Getting BTA off a rock?

[kinetic]

I've read everything from rubbing the foot of the BTA until it starts to separate, to using a qtip to agitate the foot, to epoxying a long PVC pipe's segment around it so it crawls in to seek light... but what's your go to?

My rainbow has split five times and the entire rock is full of them. I'm going to offer them up in DBTC if there's interest or trade.

 

[SupraSaltyReefer]

Great discussion about it from this previous post.

Nem removal

I *think* I've come up with a way to remove anemones from a rock while in the tank, but have not tried it yet. The idea is to make a tube roughly the diameter of the closed anemone using flexible plastic. I'm thinking of using a piece of a cheap flexible plastic binder. Then place the tube...

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[kinetic]

Great discussion about it from this previous post.

Nem removal

I *think* I've come up with a way to remove anemones from a rock while in the tank, but have not tried it yet. The idea is to make a tube roughly the diameter of the closed anemone using flexible plastic. I'm thinking of using a piece of a cheap flexible plastic binder. Then place the tube...

bareefers.org

Oh I didn’t even see that thread. Interesting! I used to do this way back in the day with pvc and reef putty. The foam looks like a nice touch though. I had to break the pipe off the rock after

 

[gmdcdvm]

What I have done is placed a smaller rock on top of the anemone. Secured it as needed and waited for it to crawl onto the rock. Only works in certain situations but it can work.

 

[Vincerama2]

If I have too many and there is a frag swap on the way, I've taken the rock out and used a cold chisel to tap away at the rock under the nem. Often the rock chips off and the foot is still on the rock bits and sometimes you can grab the rock chips and slowly peel/encourage the nem off the rock.

Over the years, I must have separated something like 50 nems.

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[NanoCrazed]

Toss in bucket. Toss bag ofbice to drop by -10F . Nem floats off. Colllect

 

[sfsuphysics]

Never put them in your tank in the first place is the best solution

I've heard ice cube in a ziplock bag my irritate them enough to move, but if they bury their foot inside a good hole in the rock... you're stuck.

 

[ashburn2k]

i just use brute force and pick them off with something sharp from their foot.

 

[under_water_ninja]

That tube method works but with some tweaks. I use a piece of pvc and cut a whole in a sponge, put the tube and sponge over the nem, put a 45* fitting over the top end of pvc, if the light is showing straight down the nem won’t move towards the light. Putting a 45 on the end will force the nem up the tube to get to the light! And boom!

 

[The_Lazy_Reefer]

When I had my nem farm I found the round edge of a credit card to be the best “tool” to remove them safely.

 

[JimWelsh]

Seriously, I always just used my fingers and took my time.

 

[kinetic]

That tube method works but with some tweaks. I use a piece of pvc and cut a whole in a sponge, put the tube and sponge over the nem, put a 45* fitting over the top end of pvc, if the light is showing straight down the nem won’t move towards the light. Putting a 45 on the end will force the nem up the tube to get to the light! And boom!

Great idea using the 45 degree fitting!

 

[under_water_ninja]

Ya they have to want to go up the tube, if they see light at the end of the tunnel, there going up! Lol