Carpet Anemone in a Tank that has been partially rebuilt this January, using rearranged rock from the previous setup that had been running for a year.
Also, substrate change the day before I took this picture, from a coarse 'deadsand' gravel to a livesand. The Cleanup Crew is much happier, the digging snails dig all the time, and I have way less holes in the substrate for crap to accumulate.
Traumatic in which way? Was it on the glass, and you used a bladed scraper to remove it?
I had mine introduced when I still had the ugly substrate in, and it had settled on the glass. I nagged it, with fingers and the likes, it did not want to let go.
So I used an old plastic (Credit or other) card, water was mostly gone from the tank at that point, and started to carefully wedge that underneath, bit by bit. Next day, it was already a nice, open flappy girl.
It was attached to 2 rocks and I had to prise it away with my fingers, trying to do as little damage as possible, but I definitely fucked it up a bit 😔.
It is in my new tank now and has reattached (in a really inconvenient position, but I'm not going to upset it further), but is looking very sorry for itself
Even if they are a bit sticky, you at least have a fairly easy chance to get those out by reaching below and tickling the foot. Or give it an annoying direct blast with a small pump (or a powerhead that is pointed at it, but of course not full blast and point blank)
Carpet Anemone in a Tank that has been partially rebuilt this January, using rearranged rock from the previous setup that had been running for a year.
Also, substrate change the day before I took this picture, from a coarse 'deadsand' gravel to a livesand. The Cleanup Crew is much happier, the digging snails dig all the time, and I have way less holes in the substrate for crap to accumulate.
I have the same anemone and just had to do a traumatic move for it yesterday - am hoping it recovers...
Attached a pic of it in all it's glory!
https://imgur.com/Au8Yl3c.jpg
Traumatic in which way? Was it on the glass, and you used a bladed scraper to remove it?
I had mine introduced when I still had the ugly substrate in, and it had settled on the glass. I nagged it, with fingers and the likes, it did not want to let go.
So I used an old plastic (Credit or other) card, water was mostly gone from the tank at that point, and started to carefully wedge that underneath, bit by bit. Next day, it was already a nice, open flappy girl.
It was attached to 2 rocks and I had to prise it away with my fingers, trying to do as little damage as possible, but I definitely fucked it up a bit 😔.
It is in my new tank now and has reattached (in a really inconvenient position, but I'm not going to upset it further), but is looking very sorry for itself
Even if they are a bit sticky, you at least have a fairly easy chance to get those out by reaching below and tickling the foot. Or give it an annoying direct blast with a small pump (or a powerhead that is pointed at it, but of course not full blast and point blank)