Sea Hare diet

goodtimes2 · 08/23/2009, 09:24 PM

Beside hair algie and possibly nori what else will sea hare eat? Will they eat other types of algie? If they have insignificant amount of food , will you see them shrink in sizes?

beertech · 08/23/2009, 09:34 PM

I've had them clear my tank of Dictyota. Thank God!! That stuff is nasty! As their food source disapears, they will waste away, so be prepared to return it to the store or sell or give it away to someone who needs help with algae.

jbird69 · 08/23/2009, 09:36 PM

I just took mine back to the LFS cause he wouldnt touch my bryopsis. Besided bryopsis, I have very little algae so he would have starved quickly

dsmooth · 08/23/2009, 09:59 PM

Mine eats lettuce

gatsby174 · 09/06/2009, 06:50 PM

Dsmooth, do you mean real lettuce, such as iceburg or romain? I like my sea hare, and would love to keep him after my algae is gone (won't be long as he is HUNGRY and FAST!).

08/23/2009, 09:24 PM	#1
goodtimes2 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Juan Capistrano Posts: 998	Sea Hare diet Beside hair algie and possibly nori what else will sea hare eat? Will they eat other types of algie? If they have insignificant amount of food , will you see them shrink in sizes?

08/23/2009, 09:36 PM	#3
jbird69 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The beautiful State of Jefferson Posts: 2,751	I just took mine back to the LFS cause he wouldnt touch my bryopsis. Besided bryopsis, I have very little algae so he would have starved quickly __________________ Broke Back Mountain is not a movie, its the pile of dead ninjas in Chuck Norris' back yard

08/23/2009, 09:34 PM	#2
beertech Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 101	I've had them clear my tank of Dictyota. Thank God!! That stuff is nasty! As their food source disapears, they will waste away, so be prepared to return it to the store or sell or give it away to someone who needs help with algae.

08/23/2009, 09:59 PM	#4
dsmooth Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 341	Mine eats lettuce

09/06/2009, 06:50 PM	#5
gatsby174 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Middleport, NY Posts: 124	Dsmooth, do you mean real lettuce, such as iceburg or romain? I like my sea hare, and would love to keep him after my algae is gone (won't be long as he is HUNGRY and FAST!).