When you put the fitting around the anemone, you are depriving it of a light source. So the anemone will naturally expand through the fitting toward the light on the other side of the fitting. If the fitting is long enough the anemone will detach from the rock and attach itself within the fitting. Then you just pull the entire fitting (with the anemone attached).
Thanks. I’ve got a bunch of fittings I can try that one.
You can use anything, doesn't have to be a fitting. Can be a length of plastic tubing, pvc, whatever you can to get it to get into the tube and get it to detach from the rock. You will need to secure it somehow, as the anemone may just push it out of the way.
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You will need to fiddle with the anemone until it deflates quite a lot. Then you place the fitting or pipe around the deflated anemone against the rock. You may need to use some foam block against the rock as well to keep the anemone from going around the pipe. It has to stay snug in place. Once in place it will take some time but the anemone will seek the light source on the other end of the pipe by stretching itself through the pipe. If you are lucky it will eventually detach from the rock and reattach to the pipe. Once it does that you just remove the pipe along with the anemone.
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