement better now anyway.

jjohnson3 · 02-09-2009, 03:50 PM

That works too! Your anemone might move because the flow will most likely have changed...

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lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 26,482 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Need to Move My BTA! Move the rock it is on. Other than that you can try to persuade it to move by pointing a power head in the direction of the foot and I have read good and bad reports of using an ice cube to persuade it. Don't try to pry it off of the rock. You will most likely tear the foot. __________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.

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jjohnson3 Elegance coral Join Date: May 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 1,056 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Need to Move My BTA! Yea. Just verry gently take the rock it is on and move it. An anemone is just flesh, no bones. If it is torn or damaged it will be fatal so be careful! __________________ >Jason< reefing........it's an addiction........ Here is how the tank is stocked(this will change) FISH 2-Occelaris Clownfish(mated) 1-Royal Gramma CORAL Pagoda Cup, Open Brain, and 12 awesome LPS frags from PEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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FallChinook Ricordea Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 175 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Need to Move My BTA! We ended up just rearranging the rock around the anemone. That little rascal! But, I do like the arrangement better now anyway.

02-09-2009, 03:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
jjohnson3 Elegance coral Join Date: May 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 1,056 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Need to Move My BTA! That works too! Your anemone might move because the flow will most likely have changed... __________________ >Jason< reefing........it's an addiction........ Here is how the tank is stocked(this will change) FISH 2-Occelaris Clownfish(mated) 1-Royal Gramma CORAL Pagoda Cup, Open Brain, and 12 awesome LPS frags from PEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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