Sea hare per gallon

chefbill · 02/09/2015, 01:13 PM

Is there any reason not to have more than 1 sea hare/ blue spotted sea slug per aquarium? I know that two may need to be supplemented with nori but is there some sort of an aggression issue?

FraggledRock · 02/09/2015, 01:14 PM

maybe population blooms from mating?

chefbill · 02/09/2015, 01:23 PM

Didn't know they bred in tank. I have a sea hare to help control hair algae. Not much to look at. I'd like to get a blue spotted sea slug, much more interesting looking.

FraggledRock · 02/09/2015, 01:24 PM

again I am just theorizing. I really don't know lol

i found this

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1687019

ReefsandGeeks · 02/09/2015, 01:53 PM

2 sea hares per gallon sounds good to me. haha. could you swap out the one you have now for a blue spot? I saw them at my LFS last time I went and I thought they were pretty cool. If I remember right they had a couple in one tank. I could be mistaken though, and even if they did they may be okay young but get territorial?

chefbill · 02/09/2015, 06:38 PM

Went to the LFS and the blue spot was sold. Ahh well. More money saved towards a bigger set up

chefbill · 02/09/2015, 06:39 PM

And 2 per gallon is crazy. I was think more like 1 per 50 gallons was a reasonable number

Voodoo Corals · 02/09/2015, 07:02 PM

2 per gallon? Lol has to be a typo

FF337 · 02/09/2015, 08:25 PM

One did fine in my 180.

02/09/2015, 01:13 PM	#1
chefbill Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 530	Sea hare per gallon Is there any reason not to have more than 1 sea hare/ blue spotted sea slug per aquarium? I know that two may need to be supplemented with nori but is there some sort of an aggression issue?

02/09/2015, 01:14 PM	#2
FraggledRock Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: New York, New York Posts: 2,185	maybe population blooms from mating? __________________ “For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.”― Jacques-Yves Cousteau MarineBio.org Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder w/ Bean Animal Overflow 20G Sump, Mixed Reef.

02/09/2015, 01:24 PM	#4
FraggledRock Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: New York, New York Posts: 2,185	again I am just theorizing. I really don't know lol i found this http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1687019 __________________ “For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.”― Jacques-Yves Cousteau MarineBio.org Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder w/ Bean Animal Overflow 20G Sump, Mixed Reef.

02/09/2015, 01:23 PM	#3
chefbill Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 530	Didn't know they bred in tank. I have a sea hare to help control hair algae. Not much to look at. I'd like to get a blue spotted sea slug, much more interesting looking.

02/09/2015, 01:53 PM	#5
ReefsandGeeks Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,708	2 sea hares per gallon sounds good to me. haha. could you swap out the one you have now for a blue spot? I saw them at my LFS last time I went and I thought they were pretty cool. If I remember right they had a couple in one tank. I could be mistaken though, and even if they did they may be okay young but get territorial?

02/09/2015, 06:38 PM	#6
chefbill Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 530	Went to the LFS and the blue spot was sold. Ahh well. More money saved towards a bigger set up

02/09/2015, 06:39 PM	#7
chefbill Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 530	And 2 per gallon is crazy. I was think more like 1 per 50 gallons was a reasonable number

02/09/2015, 07:02 PM	#8
Voodoo Corals Moved On Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: North Carolina Posts: 104	2 per gallon? Lol has to be a typo

02/09/2015, 08:25 PM	#9
FF337 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 249	One did fine in my 180.