Sea Hare

[WorldZY]

Hi there!

I'm getting my 1st Sea Hare Saturday and was hoping for some pointers/tips on this sexy slugs!

- Acclimation
- Feeding after they eat all the algae
- etc.

Any advice would be helpful. I'm getting a big water change done tomorrow so I can make sure it's ready for the new home!

 

[KrisReef]

The seahares I’ve kept were algae eaters and once they got finished eating the hare algae I returned them to the fish store for someone else to employ cleaning up another tank. They don’t seem to live very long and may starve once the algae has been cleared.

Please get professional help with your Seahare fetish. These animals deserve to be treated with respect and not abused for their sexiness.

 

[WorldZY]

WILL DO!

 

[WorldZY]

LOL!!

 

[WorldZY]

I'm looking to drip acclimate for 2-3 hours. Thoughts?

 

[ReefBoost]

Here is Shrek our Sea Hare photobombing lol

 

[findingsimple]

I’ve got one that loves nori sheets.

My DT doesn’t have an algae issue so “Sammy” has been relocated to his own tank for now and seems happy enough cruising around.

 

[KrisReef]

I'm looking to drip acclimate for 2-3 hours. Thoughts?

I didn’t bother. These live in tide pools and sometimes they get exposed at low tide or spend time in shallow pools that get warm with raised salinity. When the tide rises they get flushed with cooler water and survive just fine.

 

[Kasrift]

I'd say put it in an acclimation box to start, just so the other residents get used to it. I added a sea hare, saw it for two days and haven't seen it since. I added sea lettuce slugs too that were cruising on the rock, the next day the six line wrasse looked pregnant it's belly was so full. Not sure if it picked it apart, but in retrospect I think I should have let the residents get used to the new additions through an acclimation box even if they aren't a fish.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi there!

I'm getting my 1st Sea Hare Saturday and was hoping for some pointers/tips on this sexy slugs!

- Acclimation
- Feeding after they eat all the algae
- etc.

Any advice would be helpful. I'm getting a big water change done tomorrow so I can make sure it's ready for the new home!

Ive had several over the years and sold them at my LFS. They adapt well and do well. Often they starve once true algae is depleted and its rarely they adapt to nori or veggie tabs. Its simply not enough long term. If they split on their backs- get them out and its rare if ever they ink in the tank.

 

[Auto-pilot]

Make sure all your powerhead have guards! If they don't place it somewhere safe and get some. They will most definitely get sucked in and die. I had one that died in the first week due to a powerhead. Got sucked into a Nero 3

 

[Kasrift]

Ive had several over the years and sold them at my LFS. They adapt well and do well. Often they starve once true algae is depleted and its rarely they adapt to nori or veggie tabs. Its simply not enough long term. If they split on their backs- get them out and its rare if ever they ink in the tank.

Curious to know your opinion on the imperative on getting them out. I never saw mine again, so I assume it perished in the tank even though it didn't finish the job of eating the algae. I have nem guards on my nero 3 and powerheads and never saw any negative effects on corals. What is the toxicity of them in the tank post death?

 

[sfin52]

Ive had several over the years and sold them at my LFS. They adapt well and do well. Often they starve once true algae is depleted and its rarely they adapt to nori or veggie tabs. Its simply not enough long term. If they split on their backs- get them out and its rare if ever they ink in the tank.

I've had one ink in my tank nothing happened. Turned the water a purple ink color. It was wild. Skimmer went nuts.

 

[alysak6075]

I've kept several Sea Hares over the years, they all ate nori sheets, longest one lived 3 years, and died of old age, slowed down on the food intake in the last weeks, then just never woke up. At the end it was the size of a kitten or a little larger.

None of them ever inked. The only ones that i could never keep were the "Blue ring" sea hares. Brown/Dollabella ones are the hardiest

 

[vetteguy53081]

Curious to know your opinion on the imperative on getting them out. I never saw mine again, so I assume it perished in the tank even though it didn't finish the job of eating the algae. I have nem guards on my nero 3 and powerheads and never saw any negative effects on corals. What is the toxicity of them in the tank post death?

Not imperative. Ive lost at least one and it just sat there like a log

 

[apung]

I've kept several Sea Hares over the years, they all ate nori sheets, longest one lived 3 years, and died of old age, slowed down on the food intake in the last weeks, then just never woke up. At the end it was the size of a kitten or a little larger.

None of them ever inked. The only ones that i could never keep were the "Blue ring" sea hares. Brown/Dollabella ones are the hardiest

Does it clean sand with algae as well? I only see this guy move on the rocks or glass. What's your experience?

 

[findingsimple]

I’ve got quite fine sand. Mine will move over it fairly quickly to get to rocks and glass but I’ve never spotted him hanging out on it for lunch and tends to ignore any algae starting on it.

 

[littlefoxx]

Hi there!

I'm getting my 1st Sea Hare Saturday and was hoping for some pointers/tips on this sexy slugs!

- Acclimation
- Feeding after they eat all the algae
- etc.

Any advice would be helpful. I'm getting a big water change done tomorrow so I can make sure it's ready for the new home!

I love my sea hare!!! I supplement his diet with dried nori just to make sure he is good. But the algae in my aquarium is very controlled with him. If putting him in your tank I suggest having lots of hair algae… thats why I got mine. If not you will need nori. I take a piece and kinda stick it in the sand in front of him and he eats it. Just make sure he has algae and he will be good. Also have hermits, these dudes poo like no ones buisness. But hermits go nuts for gis poo…

 

[alysak6075]

Does it clean sand with algae as well? I only see this guy move on the rocks or glass. What's your experience?

it ate everything on the sand that was not growing in the sand, just pellets and what was sitting on top. It seemed really unhappy to ingest any sand tbh.

But it would cruise all over the place, not just rocks.

 

[KyleC]

Any way to tell how old they are? Don't want to fork out £40 for one from my LFS if it's on deaths doors already