sea hair

[NYreefNoob]

ok i have heard that if a sea hair die's in tank it can poison tank and also heard it wont. any experiance with this happening ?

 

[inline6]

You mean sea hare?
I had one that probably died in my 26g, went MIA.
Never noticed any problems w/ water parameters.
Just my experience.

 

[reefs4life]

Yes very experienced with them. I had 3 and about 2 weeks ago i noticed one had been in the same spot for 3 days so i touched it and it was hard and partly deteriorated on the bottom. Nothing really happened to the tank though. I heard the same about them poisoning the tank but I think thats more possible if you have a sea cucumber die in your tank. Sea Hares are amazing algae cleaners, best ones ever.

 

[cb747]

Ive lost a few in my tank over the years. Never had a problem. On a side note how bad is this, i was cleaning my reef tank (125)overflows and took all the hair alage that was growing in them and put it in my 30 cube for the Sea Hare to eat. They decimate algae!

 

[thepudge]

I have had a few and they are great cleaners, I try to have one in the tank at all times. Mine tend to die after three or four months, and none of them have inked while dying. I have had one get caught in a seio while my hand was in the water and it did ink. The ink looked like blood, and for a second I thought I had cut my hand in the water. It turned the water pink for a day, but I ran a lot of carbon and did a small waterchange and nothing was hurt by it.

Side note, the sea hare that got caught in the seio was stuck in there for about 30 minutes. I couldn't get it out and actually had to take the seio out of the water, grab the sea hare's body, and yank it out slowly. It was out of the water for about 15 minutes and I assumed it was done for -- its head was shredded.. I put it back in the tank, it stayed relatively still for about 2 days, and then began grazing again. Still alive today! I think they are sensitive to water conditions but very resistant to physical trauma..

 

[lanacane214]

sea hare

i had a sea hare and it got to close to my anemone,i guess it felt threatend and it shot out the purple dye.it killed my blue hippo tang,even thogh i took it out right away.

 

[noodleman]

"sea hair" :lol2: thats ronenvison for you

 

[Mario]

What can one feed a Sea Hare to keep it alive after its done with algae overgrowth?

 

[Deanos]

I'd try Nori/seaweed sheets in the short term. In the long run, I'd give it to someone with algae overgrowth to deal with.

 

[lanacane214]

i had one that got to close to an anemone,and it must of felt threatened and it shot out a purple dye,the closest fish was a hippo tang,it started breathing hard and it died the next day.

 

[Dace]

Yes very experienced with them. I had 3 and about 2 weeks ago i noticed one had been in the same spot for 3 days so i touched it and it was hard and partly deteriorated on the bottom. Nothing really happened to the tank though. I heard the same about them poisoning the tank but I think thats more possible if you have a sea cucumber die in your tank. Sea Hares are amazing algae cleaners, best ones ever.

If it gets stuck in one of your powerheads there is a potential chance that it might affect your water depending on the size of the tank. When they get stuck like on a tunze where they don't reach the impeller but are stuck and cant move they take a while to die and while there stuck will start releasing lot's of of purple ink in the tank which could pose some problems.......

 

[amethyst212]

i had a my sea hare for a good 6 month, i do think that they have a short lif span but never experienced them poisoning my tank, dont know how he died but he deterioting on one side. they usually go MIA the first time u get them but after they settle they will be everywhere.

I MISS MINE ALREADY!!!!

:sad2:

 

[vinny]

i have another question about sea hare's can they be killed by a hermit crab some guy told me that at a petstore called btj's in suffolk county