Sea Hare deaths

azreefgirl

azreefgirl

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About a month ago I bought a blue-spotted sea hare to help with my various algae infestations. Within 48 hours it was dead. I took it back to LFS (gotta love their livestock guarantee!) with a water sample. After they determined my water to be fine, they told me there would be one in the next shipment and I could have that one. I go in to pick him up and find that he had gotten his head stuck in the tank divider, and the crab on the other side of the divider had enjoyed sea hare head for dinner! :scared: So, the next week they get another one in. I asked them to hold him for a couple weeks while I did some aquascaping renovations, so they put him to work in one of their tanks. He was living happily and thriving in there for a few weeks and I took him home Tuesday night. He wasn't moving around a whole lot on Wednesday night, and this morning (Thurs) when I checked the tank, I found about 1/3 of him laying on the sand next to rock!

Apparently, I am the Grim Reaper to the sea hare population. Don't worry--I will not be getting another one.
Any idea of why 2 sea hares would die in my tank?

My water parameters are:
pH 8.4
Amm 0
NO3 0
NO4 0
Ca 420
Alk 8
Temp 80-82
 
azreefgirl

azreefgirl

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The first one was floated in a bag in the tank for about 2 hours, then I added about 1/4 cup tank water every 20-30 minutes for another 2 hours. The second one was floated for about an hour, then I added water every 20-30 min for another 2 hours.
 
mx mr bean

mx mr bean

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maybe there are hardier sea hares than others mine has been in my tank for a few months now and the one that i previously had only died because i accidentaly flipped over a rock trapping him in the bottom. woops lol.
 
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cadillac swang

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Originally Posted by mx Mr Bean
maybe there are hardier sea hares than others mine has been in my tank for a few months now and the one that i previously had only died because i accidentaly flipped over a rock trapping him in the bottom. woops lol.
lol, sea hares, what are these things, where can i get a pic to look and possibly order
 
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