Sea Hare compatible/not compatible

azpt · 10/21/2007, 04:54 PM

I was thinking about buying a sea hare (spelling?) for my 150gal FOWLR to help eat the large amounts of hair algea/redish purple algea/ every other kind of algea that's in my tank.

I cannot find info on compatibility with these. Are they OK with shrimps, crabs, goby, small fish?

spike78 · 10/21/2007, 05:06 PM

I think their biggest compatibility problems are with medium to high flow systems. They appreciate really low flow, lagoon type systems.

MalHavoc · 10/21/2007, 05:16 PM

They are also very susceptible to water quality issues, so be certain you can maintain what it needs. They are quite delicate.

Mavrk · 10/21/2007, 05:50 PM

I think they starve pretty easily as well (from what I hear). They'll clean up your tank quickly, but then you have to feed them after that.

zma21 · 10/21/2007, 06:55 PM

They're a great way to get rid of hair algea, but it should be a last resort in my own opinion. I'm not one to judge though, I used one in my 20H with great success.

rickh · 10/22/2007, 12:40 AM

I had a sea hare for about 3 months then found him dead of unknown causes. He would actively crawl around the tank apparently eating film algae, but he didn't touch the hair algae or Byopsis.

10/21/2007, 04:54 PM	#1
azpt Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 28	Sea Hare compatible/not compatible I was thinking about buying a sea hare (spelling?) for my 150gal FOWLR to help eat the large amounts of hair algea/redish purple algea/ every other kind of algea that's in my tank. I cannot find info on compatibility with these. Are they OK with shrimps, crabs, goby, small fish?

10/21/2007, 05:16 PM	#3
MalHavoc Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 10,850	They are also very susceptible to water quality issues, so be certain you can maintain what it needs. They are quite delicate. __________________ Jason "Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because, ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated." -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick

10/21/2007, 06:55 PM	#5
zma21 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NOLA Posts: 1,453	They're a great way to get rid of hair algea, but it should be a last resort in my own opinion. I'm not one to judge though, I used one in my 20H with great success. __________________ SCA 50 Starfire: In Progress Current Tank Info: 20 High -> 40 Cube -> Nanocube 12 DX -> 25 Gallon Rimless -> 10 Gallon AGA Temporary Tank -> JBJ 24 LED -> SCA Starfire 50 Cube

10/21/2007, 05:06 PM	#2
spike78 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 420	I think their biggest compatibility problems are with medium to high flow systems. They appreciate really low flow, lagoon type systems.

10/21/2007, 05:50 PM	#4
Mavrk Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California - South Bay Area Posts: 2,775	I think they starve pretty easily as well (from what I hear). They'll clean up your tank quickly, but then you have to feed them after that.

10/22/2007, 12:40 AM	#6
rickh Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lost_in_Michigan Posts: 1,306	I had a sea hare for about 3 months then found him dead of unknown causes. He would actively crawl around the tank apparently eating film algae, but he didn't touch the hair algae or Byopsis.