runn3rb3an
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I wa moving my feather duster and i hit my sea hair and black stuff came out of him will my tank and sea hair be ok
Help me please
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runn3rb3an
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will i be ok
flower
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Originally Posted by runn3rb3an
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I wa moving my feather duster and i hit my sea hair and black stuff came out of him will my tank and sea hair be ok
Run carbon to counteract the toxins released by the sea hare. If you bother a sea hare they release a poison, a water change wouldn't hurt either..
http:///forum/post/3224601
I wa moving my feather duster and i hit my sea hair and black stuff came out of him will my tank and sea hair be ok
Run carbon to counteract the toxins released by the sea hare. If you bother a sea hare they release a poison, a water change wouldn't hurt either..
lmecher
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Sea hares ink just like an octopus. I coppied this from the sea slug forum. I wasn't sure if I could post a link. This is the a question similar to yours. HTH
Question:
Today our Sea Hare was pulling in like it was trying to form a ball or shrivelling up or something. I wasn't sure if it was doing alright, but didn't feel like getting wet so I touched him with the net a couple of times to make sure he was alive, but then it spit out the ink cloud. Terrifying. I freaked out and netted him and put him in a separate container and changed 4 gallons of water. He/she didn't ink anymore and was moving around fine in the other container so we put him back into the tank. The other fish don't look like the ink effected them. Are they being bothered at all, or is the ink poisonous to them?
Answer:
Have a look at the Fact Sheet on Sea Hare ink. I think your fish have answered the question themselves. As far as I know it is not poisonous. In aquaria, Sea hares need to eat red algae to make their ink. Normally aquarium Sea Hares are fed green algae so inking is usually not a problem.
Question:
Today our Sea Hare was pulling in like it was trying to form a ball or shrivelling up or something. I wasn't sure if it was doing alright, but didn't feel like getting wet so I touched him with the net a couple of times to make sure he was alive, but then it spit out the ink cloud. Terrifying. I freaked out and netted him and put him in a separate container and changed 4 gallons of water. He/she didn't ink anymore and was moving around fine in the other container so we put him back into the tank. The other fish don't look like the ink effected them. Are they being bothered at all, or is the ink poisonous to them?
Answer:
Have a look at the Fact Sheet on Sea Hare ink. I think your fish have answered the question themselves. As far as I know it is not poisonous. In aquaria, Sea hares need to eat red algae to make their ink. Normally aquarium Sea Hares are fed green algae so inking is usually not a problem.