Dolabella Sea Hare

H@rry · Feb 3, 2018

Ugly Algae Eating blob of Jello

NowGlazeIT · Feb 3, 2018

H@rry said:
Ugly Algae Eating blob of Jello

This would give my wife nightmares hahahha

Globalbutterfly · Feb 3, 2018

Awesome algae eating blob of jello!
Also Zen flow surfers.

NowGlazeIT · Feb 3, 2018

I would love to get one if they didn’t walk around with a c4 style toxic ink in there back pocket all day.

NowGlazeIT · Feb 3, 2018

Globalbutterfly said:
Awesome algae eating blob of jello!
Also Zen flow surfers.

Wooooah

Now I really want one

Globalbutterfly · Feb 3, 2018

He was my absolute fav in the tank until he turned suicidal and tried to clean the inside of my powerhead. Very, very sad day.

H@rry · Feb 3, 2018

NowGlazeIT said:
I would love to get one if they didn’t walk around with a c4 style toxic ink in there back pocket all day.

I've had them on and off over the years and never had an issue with ink. From by readings the Dolabella are not the variety of Sea Hares that ink the tank. In the past when they run out of algae they just "went missing" in the tanks. I recently have an issue with hair algae in one of my tanks and I remembered how the ones I've had in the past cleaned it up so I put two more in that tank last week. I usually only see them at night but they are constantly grazing algae.

Brew12 · Feb 3, 2018

NowGlazeIT said:
I would love to get one if they didn’t walk around with a c4 style toxic ink in there back pocket all day.

This specific species doesn't!

I had no idea a completely safe version of these existed before @Tomoko Schum pointed it out.

NowGlazeIT · Feb 3, 2018

Oh no way. Thank you guys for this knowledge! I know exactly what I’m getting next April fools day hahah

Tomoko Schum · Feb 3, 2018

They are fun to watch. It looks like a cow grazing on grass to me than a hare.

H@rry · Feb 3, 2018

Tomoko Schum said:
They are fun to watch. It looks like a cow grazing on grass to me than a hare.

Exactly! I remember seeing one eating hair algae and you could see it sucking the fibers into its mouth.

aslmx · Feb 4, 2018

Sea hares are awesome but when you're out of algae they need to go to a new home. Mine ate all the algae in 2 weeks and I had a pasture of it.

H@rry · Feb 4, 2018

Yeah, I'll just rotate then to another tank when they clean up.

H@rry · Feb 4, 2018

Yeah, I'll just rotate then to another tank when they clean that tank.

Brew12 · Feb 26, 2018

Do these jello blobs of current surfing algae eating glory eat turf algae and Bryopsis or is it just the hair algaes?

Tomoko Schum · Feb 26, 2018

They are known to be generalist algae eaters. They feed on a variety of algae such as hair and turf algae, but they also eat red, green, or brown macro algae such as Dictyota. They can be sustained on lettuce supposedly.