Sea Hare Care

JBOD77 · #1 07/17/2005, 03:46 PM

Was considering the purchase of a Sea Hare and wanted to see if anyone has info on captive care. I have a nasty hair algae problem and heard they were a great addition to the clean up crew. Interesting enough looking little critter but there's not much I can find as far as info is concerned. Thnaks

ridetheducati · #2 07/17/2005, 04:53 PM

When stressed they ink.

orlenz · #3 07/17/2005, 04:58 PM

i have one in one of my tanks, it has only been about a month, but so far it has not bothered any corals or anything, he ate the little agae I had so I put him in my fuge to clean up the mess in there, I havnt done anything special for feeding, he eats constantly so when my fuge is clean I'll put him in my other tank.
he must be OK because he hasnt inked, and he is growing.

JBOD77 · #4 07/17/2005, 05:22 PM

i heard the ink isn't toxic...say like when a cowfish dies or a sea apple so with the carbon in my filter i should be ok? i think

orlenz · #5 07/17/2005, 11:44 PM

Yeah, there was a thread a while back all about sea hares, the overwelming majority said they had no problems with them, so i went and got one.

jimbo045 · #6 07/18/2005, 12:31 AM

I think they are nasty with corals too. They could eat both.

botp2k1 · #7 07/18/2005, 12:51 AM

Sea hare will not harm corals. While they may ink, the chances are pretty slim.