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Old 01/10/2008, 10:28 PM
BryanFox79 BryanFox79 is offline
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Sea Hare

I have recently added a sea hare to my 75 gallon tank to try to resolve an extremely bad HA problem. The hare has been in less than 2 days and we have not been able to locate it. My wife and I read that they can burrow in soft substrate. Has anyone heard of this? My skimmer seems to be producing normal amounts of waste. It was acclimated for 30 minutes before adding him, I think he was doing well because he almost immediately started to graze. Should we give him time to adjust to the tank, could he be burrowed, or is he nocturnal? Thanks for the help as always.

Bryan and Amanda Fox
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Old 01/11/2008, 12:27 AM
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They can hide very well, don't panic yet. They eat a lot and then sit for a while.

Give it a few days to wait and see.

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Old 01/11/2008, 01:30 AM
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hi bryan and amanda!

adding to lee's post, some sea hares are more active at night, and many of them like to hide in crevices and other dark places.
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Old 01/11/2008, 09:13 AM
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Old 01/11/2008, 03:54 PM
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Old 01/11/2008, 06:33 PM
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I purchased a sea hare awhile back to control my hair algae problem in my 55 gal reef tank, at that time the seahare was worth its weight in gold, he cleaned my tank of all hair algae within a month, and I have yet to have anthing match his efforts. This is where to story goes south... I woke up one morning to find that my "star" sea hare had gotten caught between one of my circ pumps and some live rock... he stressed..released toxins... died and wiped out 90% of my fish, only my Green Wrasse survived.

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