These Anenomes are wearing me out

hilde123 · 09/03/2009, 06:12 PM

I have an anenome that is out of control, it has split like 5 times now and is taking over. One in particular is stinging my corals and another is irritiating a clam to the point it may kill it? I have tried everything to get them to let go, from ice to powerhead, but their foot is deep into the rocks and they are not interested in letting go. At this point I just want some of them gone, dead or alive. I was thinking of injecting them with a hypodermic needle with 1-2ml of kalk paste (they are about 6" in diameter), do you think that will make them let go or will they just die and still be stuck to the rock, kindove like aiptasia when you attack them with Joes Juice? Below is a pic of one of the anenomes Im trying to get rid of.

AquaMANNN · 09/03/2009, 07:04 PM

IDK but if you don't want one I would be more than happy to have one.

AquaMANNN · 09/03/2009, 07:16 PM

continuously rubbing the sides (around the anemone) and working your way towards and under the base may be the only way to get at them...

hilde123 · 09/03/2009, 07:37 PM

The foot is so deep in the crevises in the rock I can get my fingers to the bottom of the foot. Is there any other secret to getting it to let go?

AquaMANNN · 09/03/2009, 08:02 PM

idk, mabe taking the rock out of the aquarium and breaking the rock to get it out.....

they shrink up so that its harder for you to get them out... prodding it will kill it

clownaround2 · 09/03/2009, 09:21 PM

Put little rocks around it and make it come out of the cave for more light. Maybe it would stick to the little rocks and can be moved out that way?!

JGHA · 09/03/2009, 09:53 PM

Direct some hard current to the hole in the rock where the foot is positioned this will do the same effect of yourself trying to rub the sides of the foot for it to let go. Good luck.

OwenInAZ · 09/03/2009, 10:13 PM

Have you tried Aipatasia X? Sort of off-label for your problem, but IME it kills anything it touches in there (coraline, part of my echno, palys, etc), so if you can get the anemone to eat enough of it maybe it'll die.

clownaround2 · 09/04/2009, 07:48 AM

Don't kill them! There are to pretty, people spend money to get those. Just be patient, you'll get tem out sooner or later. Hopefully sooner.

asonitez · 09/04/2009, 08:24 AM

what kind of Nems are they?

redfishsc · 09/04/2009, 09:22 AM

Yeah I'd like to have a few of those myself for the fuge!

hilde123 · 09/04/2009, 12:01 PM

I wish someone was closer who was interested, it would be a free if you can get (without tearing my tank apart)deal!

seapug · 09/04/2009, 01:03 PM

easiest thing to do is to completely remove the rocks they are on and take them to an LFS and see if they'll trade you for some new rocks.

09/03/2009, 06:12 PM	#1
hilde123 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 625	These Anenomes are wearing me out I have an anenome that is out of control, it has split like 5 times now and is taking over. One in particular is stinging my corals and another is irritiating a clam to the point it may kill it? I have tried everything to get them to let go, from ice to powerhead, but their foot is deep into the rocks and they are not interested in letting go. At this point I just want some of them gone, dead or alive. I was thinking of injecting them with a hypodermic needle with 1-2ml of kalk paste (they are about 6" in diameter), do you think that will make them let go or will they just die and still be stuck to the rock, kindove like aiptasia when you attack them with Joes Juice? Below is a pic of one of the anenomes Im trying to get rid of.

09/03/2009, 07:04 PM	#2
AquaMANNN Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 21	IDK but if you don't want one I would be more than happy to have one. __________________ Because I said so Current Tank Info: 29g mixed reef

09/03/2009, 07:16 PM	#3
AquaMANNN Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 21	continuously rubbing the sides (around the anemone) and working your way towards and under the base may be the only way to get at them... __________________ Because I said so Current Tank Info: 29g mixed reef

09/03/2009, 08:02 PM	#5
AquaMANNN Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 21	idk, mabe taking the rock out of the aquarium and breaking the rock to get it out..... they shrink up so that its harder for you to get them out... prodding it will kill it __________________ Because I said so Current Tank Info: 29g mixed reef

09/03/2009, 10:13 PM	#8
OwenInAZ Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Flagstaff, AZ Posts: 2,409	Have you tried Aipatasia X? Sort of off-label for your problem, but IME it kills anything it touches in there (coraline, part of my echno, palys, etc), so if you can get the anemone to eat enough of it maybe it'll die. __________________ Owen Professional Bacteria Geek "Ree... cy... cling?" "One day it's a bowl full of cherries, one night I'm suckin' on lemons and spittin' out the seeds" Current Tank Info: 90 gallon tall reef

09/03/2009, 07:37 PM	#4
hilde123 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 625	The foot is so deep in the crevises in the rock I can get my fingers to the bottom of the foot. Is there any other secret to getting it to let go?

09/03/2009, 09:21 PM	#6
clownaround2 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 174	Put little rocks around it and make it come out of the cave for more light. Maybe it would stick to the little rocks and can be moved out that way?!

09/03/2009, 09:53 PM	#7
JGHA Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Guadalajara Posts: 116	Direct some hard current to the hole in the rock where the foot is positioned this will do the same effect of yourself trying to rub the sides of the foot for it to let go. Good luck.

09/04/2009, 07:48 AM	#9
clownaround2 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 174	Don't kill them! There are to pretty, people spend money to get those. Just be patient, you'll get tem out sooner or later. Hopefully sooner.

09/04/2009, 08:24 AM	#10
asonitez Floodicus Maximus Flooris Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,643	what kind of Nems are they?

09/04/2009, 09:22 AM	#11
redfishsc Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 3,696	Yeah I'd like to have a few of those myself for the fuge! __________________ "The measure of a life is not its duration but its donation." Corrie Ten Boom “The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins” -- Søren Kierkegaard Current Tank Info: ghetto grad school reef.....11g rimless tank, 36X9X9, lit by Cree and Rebels scobbled together. Stocked mostly with free stuff I got from panhandling my fellow reefers.

09/04/2009, 12:01 PM	#12
hilde123 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 625	I wish someone was closer who was interested, it would be a free if you can get (without tearing my tank apart)deal!

09/04/2009, 01:03 PM	#13
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	easiest thing to do is to completely remove the rocks they are on and take them to an LFS and see if they'll trade you for some new rocks. __________________ insert clever saying here. Current Tank Info: 200 gallon custom Marineland DD peninsular tank. LPS dominated mixed reef. Previous 90 gallon mixed reef TOTM April 2009.