spotted sea hare

sassyfrassy · 04/20/2010, 10:15 PM

I just got a spotted sea hare to hopefully help get rid of hair algae. He's really quite interesting and if I ever run out of hair algae, I read he will eat Ulva. actually at the moment he's munching on chaeto (he's in my fuge 'til tomorrow). Does anyone have experience keeping the spotted sea hare? I see where many trade them in to LFS when hair algae is gone, but I'd like to keep him.

Versus · 04/20/2010, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by sassyfrassy

I just got a spotted sea hare to hopefully help get rid of hair algae. He's really quite interesting and if I ever run out of hair algae, I read he will eat Ulva. actually at the moment he's munching on chaeto (he's in my fuge 'til tomorrow). Does anyone have experience keeping the spotted sea hare? I see where many trade them in to LFS when hair algae is gone, but I'd like to keep him.

Yes,

However they tend to get sucked into power heads over time. :/ even if you take precautions and their life span in aquariums varies. Even when provided with proper algae to graze and no power head accidents they tend to last about 8 months or so under good care. IMO/E

Andrew Henry · 04/20/2010, 11:40 PM

I had a spotted sea hare for a long time, they are cool little creatures that can definitely mow down algae, the only thing I didn't like was the "slime trail" he left everywhere.

blennydude · 04/20/2010, 11:48 PM

They only have about a 1 yr. lifespan even in the wild. I know they have preferences on types of algae they eat. I tried two on seperate occasions and both died after two weeks and don't know why. I have a mature tank w/ plenty of algae types, the only thing I could think of is my nitrates were a little high around 15-20. They are neat little creatures however, I hated that mine didn't make it.

04/20/2010, 10:15 PM	#1
sassyfrassy Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Kings Mountain, NC Posts: 912	spotted sea hare I just got a spotted sea hare to hopefully help get rid of hair algae. He's really quite interesting and if I ever run out of hair algae, I read he will eat Ulva. actually at the moment he's munching on chaeto (he's in my fuge 'til tomorrow). Does anyone have experience keeping the spotted sea hare? I see where many trade them in to LFS when hair algae is gone, but I'd like to keep him. __________________ Faith, hope, and love abide; but the greatest of these is love. Current Tank Info: 40g breeder DT LR & Macro Algae - 2" sand, 6 T5s & 2 fans in hood; 30gL sump/fuge w/MSX 200 skimmer & other equip.; (mangroves in DT - roots are great look)

04/20/2010, 11:48 PM	#4
blennydude Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northern, MI Posts: 111	They only have about a 1 yr. lifespan even in the wild. I know they have preferences on types of algae they eat. I tried two on seperate occasions and both died after two weeks and don't know why. I have a mature tank w/ plenty of algae types, the only thing I could think of is my nitrates were a little high around 15-20. They are neat little creatures however, I hated that mine didn't make it. __________________ When I see people post "0" nitrates, my bs meter blows up. Current Tank Info: 65 gal. mixed reef. 29 gal oceanic bio cube

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Andrew Henry Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 55	I had a spotted sea hare for a long time, they are cool little creatures that can definitely mow down algae, the only thing I didn't like was the "slime trail" he left everywhere.