Help me move my green carpet..

[coralcrazy]

i want to add a piece of coral where the carpet is..how can i move the carpet safely...let me know..

 

[IconicAquariums]

You can put a few icecubes in a sealed plastic bag, and hold it near the foot of the anemone until some of it releases. After that, you can carefully peel the foot off.

I would also wear gloves, but I am pretty allergic to their sting.

joe

 

[coralcrazy]

yea it is crazy..my hand got numb from me touching while cleaning my tank for a couple of mins.. scary...

 

[IconicAquariums]

Take some benadryl(with some food), no sense on getting a rash.

Marinedepot.com sells the long gloves, i think coralife makes them. Not sure where to get the long plastic cattle probing gloves around here.

 

[Josh]

If you got stung in the past, you should definately wear gloves as you are most likely more susceptible to toxins than other people.

 

[MPISCIOTTI]

when i had my blue carpet i removed him with no problem. the next day i had a rash all over my arm hert like a bit$h.. good luck

 

[IconicAquariums]

Re: rashes, use the back side of your arm if you must touch him. Your forearm is probably the most sensitive part of your arm.

joe

 

[coralcrazy]

yea joetbs..thanks for the advise..jesus imagine being a fish and getting stung by that..i mean if it can do that to us jesus..

 

[IconicAquariums]

lol. i've seen anthias get caught in one and somehow swim back out.

You should get a Hell's Fire Anemone. Pack a nice l'il sting

 

[joseney21]

all carpets can kill fish in a reef, right??

 

[Pedro]

I definately suggest using gloves. Although i am a firm believer in that it will stay where it is happy. Not a big fan of placing it where we want it. Just be careful that by moving it you don't make it start to wander all over. That would be a disaster. Good luck!

 

[griMReefer]

lol. i've seen anthias get caught in one and somehow swim back out.

You should get a Hell's Fire Anemone. Pack a nice l'il sting

awesome. i seen chromis escape the wrath as well as dominos. i guess most of the damsel/chromis and maybe some anthias species evolved some resistance being so close to stinging polyps of some sort or the other.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Chromis Damsels and clowns are all in the same family of fish Grim. Not too sure about the anthias.