Sea Hare

[markeo99]

SEA HARE what can everybody tell me I want to get one for hair algae will they eat algse sheets or do they starve?
are they reef safe ?

 

[bruner54]

they are reef safe they definitly do a good job on the hair algae you should be able to feed it algae sheets

 

[morval]

reef safe: yes
hair algae eater: yes
nori: yes
but be careful of them near power heads thats how i lost mine

 

[rcreations]

I thought I heard somewhere that they posion your tank when they die. I could be wrong though, I never had one myself.

 

[markeo99]

I heard they release a die when harrased is about it

 

[morval]

yes they realease a red/purple ink when there threatened lucky for my the one that was in the power head didnt do that till i pulled it out. and i have also heard that they are toxic if they die and are not removed right away

 

[kaliman33]

I had one for a while in my reef tank and someone ate him, i was pissed but nothing happened, no toxic stuff and no die, i think my flame angel or coral beauty ate him, i hate when that happens, i think they just ate my flame scallop, and 1 emerald crab is missing a claw.

 

[zeke92]

i found two of these in carolina at the beach. one died of water quality (don't ask) and another was hurt from washing up on shore. i couldn't save the second one and it let out purple nasty stuff when it was 'bleeding' and it made the water sickning. so definatly be careful not to get them sucked into a powerhead or anything cause they will cause issues.

 

[cjqsmom]

Originally Posted by kaliman33
http:///forum/post/2645127
I had one for a while in my reef tank and someone ate him, i was pissed but nothing happened, no toxic stuff and no die, i think my flame angel or coral beauty ate him, i hate when that happens, i think they just ate my flame scallop, and 1 emerald crab is missing a claw.
do you have evedince that he is dead. Mine will disapear for a week then show up then be gone again they are good at camoflaging themselves some days I am searching for it only to find it infront of my face. I usually look for the poo To amke sure its ok.
Does anything eat a sea hares poo?

 

[cjqsmom]

Originally Posted by morval
http:///forum/post/2644188
reef safe: yes
hair algae eater: yes
nori: yes
but be careful of them near power heads thats how i lost mine

and it sucks (no pun intended) I had to fight my powerhead to release the sea hare and that was gross After pulling it out I threw out the powerhead it had no cover (came from a used tank) THen realized the hare was to big to flush so I had to wrap it and dump it Could have down that while it was stuck in the powerhead

 

[globaldesigns]

my sea hare ended up starving to death, did not eat algae sheets. But it did do a great job on the algae

 

[markeo99]

thank everyone I decided not to get one I had some ph issues that needed to be delt with and my algae is dyeing off

 

[emilaya101]

I have one... he is wicked cool....
Didn't know about the toxin thing though.
Course the lfs didn't tell me