removing yuma's

[youngtimothy]

I need sugestions on how to remove yumas from a rock. I cant remove the rock from the tank, its on the bottom with other rocks on top.

 

[divewsharks]

Can you cut/break a chunk of the rock off? Using some bone cutters keep cutting at the rock to get the small bit the yuma is attached too. The lr is quite porous and should break pretty easily.

 

[drainbamage]

If you can't get at it with bone cutters (which IMO is the best method) you can use a brand new razor blade (burn up a new blade, your yuma is worth FAR more than a razor blade) and scrape/cut the rock. You may not get a big chunk of rock, but you should get a decent amount of rock, or at least rock scrapings, instead of cutting the yuma.

 

[BlazinNano]

Screwdriver. Just did it for an anemone. It takes time but it works. Use a cheap screwdriver rinse it with freshwater before and after. Dry it so it does not rust.

 

[Anthony Calfo]

more like Blazin said...but a woodworker's chisel. Wider is better. This is what many collectors use to harvest them from reefs for collection. The chisel bites into the rock and cleanly shaves a sliver of stone under the polyp without touching any live tissue. Practice on an Aiptasia ;) LOL

 

[youngtimothy]

thanks I will try the chisel, I have a few different sizes.

 

[butts182]

i've never thought of the screwdriver or the chisel...those are great ideas that i will have to try...youngtimothy, let us know how it works out

 

[fsu1dolfan]

I understand the chisel and screwdriver method is the best but is it possible to just slice the bottom footprint with a razor, Do you run the risk of it dieing?

 

[sprinklerdudes]

reading this and just thinking of a buddy of mine that was pushing a little to hard with a screw driver and it slipped, going through the bottom of the tank, , it is about the only way to get the whole thing, but I have used a ice cube applied to the bottom of the foot of the ricodia, mushroom yuma to get it to turn loose, dosn't always work but less damaging

 

[Tabasco1]

Would the ice cube damage the tissue if you leave it on too long? How long are you applying the ice?

 

[fsu1dolfan]

Would the ice cube damage the tissue if you leave it on too long? How long are you applying the ice?

Good question! Seems like a pretty cool way to do it...if it works. Guess its better than a screw driver going through the bottom....i cant even imagine having that happen to me :cry:

 

[drainbamage]

yea, chisel and screwdriver sounds scary to do in a tank! Never thought of the ice cube trick- anyone have more info on it? Might have to experiment on a shroom sometime and see what happens. Obviously need to make sure to make the ice cube out of some RO water, lol

 

[Billgax]

I have had good luck with the chisel method... The right sized tip can be twisted side-to-side in a prying motion... you don't necessarily have to pile drive it downward. Heard of the icecube trick working on anemones, but never on mushrooms and the like. I would guess that anemones can release much more quickly... would probably need quite a few icecubes before the Yuma lets go. Let us know if/how it works. Best of luck!

 

[Anthony Calfo]

it's really very little pressure. I mean, extremely little pressure; woodworking chisels are sharp and skinning off coralline algae or other organic matter is actually rather soft (not dense). No worries.

 

[drainbamage]

it's really very little pressure. I mean, extremely little pressure; woodworking chisels are sharp and skinning off coralline algae or other organic matter is actually rather soft (not dense). No worries.

Remind me to keep my woodworking chisels locked up when you're around :tongue: Our masonry worker would always get a good scolding at the end of the day when he'd borrow any of our wood chisels for "just a minute man, no biggy" and then go pound away on some grout with them :sure:

 

[Anthony Calfo]

LOL. True...they get quickly and categorically ruined after use in saltwater with coral prop efforts :)

 

[HealthyTanks]

A sharp wood chisel would be my tool of choice. As you burrow under the Yuma the rock will easily break away. But I have only done it on rocks that I could hold in my hand.
Don

 

[gmoney243]

Easiest way to remove a nem is to hold the rock its on upside down over water so the tentacles touch the water but the nem is above it after like 5 mins it should release into the water. As for yumas u should be able to safely scrape it off the rock with a razor. It shouldn't harm it unless u butcher it.

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