Hello everyone,
I have had great success removing Majano anemones with a dental pick. I have noticed that Majano don’t seem to put their feet down as strongly as Aptasia do. If you get the sharp point of a dental pick through the mouth of one and go all the way down to where the foot is attached to the rock, then scrape around slowly back and forth, 9 times out of 10 they will usually release without much more fuss. The trickiest part is if they are situated in a way that is hard to get to their feet. If you can safely remove that rock, go for it. Otherwise I’d say just keep tabs on it often so eventually you can try to scrape it out again.
By the way, NEVER DO THIS TO APTASIA…haha. If you do you will just have 6 more in a month or two. With Aptasia I have been successful with peppermint shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni), Copperband butterfly, Berghia nudibranchs, and sometimes chemicals like Joe’s Juice or Red Sea Aptasia X, though most often it just seems like the chemicals are only stunting or irritating them more or less. Also be aware the the run of the mill Copperband does not do nearly as well in captivity as the Australian version. Check out THIS ARTICLE on Australian Copperband butterflyfish in a 2013 Tropical Fish Hobbyist online article.
Just in case you aren’t aware of the difference, Aptasia generally has sharp tipped tentacles while Majano have rounded looking tentacles. I’d share a picture here but just a quick Google search will show you the difference.
Good luck out there. I hope you don’t run into a problem with these nasty little buggers as although they are easy to remove physically, they are a royal pain in the end to track down and eliminate. Thanks for reading and let me know if you try the dental pick method.
Recent Comments