I recently bought an established 29 gallon nano reef. The one inhabitant I would like to remove is a very large Condylactis anemone. He is healthy and interesting but really dominates the tank and restricts my future planning. He is on a large piece of liverock that is integral to the rest of the aquascaping. How difficult are these guys to remove, and how should it be done?
You might be able to trick it to move onto another piece of rock that you could more easily remove.
If you have lights that are split over the tank, you could turn off the lights on the side that the condy is living on. They will move around until they find their "happy place" (as Happy Gilmore would call it). I don't know how long it will take for it to get moving. It probably depends on how well established it is in the current location. You may just need to remove the rock that it is hanging out on. Don't try to pull it off. It won't work and you'll end up with Condy fragments all over your tank...
I removed 2 of them from my 125. A very large piece of live rock went with each. I tried getting them off with extra current and lighting and even an ice cube. Wouldn't budge!!!! one was a condy and one was a sebae. I wish you luck if you wanna save that rock!! dennis
This has always worked for me: take a piece of LR or old branching coral and lay it so that is pushes against the base of the condy. Even if it has been in the same spot for a year or more, I have been able to move them doing this. I put pieces of agrocrete or small (read nectarine-sized) pieces of LR around the base, and the anenome will crawl onto one of these to escape the pressure of the piece you have laid on the anemone's base. Don't make the piece you lay on the anenome too large, just large enough to put stress on the anenome, but not so big that it might injure the tissue. If you're a little shy of trying this, put the stressor next to the anemone and gradually move it next to the anenome's foot. Move it a little closer until it begins to move, then you can judge based on the anemone's reactions.
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