Seeking Advice on Breaking Down Reef Setup (Rainbow Bubble Tip Anemones Taking Over)

[Jwat41885]

Hi everyone,
I’m looking for some advice on how to best approach breaking down my reef setup. My Rainbow Bubble Tip Anemones have started to take over and are unfortunately outcompeting and damaging other corals in the tank. I’ve tried manually removing them from the rocks, but as many of you probably know, that’s proven to be quite difficult.

To simplify things, I’m considering selling off some of the rock with the anemones still attached. All of the rock is LifeRock, with various soft corals also growing on it.

I’m a bit unsure how to go about this—should I try to sell the rocks with the soft corals and anemones together as one package, or would it be better to separate the soft corals and sell them independently?

Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated, especially from those who have dealt with similar situations.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Steve Burton]

Have you tried this method?

Use an Anemone Cannon:

• Create a device using a pipe and sponge to create a light-attracting area.
  
  
• Place the cannon over the anemone's location on the rock.
  
  
• The anemone will crawl through the pipe toward the light and detach.
  
  
• Carefully remove the pipe, and push the anemone out of the pipe into a new location.

 

[silentdeath5]

Looks like most of your leathers are on the outer edges of rocks. If I was in the same situation I would take out the rock and quickly just break it to separate the leather portion. A hammer and flathead usually does the work just fine.