Houdini Bubble Tip Anemone

[peteyboyny]

Just so there isn't any confusion, I have 2 RBTA's. One is listed in another thread on MR. That is NOT the one we will be discussing here today.
The one we will be talking about started to move around after I cleaned and moved my powerheads around.
Three days ago, I noticed he was moving down the back wall of my tank. That night I noticed he was tucked up under the return pipe near the top of the overflow. The next morning...gone! No where to be found.
Well, after searching again this morning, this is what I found. Any ideas on getting him out?

 

[peteyboyny]

:scratchchJust in case you can't see...he's inside the overflow on the return standpipe. Really? How the heck did he manage that?

 

[bertyboy69]

One way i can think of which wont be very fun is , drain the overflow carefully with a hose or shop vac and the remove the return line so you can get to the foot and gently pry him off , tge other option you could try is putting a powerhead in the overflow to try and get him to move, both will be fairly stressful on the anemone though

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[peteyboyny]

Good idea. Gonna have to try that. Thanks.

 

[bertyboy69]

No problem ive had my share of wandering anemones! Never gets any better hahaha

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[lnevo]

Is your standpipes glued? Mine arent...maybe you could pull them out and nem with it..

 

[peteyboyny]

Okay, things just went from bad to...OMG, what the heck do I do now?

 

[peteyboyny]

There isn't really any way to get to him now. Just gotta hope he ends up walking to the top, and into my filter sock.